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Articles
Will
Utah County get CUP water?
Deseret News
April
23, 2002. Salem mayor, others hope the answer is 'yes'
Hazard
hikes CUP project cost
Deseret News
April
15, 2002. A $2.6 million boring machine has been sealed
inside a Diamond Fork mountain tunnel after encountering a dangerous
pocket of hydrogen sulfide gas.
Acidic
water obstructs Diamond Fork tunnel
Deseret News
April
11, 2002. Engineers building the 4 1/2-mile Diamond Fork
Canyon water tunnel have had to abandon a section flooded by hydrogen
sulfide-laced geothermal water.
Tricky
Geology Stalls Big Tunnel
The Salt Lake
Tribune
April 7, 2002. A "totally unforeseen" encounter with
hydrogen sulfide-laced geothermal water has forced builders to abandon
a large portion of the tunnel along with more than $1 million of
equipment, including the tunnel-boring machine.
Federal
help sought over CUP
Deseret News
March 3,
2002. South Utah County mayors are seeking federal
intervention in what is shaping up as a water war with Salt Lake County
and northern Utah County.
Central
Utah Water May Flow to North
The Salt Lake
Tribune
February 27, 2002. The state's largest water district is
considering diverting the last trickles from the Central Utah Water
Project to the Wasatch Front rather than to farmers in Juab and Utah
counties.
Southern
Utah County girds for water fight
Deseret News
February
14, 2002. Utah County officials want to add to their arsenal
to bring Central Utah Project water south, rather than north to Salt
Lake County.
Outcry
over water nominees
Deseret News
April
28, 2001. The Salt Lake County Council bypassed eight
possible candidates jockeying for an appointment to the Central Utah
Water Conservancy district in favor of going with a list of names from
its own ranks.
Diamond
Fork Tunnel site is closed to the public
September 23, 2000 The Central Utah Project's Upper Diamond Fork Tunnel
construction site is closed to all unauthorized public access by order
of Uinta National Forest Supervisor Peter W. Karp..
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OKs Use of Dam, Aqueduct for Hydropower
The Salt Lake
Tribune
August 27, 2000. The federal government, which built
Jordanelle Dam and a major aqueduct to Salt Lake County, has agreed to
let local water and power agencies develop hydro-electric generating
capacity at those facilities.
Popular
Recreation Spot to Close
The Salt Lake
Tribune
July 20, 2000. A stretch of Diamond Fork Canyon -- a popular
recreation spot for hikers and fishers -- will close to the public July
31 for three years as crews begin the final phase of a major feature of
the $2.3 billion Central Utah Project (CUP).
Feds
OK Diamond Fork project
Deseret News
June 18,
2000. The Central Utah Water Conservancy District can start
building a section of the Diamond Fork System, a key component of the
$2.3 billion Central Utah Project.
CUP
water may go south as promised
Deseret News
November
16, 1999. Farmers in southern Utah and Juab counties should
get the irrigation water they need from Strawberry Reservoir, a Utah
legislative committee recommended Monday.
Advisory
Commission Recommends Utah
The Salt Lake
Tribune
November 16, 1999. A state advisory body has recommended
that the Legislature continue to support the idea of sending Central
Utah Project (CUP) water to farmers in southern Utah County and Juab
County.
Dam
It to Hell
Salt
Lake City
Weekly November 11, 1999. The Bear River Dam would
ruin prime Utah farmland, displace families and desecrate Native
American graves. Why do water districts, and the Legislature, want it
anyway?
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