| Title |
Issues Paper, Central Utah Project |
| Description |
Major publication compiled by Dorothy Harvey for the Citizens for a Responsible Central Utah Project; 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 Includes correspondence, Harvey's writing drafts and notes for an unpublished book on the CUP, federal documents, project litigation materials, subject files, news clippings, newsletters, programs, brochures, and maps.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; Rivers--Environmental aspects--Utah; Water resources development --Environmental aspects--Utah; Irrigation--Environmental aspects--Utah; Water-supply--Utah--Salt Lake County |
| Creator |
Harvey, Dorothy |
| Contributor |
Citizens for a Responsible Central Utah Project; Power, Thomas M.; Hughes, Trevor C.; Van Dam, R. Paul |
| Alternate Title |
Economic analysis of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project, Bureau of Reclamation; Feasibility of accelerating construction of the Central Utah Project; Water resources of Salt Lake County: an alternative view |
| Additional Information |
Includes as parts of this work: An economic analysis of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project, Bureau of Reclamation, by Thomas M. Power (68 p., June 1978); Feasibility of accelerating construction of the Central Utah Project, by Trevor C. Hughes, L. Douglas James, Frank Haws, C. Earl Israelsen (27 p., Jan. 16, 1978); Water resources of Salt Lake County: an alternative view, by R. Paul Van Dam (19 p., April 3, 1978); Interim report on CUP Bonneville Unit by R. Paul Van Dam (7 p., July 5, 1977); Statement of Gerald Kinghorn, Salt Lake Asst. Co. Attorney (7 p., 1977); Letter of R. Paul Van Dam to Arthur L. Monson (15 p., Nov. 18, 1977) |
| Spatial Coverage |
Colorado River Basin (Colo.-Mexico); Duchesne River (Utah); Uinta Mountains (Utah); Uinta Basin (Utah and Colo.); Rock Creek (Duchesne County, Utah); Lower Stillwater Reservoir (Utah); Upper Stillwater Reservoir (Utah); Bottle Hollow Reservoir (Utah); Starvation Reservoir (Utah); Currant Creek Reservoir (Utah); Jordanelle Reservoir (Utah); Strawberry Reservoir (Utah); Utah Lake (Utah); Utah County (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah); Duchesne County (Utah) |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2232 bx 58 fd 5; 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 |
1978 |
| 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 |
| Type |
Text |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6cc0zmc |
| Setname |
wwdl_neh |
| ID |
1149704 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cc0zmc |
| Title |
Page 162 |
| Setname |
wwdl_neh |
| ID |
1149650 |
| OCR Text |
Show /-r-r Board of County Commissioners of Salt Lake County April 3, 1978 Page two I. REVIEW OF THE REACTION TO MY FIRST REPORT Before presenting the substantive results of this study, I would like to clarify some of the issues which arose from my first report. These issues were raised by the Commission, the press, local and state politicians, and some of the self-interests I criticized. These issues fall primarily into four general categories: A. My motives for undertaking this study; B. My "standing" and my ability to conduct this study; C. The objectivity of certain of the data I have presented; and D. My apparent desires to destroy the free-market system. A. Two basic motives prompted me to undertake this study. First and foremost is the fact that the citizens of Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County are almost totally uninformed about the issues involved in water resource management in Salt Lake County. Although Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County account for fully 60% of the tax base of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, and have been committed to repayment for the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project, the City and County are to receive less t.ian 25% of the water to be developed by the Project. At the same time, there have been several recent hydrologic studies that indicate that Salt Lake County and Salt Lake City are potentially self-sufficient in water resources. These recent studies and reports have been ignored or down-played by the opponents of my effort. It is my impression that the people who will bear the burden of repayment, the taxpayers of Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County, do not currently appreciate the costs of the solutions being proposed for meeting our future demands, the impacts of the growth of those solutions on their tax dollars or the less expensive alternatives which might be made available to them. Second, I was motivated to undertake this study because I believe that the safest and most certain solutions to the water "crunch" which will occur as the growth of Salt Lake County continues, are those solutions which are funded and managed by state and local government. The current programs being relied upon to fulfill our water needs appear to me to place "all of our eggs in IU one basket." Unfortunately, the basket belongs to the federal '** |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cc0zmc/1149650 |
