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Show f Power System to the Bonneville Basin. An average of 9,600 a f would be released into Utah Lake to supplement Bonneville Unit supplies in the lake; 9,000 a f would be delivered for municipal and industrial use in southern Utah and Juab Counties"; and the remainaing 118,000 a f are scheduled for supplemental and new irrigation in southern Utah Valley, Juab Valley, and the Sevier River Basin". On November 14, 1978, the Bureau of Reclamation sent a letter to Brian Beard, Conservation Chairman, Sierra Club, Logan, stating: This action raises a number of questions: a. Does this statement constitute a change of purpose for the Strawberry Collection System? b. At what point in CUP development of this System will what amount of a f of water be actually committed to M & I use? We are aware that Utah Power and Light has applied for some portion of its 54,000 a f of needed water for power development at the Lynndyl site, to be supplied from CUP development. However, this power development has yet to take place. c. Since 300 stockholders and 5 major irrigation suppliers have agreed to sell 40,000 a f of existing available water (not CUP developed water) to Intermountain Power Project at $1,750 per acre foot, in this region where the Strawberry Collection System water will eventually arrive, this will leave farmlands unirrigated. Eventually, farmers will be requiring water to irrigate their lands. Where will this water come from? Will farmers apply to the Bureau of Reclamation for CUP developed water? At what price? Since the Strawberry Collection System has now been changed to an M & I System, how much water will be allocated for M & I use and how much will be available for future agricultural demand? Is the water being sold for power development (IPP and UP & L) to replace agricultural water? Will there be water for supplemental irrigation for the Sevier River Valley? |
