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SYNOPSIS Project power plants and transmission systems would be interconnect~d with the system proposed for transmission of electric energy produced by plants of the Colorado River storage project. Water Rip:hts Rights to flows of Uinta Basin streams have been acquired by both white settlers and Indians. These rights, evidenced by court decrees and by applications to appropriate water filed with the State Engineer, cover all late-season waters carried by the streams. Nevertheless, surpluS water beyond capacities of diversion works normally waste from almost all streams in the spring and early SUllllller. Local interests, municipalities, and public agencies have filed applications to appro- priate some surplus waters for local storage or exportation to the Bonneville Basin. The Bureau of Reclamation has filed applications to appropriate water for the project frcm the Green River and Uinta Basin streams. The Central Utah project would largely control the Uinta Basin's surplus waters. Much of the water would be exported, but that needed for further development in the Uinta Basin would be provided either directly or by exchange. Regulation of the water to furnish a full season supply would be advantageous to all present claimants and there- fore no serious difficulty is expected in obtaining surplus waters for project purposes. Some water now used beneficially in the Uinta Basin could be exported in exchange for a regulated supply from the Green River without prejudice to existing water rights. Annual depletions to the Colorado River at the sites of use resulting from the Central Utah project are expected to average 189,400 acre-feet under the initial phase and 800,600 acre-feet under the ccmprehensive development. Depletions resulting frcm the ccmprehensive developnent would amount to approximately two-thirds of the water made available to '''6 utah for future development under the terms of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact. Sufficient water would be available in the Green River for the planned diversion to the Uinta Basin after ccmpletion of all potential upstream projects for use of water in Wycming. The water exchanges involving Provo and Sevier Rivers and other lesser exchanges necessary to obtain potable water for dcmestic use could be made under the laws of Utah without impairment of existing rights. Present diversions from Strawberry River watershed would not be adversely affected. Through its participation in the Provo River project the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City has acquired water for future city growth. Although all of this water is not needed in the district immediately, an urgent requirement for water for municipal and irrigation use exists in areas outside of the district boundaries. Temporary use of the district's reserve water in adjoining areas would lead only to intensified difficulties 7