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000761 CRWUA of answers in a list of multi- age-the availability of Wyoming's heritage and the state itself. .. big, rough pIe choice questions. But if the remaining allotment is her economy stem from and rich in minerals. ., the question is "What is vital. Most of the develop- her abundance of natural But urban uses. aren't Utah?" the answer is "(d) ment of Colorado River resources. Miles of grass- strictly restricted to the all of the above." water has occurred on the land and high mountain basin. There are trans- As diverse as the state Green River, a tributary valleys have enabled agri- basin diversions. The itself, so are the sources of which originates outside culture and livestock to largest, in effect, provides water that fuel its econo- the state. Eventually, all of become a major industry, urban water for the capital my. Though more than Salt Lake, Utah, Duchesne, . just as a wealth of majestic city of Cheyenne - nearly two-thirds of the people in Uintah, Wasatch, Millard, beauty and abundant 14,000 acre-feet ofit in a Utah are served or will be Sevier, Piute and Sanpete wildlife have done for typical year. That's more served by water from the counties and portions of tourism. Beneath the sur- than enough to serve the Colorado River, it will not Juab, Summit and Garfield face lies an equallyimpor- residential needs of the provide the sole supply for counties are slated to be tant yet hidden source of city's 50,000 people and any of the large urban urban beneficiaries of the wealth. Mineral resources, . certainly enough to give a areas; the river contrIbutes Colorado River system- including energy fuels such . major boost to its econo- i but 15 percent of the state's and urban beneficiaries are as oil and gas, coal, urani- my. The way it works is ;~ water needs and much of economy beneficiaries. um and oil shale, and.non- this part of Wyoming's ., that is for agriculture. Utah's economy base is fuel minerals including share of the Colorado -i~ ::: Salt Lake City, capital diverse. Though mining trona, iron ore, gypsum and River is diverted into the <'i and center of the largest and agriculture -yester- others provide a major tax overappropriated North urban population, is a case day's mainstays-continue base for the Equallty State. Platle River Basin to . in point. More than half of to be contributors, high These industries are depen- . replace municipal-use the city's water comes from . tech, manufacturing, retail dent on water as are the diversions by the city of several streams originating sales and service industries cities and towns which must Cheyenne. in the Wasatch Range, all are becoming increas- have an adequate supply to At/d them all together . another 15 percent from ingly prominent: tourism continue to flourish. its rights in Deer Creek alone brings the state more Wyoming gives birth to So, diverse as .the seven. .. Reservoir on the Provo than $2 billion every year. .the impressive Green states are today, as differ- River, some 18 percent Scientific advances, design River, which merges with ent, one from another, as from wells on the floor of and development of the the Colorado south of the their development b.as , .~ , . the west valley, and a small first artificial heart and the state's borders. Its portion been, they all rely to some percentage from springs. first artificial heart trans- of the basin covers 16 per- degree on water from this , As the population increas- plant performed on a human cent of the state's land area, most dramatic, most used, -5 es so will the need for addi- being, and the fihn indus- is home to 13 percent of the most litigated of America's tional water. That's where try, not just location shoot- state's people, many of rivers to satisfy their urban the Central Utah Project ing, but graphics and film- whom live in rural areas . needs. With nearly 25 mil- comes in. Through the pro- oriented workshops, are . and small towns, and pro- lion people served, at least ject, new Colorado.Rivet ' bringing renown as well as . . videsapproximately 30 per- inpart, by this source.of .' water is slated to go to Salt. dollars to the Beehive state. cent of the state's income. life,po wonder it is called ,. Lake City to help take cate Urban'water,indeed, plays The largest city exclusively . the mighty Colorado. . of its new needs; it will a cutting-edge role in Utah. served by Colorado River amount to about 12 percent WYOMING water is Rock Springs with ~. of its then total supplies. just over 19,000 residents, Similar scenarios are to be Wyoming is an encounter followed by Green River found in Utah's other with the wide open moun- which houses nearly 13,000. urban areas. . tain west as it once was- Other communities in the Utah's share is 23 percent and. still is. It is a big land of watershed area include of the Colorado River water great variety and few peo- Pinedale, Big Piney, Farson from the UpperBasin-a pie-fewer than half a mil- and Kemmerer. Though share estimated to be an lion in all. It is a place not the most populous por- annual average of 1.4 mil- where you can.see for a tion ofthe state, the miner- lion acre-feet. The Central hundred miles, taste the al and energy industries- Utah Project is designed to sweet water of a mountain mining, petroleum, power put to use a good part of stream, feel western history generation and other relat- the remainder by 2020. in its most recent setting, ed services-are promi- With a higher than average hear the sound of silence nent here. The ouly natu- birth rate in Utah - 30.1 and savor the wonders of a rally occurring trona (soda per thousand people as state that has been described ash) deposits in the Uulted opposed to the 16.2 aver- as a national treasme. States are found in In territory, the ninth Sweetwater, the largest, largest of the states, most industrialized county in Wyoming-much like