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Show 132 DIXIE PROJECT, UTAH The proposed project calls for the construction of the Virgin City Dam and Reservoir in the Hurricane division which would include a total installed power generating capacity of 13,200 kilowatts. This division would also serve 17,000 acres of land with an irrigation supply of water. It would also provide municipal and industrial water supply to the city of St. George. The Santa Clara division, including the lower Gunlock Dam and Reservoir, would furnish irrigation water to a little less than 4,000 acres of land and would provide flood control^ fish and wildlife, and recreation benefits. , The total cost of the project is estimated to be about $ 42,600,000 which is to be allocated among the various project functions, including irrigation, $ 30,- 180,000; power, $ 6.573,000; municipal and industrial water supply, $ 2,474,000; flood control, $ 142,000; fish and wildlife, $ 1,494,000; and recreation, $ 1,800,000. The recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement would be nonreimbursable und nonreturnable in accordance with the provisions of H. R. 9032 as reported to the Congress. The costs allocated to irrigation would be reimbursable without interest within a 50- year period. Surpliis revenues from the sale of power and municipal and industrial water, following the repayment of investment costs, would be used to assist in the repayment of the irrigation costs. This project would be located in a very sparsely settled area of the State and such development as proposed herein would be a tremendous boost to the economy and to the future development and settlement of the entire area. It iis with pleasure that I submit this statement in support of the Dixie project in Utah on behalf of the National Reclamation Association. I wish to express my appreciation to this committee for its continued interest in our reclamation projects " of the West. ( Whereupon, at 2: 50 p. m., the subcommittee adjourned.) o |
