| Title |
Questions for the Bureau of Reclamation about the Central Utah Project, 1978-1979 |
| Description |
From the Dorothy Harvey papers (1902-2005), a collection of materials focusing on the Central Utah Project (CUP), a water resource development program to use Utah's alloted share of the Colorado River. Includes correspondence, Harvey's writing drafts and notes for an unpublished book on the CUP, federal documents, project litigation materials, subject files, news clippings, newsletters, programs, brochures, and maps. |
| Subject |
Central Utah Project; Strawberry Aqueduct; Rivers--Environmental aspects--Utah; Water resources development --Environmental aspects--Utah; Wildlife conservation--Utah; Ute Indians--Claims; Water-supply--Utah--Salt Lake County |
| Creator |
Harvey, Dorothy |
| Contributor |
Citizens for a Responsible Central Utah Project; Utah Water Resources Council; Heidenreich, Karl |
| Additional Information |
Includes: Procedures of the Bureau of Reclamation which raise questions of legality in developing the Central Utah Project (8 p., 1978); Questions presented verbally at Bureau of Reclamation hearing on the programmatic environmental impact statement on the Colorado River Storage Project: Vernal, Utah, October 11, 1977 (7 p.; 1977); Questions asked at hearings of the Bureau of Reclamation on the programmatic EIS on the Colorado River Storage Project; Questions for the Bureau of Reclamation, Meeting, Feb. 9, 1978, Salt Lake City (16 p.; 1978); Resume of Dorothy Harvey (1979); The Central Utah Project: is it necessary for Utah? (4 p.; 1978); Utah Water Resources Council letter of March 22, 1981; The Four Dangerous Myths About Utah & Its Water Problems, by Karl Heidenreich (2 p.; 1978) |
| Spatial Coverage |
Colorado River Basin (Colo.-Mexico); Duchesne River (Utah); Uinta Mountains (Utah); Rock Creek (Duchesne County, Utah); Jordanelle Reservoir (Utah); Strawberry Reservoir (Utah); Utah Lake (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah); Duchesne County (Utah) |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2232 bx 58 fd 4; Dorothy Harvey papers |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image Copyright 2009, University of Utah. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1977; 1978; 1979; 1981 |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated by CONTENTdm. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Original Source |
1978 |
| Type |
Text |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6h41qcj |
| Setname |
wwdl_neh |
| ID |
1149488 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h41qcj |
| Title |
Page 45 |
| Setname |
wwdl_neh |
| ID |
1149480 |
| OCR Text |
Show Bonnovit'ia Unit rtfg* C E N T R A L U T A H P R O J E C T What is it supposed to do? Where is it located? / ,-Upalco Unit , /r-Uintzn Unit %/ / r~ Vernal Unit 7% / / i-Jenson Unit --^ Why are we opposed to it? •What you can do to help. Citizens for a Responsible Central Utah Project 721 2nd Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah WHAT IS THE CENTRAL UTAH PROEJCT? CUP, as it is called, is a transmountain diversion of Colorado River Basin water located in mountain rivers in northeast Utah to the Bonneville (Salt Lake) Basin in western Utah. This massive water development - the second largest Water and Power Resources Service project in the country - moves stream water through a complex of dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, and mountain tunnels. The purpose is to keep Utah's water entitlement to Colorado River within State boundaries for State development purposes before lower Basin States develop their claims first. USE IT OR LOSE IT is the Basin States'motto! Opponents are saying that the CUP is the wrong project, at the wrong time, in the wrong place! WHY? Economics Cost of the Project has increased from approximately $320 million to more than $1.5 billion for the Bonneville Unit, the largest of 5 Units to be constructed. This will substantially increase cost of water to both Utah users and to Californians buying power developed in Utah. Charges to municipal and industrial water users in Utah from the proposed repayment contract between Central Utah Water Conservancy District and the Federal government will rise from $60 per acre foot to anywhere between $163.62 to $339.31. The true subsidy of this Project to water users can oe shown by the fact that water was recently sold for $1,750 per acre-foot by Utah farmers. Included in this subsidy is the 3.22% Federal interest charge on reimbursable costs. And the proposed renogiated contract stipulates a repayment ceiling seven times greater than the present ceiling. '""~;'"??'--^-rj^-^v*"^ '-'• "' " " '• • - , • •:• -- -- • •- - |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h41qcj/1149480 |
