| Title |
Press releases, Citizens for a Responsible Central Utah Project |
| 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 Includes correspondence, Harvey's writing drafts and notes for an unpublished book on the CUP, federal documents, project litigation materials, subject files, news clippings, newsletters, programs, brochures, and maps |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; Water resources development --Environmental aspects--Utah; Water resources development --Economic aspects--Utah; Water-supply--Utah--Salt Lake County |
| Creator |
Reimherr, Fred |
| Contributor |
Harvey, Dorothy; Citizens for a Responsible Central Utah Project |
| Additional Information |
Includes newspaper articles on CUP from 1978, 1979; News release, 18 May 1979 by Fred Reimherr; News release, 19 September 1978 (various drafts); Central Utah Project: economic considerations |
| Spatial Coverage |
Colorado River Basin (Colo.-Mexico); Duchesne River (Utah); Uinta Mountains (Utah); Rock Creek (Duchesne County, Utah); Strawberry River (Utah); Currant Creek (Utah); Warer Hollow Creek (Utah); Layout Creek (Utah); Wolf Creek (Utah); Twin Creek (Utah); Hades Creek (Utah); Jordanelle Dam; Salt Lake County (Utah); Duchesne County (Utah) |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2232 bx 58 fd 7; 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; 1979 |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Type |
Text |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s63t9g4q |
| Setname |
wwdl_neh |
| ID |
1149750 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63t9g4q |
| Title |
Page 9 |
| Setname |
wwdl_neh |
| ID |
1149730 |
| OCR Text |
Show CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS The economic aspects of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project, of necessity, are detailed and technical. However, some important considerations are raised here for the purpose of further definitive study. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the project will cause approximately $8,000,000.00 per year in downstream salinity damages. A $500,000,000.00 salinity program has been initiated by the Bureau of Reclamation to assure the quality of water sent across the border to Mexico. The fact that the Central Utah Project will exacerbate the salinity problem, in and of itself, is a reason for severe economic scrutiny of the project and its costs and benefits. Such an analysis has been made by Dr. Thomas M. Power, Phd., Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Montana. In his paper "An Ecomomic Analysis of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project, Bureau of Reclamation" Dr. Power sets forth in detail his economic analysis of the project. He concludes that the Bureau of Reclamation has grossly exaggerated the net benefits of the Bonneville Unit by incorrectly applying economic theory in the following ways: 1. Exaggerating the irrigation benefits by assuming that all of the water will be used to irrigate new lands, which, in fact, it will not. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63t9g4q/1149730 |
