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Show Page 10. high et the bead waters of Gooseberry Creek, a tributary of Price River; the construction of e short tunnel through the mountain divide to the Sanpete Valley; and a new canal from Cottonwood Creek south to i'ount Pleasant* The project was found to he very costly <> The water supply for a reservoir was also found to be inadequate unless the entire flow of Cottonwood Creek could be purchased form the Price River irrigation interests* The Utah Lake project8 although it has been and is b^ ing investigated separately by the Bureau of Reclanation, was included ss a part of the Prove River project by the Public forks Aawl^ ietratlor at the titre the initial allotment of # 8,700,000000 was made for beginning construction on the whole development There is a SKBSU project within the Uintah Basin called the Ouray project which is nox being investigated by the Bureau of Reclaraa- fciono This project proposed ths construction of 126 second- feet canal from the Duchesne River about five miles west of Handlett, easterly to cover the land area in the vicinity of llandlett and Leotao Thts is partly H nam land project and although the Bureau of Reclamation has not acted upo? i it In any way, It was requested by the Utah ^ ater Storage Ca& alssion to ascertain the possibilities of the project in order that information as to its feasibility « oul& be available to the stats Interests an well as the scattered land owners that are now within the areao The total land area of the state is 528000,000 acres. The area in ferm lands amounts to ls700* 000 acres or 3o£& The area under irrigation is 1,375,000 acres or 3> 8# 5 The ares, with a full water supply is 500,000 seres or - J of l$ o The area in need of additional water supply is ls9? 58CO0 acres or 2%*. Cf the three hundred thousand acres with a full water supply about 160,000 acres are Bureau of Reelaruation projects either |