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1 , 1 ~~. ,p <. \1 ....-oj <;",) (~ j ~_.:--=~c_' " .~---_. .....;.:;...;;;:... -,_.--,._- ~~, . . --::---'r:~-:-_-"~~--~'T~~+::-:-~~- < . ""-'--':;'-'---: . ;, ..... '. May 11. 1983-- UtaA Waterline Page 5 Ctm.tin...d /rrmt page 4 Local reaction One possible reason (or considering an all-Utah system might be the failure of Wyoming to allow export of water from the Big Sandy River. The Wyoming Legislature passed a bill al- lowing'the export of saline Big Sandy water. but the bill was amended to allow export of cleaner eastern-slope water. Gov. Ed Herschler; who has run for the last three terms on a no-export platform. vetoed the bill, and his veto was sustained. McKeever reflects the problems- with competition among states forCoJ- orado River water. "We want to avoid the Upper and Lower Basin problem. All seven states don't have much stomach for those problems." In Utah the re- c. !'"~.-- ception is warmer, perhaps because no water is being ex~ ported, perhap8 because the project can benefici~Jly use difficult-to- dispose-of saline water from Utah's Colorado River allotment. Director of the Utah Division of Water Resources Dan Lawrence says, "The Utah position is to favor the all- Utah phase, as I understand it. The Aquatrain would he built in segments with the segment serving only Utah as the first step. To that extent we are supportive, but basically we are guarded about water from one state moving through our state to'another- state. "We have a memorandum of agree- ment with (Bureau of Reclamation Regional Director) Cliff Ba.rrett. signed on the state level by the Depart~ ment of Natural Resources, the De- partment of Transportation, the De- partment of Health and the Depart. ment of Community and Economic 'Development. It says we will study slurry pipeline potentials, but the study is not specifically tied to the W.R. Grace proposal. It seemf th3 ideas being brought out are a little bi premature. This is why we ..want. study them. There have been no con ferences on these proposals. "1 ,have had a meeting: with- the governor some time ago. l.did not think we had enough hard data to warrant an audience with the governor on this yet. "I think, theoretically, their plan. ning process is not any different than M the idealistic way -: we have been doing it all along. You try to disseminate in- formation as fast as good information comes along, but you have to do quite a bit of-preliminary work to get good in- Hansen formation for peop- le. You can't go too far with a revolu. tionary, or at least a new, project. You have to find jf there is interest." State Engineer Dee Hanseri~ who will make the state's decision on water rights, says he isn't sure there is un~ appropriated water- in the San Rafael basin. Hansen states. "Utah Power- cl Light Co. has a..filing on the lower San Rafael fol' cooling.at the Hunter Plant. "As for the larger project whic!t starts in Wyoming:. as. long as the water com~ rom' Wyoming's - Colo- -' ki1P" :rvL Water from the sun, courtesy of GRUNDFOS .(OR(JnDf"OS~~ ~~__ycufr-..""'" --.-_~ .~",",....,_QIl(I'lDf'Oll""'_ _....,..,...~_O<...."..~ --- . ~l>\I",",-"'otGlWl'Wf"OS.~_ ._'-purf"4'C"'_~~ peo~""lill"'-"_up"'<<lO_ .1W~_lJlI(If'olDf"OS.,....,...,..,..._ __~""""JC1Ud"'" ~.._.....;<orlhe.....'.fllEC"""'lD<- . ClIKJI'lDf'OS.--...",,-.Tho_. ....OC',\C_"""""'-.....__ ~f.C~fn>rn"''''''_ ",IheCIIa'IDFOS__. . With 22..... d ClWl'1Of'Ol1.,.--.-. _O'lIODELCOwtSTDtl"l""'-' otId__rncw"ItI>Iyolectrio:pump'" .- -"..,lhrougt>--- - rado River allocation, w-:: 10 not-have any concern." Regarding the exchange of unused IPP water north throughout the CUP system, Hansen was curious. "[ have a little trouble seeing the wisdom in bringing water back north since there is presently adequate water in the CUP system. [ have not seen the pro- posal so 1 cannot comment. There are some' site-specific limitations in the IPP change applications, but jf anoth- er applieation were filed, 1 don't think we are locked in. '"The 'proposal makes some sense from- a coaI-mwing- perspective. -IPP will be moving four unit trains of coat each day when it is in operation-, and look what 'Thistle Lake' has done to the railroad." . are aware. I guess if the problems could be worked DOt., anyone would agree with it. We will surely cooperate with them to the fullest extent in put~ tingthis saline water to good use ifitis at all possible." McKeever relates some problems with other coal companies. "There has been a lot of misinformation. 1 think there is dissidence from Utah and . Wyoming coal companies. W.R. Grace has coal holdings in northwest Colo- rado but none in Utah or Wyoming. We have said all along we are open to other coal companies using OUf' line but mostly, they just laughed at our bags." Asked about the possibility of trans- ferring the project office to Utah. Clinton replied. "The offices are in Denver because the W.R. Grace offices LyrJn Ludlow, are there. A move is not in the cards geners.l . manager immediately, but sometime the pro- of the Central Utah ject might be transferred to our Cen. Water Conservancy tral Utah Projects Office in Provo." District, says, As for the chances of project success, "We've been kept Clinton say;;. "When I started. I would informed, but 1 have said one in a thousand. With think . there are federal approval. one in 'a hundred. some things that With reeepti.eness from lOcal govern. 'have to be resolved ment, the projeetbas. a two in three or that go beyond the three in four chance of becoming capallility of the distriet." Com- ,yeality. The major "outliers" remain menting on the exchanges of unused completing the coal purchases and IPP water north to the CUP project enacting legislation by seven Colorado area. Ludlow explains. "IPP and the River Basin states we would serve." farmers reta:in some rights if the water were not used by IPP. ,. _. _ ~ "I. think it wouid notchangethe nRd.._ for project features, fJut it '.\'ould allowr the water - to: be used for -other' pur- - pose; such~as supplemental irrigatfon or muniefpal or other needs. The same _'facilities- would be' built but would. deliver-more-water. - -..:..-.. -"It has..nbt R'One to tlfe board but they -, I :' " ,.-', ~ ~ . Devil's Dictionary I', ":.-' - . -' .?;( bfgamYr ;". 'A. mistake-i~ tas'ti-for. which the wisdom of the future will - adjudg~ a' ptinishmentcalled trigamy. MINING, INDUSTRIAL, CONTRACTORS AND MINICIPAl EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS NEW AND USED EQUIPMENT PRODUCTS AVAILABLE / HYDRAULIC EXCAVATORS-c.:..... __~:.... -F.MC-link,BeU %-cu.yd 10 6 cu yd- - SWEEPERS- ~~.-_. .~".<",.. .~.-;.;~..-:. .~; .-;.. ...:.......-.... ... 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