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Show I southwest. Therefore, if regional economic development is a primary objective, water resource investment probably should be made in combination with other types of public investment such as manpower developments and training, highway construction and improvement, urban renewal, etc. It appears that the above two studies are in direct conflict but upon closer examination this is not necessarily the case. With the University of Utah study the results are apt to be misleading unless the assumptions made are kept in mind and tie reader is advised of two cautions. One is not to overlook the nature of the methodology ( an input- output model for the State was used). The 3econd is not to view water as the single causal force of economic growth. The latter caution needs to be further clarified. In the report, water is used as if it were a casual factor. This procedure can give the misleading impression that economic conditions in a given area of the State can be improved by simply allocating water to the area. This does not necessarily follow as other economic determinants must also be present with the allocation of water-- or ac least there must not be any barriers to the eventual occurrence of the other determinants. Some of these determinants are: quality labor supply, a source of raw macerials, access to markets, transportation facilities, suitable climate, and availability of capital. In regard to the Wasatch Front, these other determinants are not lacking. They have been and no doubt will continue to be supplied so that economic growth should continue with or without the Unit. However, with the Unit the growth would be more assured and would be aceel erared. 2ffect jofjElecjt r_ ic J? ojwe r Unit warer from the Uinta Mountains would flow through three hydroelectric powerplants as it was conveyed to cities and farms in the lower valleys. The three powerplants would have an lis tailed capacity of 133,, 500 kilowatts and would generate about 320 million kilowatt- hours of electrical energy annually. This increased production would be marketed regionally by the Colorado River Storage Project and would help meet the demands on that project which are now beginning to exceed tie Supply. 100 |
