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<br />~ The Bur',au of R~..~la!lla~ion is presently negotiating contracts to sup-
<br />r;: ply priva+,e in(lu::-.tT~e ....'th ....l1.1,t;r cs::::er.tlal f01" nearly l( million kilo-
<br />.....atts')[' ':'n. teill(;d ~,her;':R::.l generating capaci ty p1:.l.nned for construction
<br />near Lake Powell W1d the .Nava,ja Reservoir. A.'Ilang the direct benefits
<br />from a development of this r.ugr.i.tude would be about $1 billion in at-site
<br />plar,t investment, a.round .$& million annurd payroll, and substantial pay-
<br />ments for ,~aa.1. Cant.rUt.t.s to supply approximately 25,000 acre-feet of
<br />CRSF ....ater for oth~r Indu~trlal u~e::; are also under negotiation. Approxi-
<br />mately 1,600 acre- l"et:.t of l'!'l'..mic iptl.l ''''ater is being supplied to the city
<br />of Vernal, Utah, ~'rQm th( Vc.rnal Unit of the Central Uta.h Project.
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<br />In 1067 th,-l'p .....':or" abeu' 58'<', '0 mn-du.ys -,f vi~its ma.dt:: to Lake
<br />PO....c.1l1 1,';5. ,. tv F1arrLlng Gorf~'-' Reservoir, l,1'1..00f' tu ~favaJo Reser-
<br />voir, and 11., ,'JUO t.o Blue Me:;a Rc:-~ervoir. 'fht: Flarnil1l~ Gorge Reservoir
<br />u:ld Lake Po....ell have already att.ained national reputl:l.tion as recreation
<br />mecr>[ts. No .jj :_In.!" vrUu{: 'an bt: assie;ned '. the 'Jtl.1Ue of recreation,
<br />but several mill ion d.ollw'u annually are being added to the grOGS na-
<br />tional product 'oy recreation at.traetion:, afforded by tbe n;:;'w' reservoirs
<br />of the CRSP llnits and projed:::.
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<br />Wut.C;'-r .from thl' Dixi!, Project ....ill improve and ::;tabilize economic con-
<br />ditions in south....r:~tern Utah.
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<br />Water di','{crt. 'r! from Lake :.lel:l.(i for the Southern Nevada Water Project
<br />\,:ill improve a..'1d 'tubil~:c economle conditionr: in ::louthern Nevada by pro-
<br />\'ldin.r suppleIn'mtal municipal and industrial ....<::..t.er to th{. rapidly expand-
<br />ing- urban area in Cb.rk County in ::;outhern Nevada. In addition, ....ater
<br />.... ill be provid,:d for the pott.'ntial development of Eldorado Valley south-
<br />....est of Bouldf'l' City. Nevada.
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<br />'..Jater (1 iV.~'rt rl "rom. !.ht Cc .urado River bt "'... Dav :0 Dam for the Fort
<br />Nohav\ , f~hl'mcilu~v ~ a:lU ,--"Jlul"<uic; River in.L:ip. i-\('~~el-'ati...m:.. ....111 i::l.prove
<br />aria -tabil.i.zt the '~on-:):r;'y 01' ',h.. InGiw-.. ~H: .1'.,-[l.:.i )n",.
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<br />WCl.t~r sa.Lvagul altmg L.1H .lO....l!. ';u.Lora'lo Ri\'er DY th(; char'J1elizat.ion
<br />P:t"lJb:::a..n CJ.,r,J the erad: .'!ition 'J IJIU"'aL0phJ't~s along the lo....er Colorado
<br />Hi-.-(.:' ....culri. lr.'l.!)rJvt: ar,,~ 1J. In ste.b.' l::ir.r l.:onom1(.':orJdi'.ions in the
<br />Lo....n. I... :loract, Ri\'e-r .ac: n '.JY 11rovid'lof~ add1-' '_onal. 1.'9.,-.1' c;uppl:r for use
<br />tlu'uU[.h, :J.t tht 3.::'ea.
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<br />i-,':.l,'t.' '::: l.l\"t'rted !'::.8:Tl Lakt Ba '[I.: f''-Jr tht; C\':n\.:.:-U.L rJ"l, ona Pl:oject will
<br />stabi::"i:.:(' ~h< ...at!~. ,uPP--'-.:r ;'''1' .I' Phoenix and Tucson aI"'a:;; and reduce
<br />the gr: .:r:d, ....atd. m.in_p..t: t.... th., a.::.', CJ.: .
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