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<br /> <br /> <br />T~'ELFTH ANNUAL REPORT <br />COLORA!X) RIVER STORAGE PROJEL"r <br />AND PARTICIPATING PROJEL"rS <br /> <br />Ilfl'RODUL"rION <br /> <br />The tvelfth year of the Colorado River Storage Project saw few mile- <br />stones, either in coostructioD or proJec~ planning, yet steady progress <br />'00"8.5 achieved in all fields. Of the four big storage unita, three have <br />beea placed in an operation and maintenance st.atus, where "progress" <br />is meaSured in terms of accumulated po....er revenue, water storage, and <br />recreation use. Const.ruction 'work at Glen Canyon, Flaming Gorge, and <br />Navajo Voits is devoted to minor improvements or repairs. <br /> <br />At the 3~am CUrecanti Unit, the Blue ~sa Po....erplant was put on the <br />line on September 13, 1907. lobrro.... Point ram was '"topped out" on Sep- <br />tember 14, 1967, and on January 24, 1968, the gates ....ere restricted to <br />begin 3torage in the carro...., canyon-bound reservoir. A contract for <br />Morrow Point Poverplant completion--including inst.allation of turbines <br />and generators--is to be aliB.rded late in ca.lendar year 1968. Construc- <br />tion of Crystal IE.m and Po'..erpLaot is no.... scbeduled to begin in IT 1971. <br /> <br />Construction ....ork continued unabated on the Bonneville Unit, the sec- <br />ond segment of the complex Central Utah ProJec~. Kolgbt Diversion <br />nun and the Starvation Feeder Conduit ....ere finished, while embankment <br />placement continues on Starvation lam. ;":ork began on the 4-mile long <br />relocation of U. S. 40, and on the 1641 foot long bridge to cross star- <br />vation Reservoir. <br /> <br />Higher oc the slopes of the '...asatch Range lies Strawberry Reservoir, <br />....bich was formed as part of the Strawberry Valley Project in 1912. <br />Stra....berry Reservoir will eventually be enlarged three times 1ts <br />present siz.e aod will become an important feature of the Ceotral Utah <br />Project. In ~e spring of 1968, construction work began 00 ~ter Hol- <br />low Tunnel, vb.ich rill serve as part of 'the Strawberry Aquaduct carry- <br />ing water from Uint.a. f.iJuntain streams int.o Stra',J"berry Reservoir. Access <br />road construction also got underway. <br /> <br />Four other partlcipat.ing projects remain in a construction status. <br />They are Navajo Ind1an Irrigation, San Juan-Cbama., Bostvick Park, acd <br />Lyman. <br /> <br />