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' lt h R d h l d h esu s e Agreements an t e T ora o River Basin: T e Co • The Uintah and U alto Units of the Central Utah Project have not P ' been constructed, although recent legislation allows the Central Utah Water Conservancy District the opportunity to construct certain features of these two units.ss Furthermore, Hooker Dam, although it would develop waters of the Lower Basin, has not been built to New Mexico's benefit. Fi Fi ' ngers ve s To add insult to injury in the eyes of some, only two of Colorado participating projects, which projects were to have been built "concurrently" ' with the construction of the CAP, have even been constructed, let alone completed "not later than the first date of delivery of water from the" CAP. Water was first delivered by the CAP in 1985, but the Dolores Project did not start deliveries until 1987 and the Dallas Creek Project not until 1990. Even when construction has been initiated, substantial portions of some undertaken. projects have yet to be and may never be , , • In the Central Utah Project, only portions of the originally contemplated Jensen Unit have been constructed. While the major storage reservoir for the Bonneville Unit was completed in 1992, the originally envisioned scope of the unit and the project yield allocated to irrigation were significantly reduced as the price of obtaining legislation to increase the authorized cost ceiling for the unit when that legislation encountered stiff' environmental opposition both from within and outside of Utah.94 Construction has yet to be completed on the remaining authorized features of the unit. ' s delivery system, which receives • The Navajo Indian Irrigation Project water from Navajo Dam and Reservoir, has been under construction for years on end, but the system has been extended thus far to only seven of the 11 blocks of land that are to be brought under cultivation. Construction is continuing at this time on the facilities required for the eight block . 93 19921egislation authorizes appropriations for a Uinta Basin Replacement Project "... to increase efficiency, enhance beneficial uses, and achieve greater water conservation within the Uinta Basin ...." Central Utah Project Completion Act, Pub. L. No. 102-575, Titles II-VI, § 203, 106 Stat. 4612 (1992). However, the Uintah and Upalco Units were not de-authorized. The Central Utah Water Conservancy District has moved ahead with planning for a project which would replace the former Upalco Unit, which replacement project encompasses features addressed by section 203, as well as other facilities from the unit as originally conceived. ~'' Central Utah Project Completion Act, Pub. L. No. 102-575, Titles II-VI, 106 Stat. 4605 (1992). 29