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Show WEBER D I Pipelines have been the most popular type of project in the Weber District in the 30 years the Board of Water Resources and predecessor Utah Water and Power Board have participated in developing water to help meet the needs of an expanding economy and growing population. In Davis County, all projects have been for pipeline construction with an average annual water savings of nearly 4,000 acre- feet. This is sufficient to provide supplemental water to 8,180 acres and bring another 600 acres of new land under cultivation. Cost of the projects in the District - comprising Davis, Morgan, Summit and Weber Counties - is $ 2.5 million. The Board of Water Resources financed a large amount of this while sponsors made an initial total contribution of nearly three- quarters of a million dollars. A single project in the District developed only 10 acre- feet of water. But that amount T R I C T made the difference during the 1977 drought which kept the sponsoring group viable through that dry season. The Revolving Fund is credited with being the catalyst responsible for the 37 projects built in the District during the 30 years of the fund's existence. Annual water savings of 31,533 acre- feet have been vital to the continuing growth of the four counties. More water has been provided for agriculture and the 11 culinary developments are responsible for adequate domestic supplies in sections of the District served by the culinary companies. As is the case throughout the State, much of the money used to build the projects has been returned for recycling in the Revolving Fund to finance more water conservation in Utah. |