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Show In order to insure the continuation of the Central Utah Projects' developments covering most of the rivers and lakes in the State, the following situations prevail: - in the rapid conversion of agricultural lands to urban development, agricultural water claims have not been transferred. In Salt Lake City alone it is estimated that ]25,000 acre feet of water annually is wasted, much of it high quality and much of it lost into the Great Salt oLake. This takes place in a State c. laoming it is short of water - efficient water management is not allowed to take place. - enormously costly public monies are spent on complex transfers of Northeast Utah's Uinta Mountain wild rivers from one place to another across the State and sometimes back again, through piplines,.tunnels, canals, and reservoir storage. irreplaceable trout streams are dewatered or.destroyed from excess release flows, wildlife attached to riparian regimes habitat is eliminated, winter range for deer and elk is eliminated and migrating routes inst intersected, irreplaceable recreaton resour irreplaceable wildlife habitat, trout streams and recreation resources having national value are lost - irreplaceable wildlife habitat and recreation resources having national value are lost: 19 3 miles of rare trout streams are being dewatered; winter range for deer and elk is being lost; r habitat associated with riparian regimes such as beaver and moose habitat is inundated; migrating routes - irreplaceable wildlife habitat and recreation resources having national value are lost: 193 miles of rare trout streams are being dewatered; winter range for deer and elk is being lost and migrating routes intersected by open canals; shorebird, waterfowl, beaver and moose habitat associated with riparian regimes is being inundated; two major stream canyons having high recreation value are to be dammed (Rock Creek and Whiterocks River) . . , , . t A >• - J 1 ft t* - .f. • •• O- + * \f .4 t tr, U K i '• i M ' fS-f • >. . t O. .' / • . •' - - - rehabilitation: 6f the water distribution system to prevent /<j water leakage is not funded by the State. / , rehabilitation of the water distribution system to prevent evaporation through piping and water leakage is not funded by the State. rehabilitation of the water distribution system is not funded by the State: to prevent evaporation of stream water through piping; to prevent leakage, loss and waste; to protect streambank erosion and streamside vegetation and habitat through piping water through Diamond Fork; to desigante high quality water for culinary use rather than for M & I ; to utilize existing water storage projects not operating at full capacity, such as Deer Creek Reservoir; to utilize |
