Colorado River Basin Development Could Boost Utah
Historical discussion outlines reclamation plans for the Upper Colorado Basin, noting irrigation potential in Utah and Colorado. It highlights limited existing irrigation, current power plants totaling 3340 kilowatts, and proposed transmountain diversions and storage schemes to satisfy growing water and energy needs, with prospects for large industrial growth and regional development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Green River
Utah
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado River
Uintah Power and Light Company
Uintah River
Vernal
Moab
Uintah
Gorkane
Garfield
Kane
Great
Upper
Colorado Basin
Ain
Surveys On Vernal Reclamation Projects Reviewed
The Vernal flood control efforts involve Ashley Creek studies by Army Engineers. A Basin wide plan links Blue Bench Ouray Jensen and Echo Park dam sites to form a unified development with Strinaker and Oaks Park reservoirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Bureau of Reclamation
Uinta Basin
Blue Bercch
Duchesne
Blue Bench
Ouray Valley
Jensen Project
Tyzack
Brush Creek
Jensen
Echo Park
Green River
Colorado
E| Bureau
Central Utah Project aims to develop Green River water
Investigations resume after wartime pause to plan a road to a site and survey the program. The Central Utah Project would divert Green River water via the Uintah Basin to Strawberry reservoir for irrigation, generating power and expanding irrigated lands in Ouray Valley and Blue Beach. Studies seek the most economical construction plan, weighing farmer and community benefits against total costs.
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Strinaker
Oaks Park
Ashtey
C Valley
Central Utah Project
Green River
Uintah Basin
Central
Utah
Ouray Valley
Blue Beach
Brush Creeks
Strawberry Reservoir
Incomplete OCR Passage on Projects and Leadership
The text discusses past Bureau of Reclamation projects, their benefits to surrounding communities and the nation during wartime shortages, and notes some projects do not reach construction. It also references uncovering facts in investigations and mentions De Sigmart Rhee and calls for leadership amid partition of Korea by American and Russian forces, with a toned-down note on independent movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Reclamation
Maby
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Steamboat Rock
Ember Wes
Aidan
Washington
Duchesne Tunnel
Deer Creek
Salt Lake City
Bonneville Basin
Dee
Hece
Fou Park
Desolation Canyon
H. Eugene Midson
U.S.2
Army
Ashley Creek
Cristmas
Fashion Cleaners
Vernal, Utah
Echo Canyon
Congress
Stertt
Dick’s Conoco
CLUB
U. S. Highway 4
Wiley’s Resort
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