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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Tr18 <br /> <br />Runneth <br />Over <br /> <br />by David Hampshire <br /> <br />. SOItLak.CIty <br /> <br />~ ~ <br />>. ':l.o <br /> <br /> <br />-- <br />/' WaSaTcr <br />/ A.oueouc' <br />I <br /> <br />( Mono-Neon, <br />I Cone! <br /> <br />\ <br />, Nop'li <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I Nephi-Sevler <br />Canol <br />/ <br />/ <br />~ ~~<<;IEIWlEJD) <br /> <br />AUG 1 61991 <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL RESOURCES <br /> <br />'. ...,~ ~ J .. " ' -. '1 :..; ")f, .~ <br /> <br />uppe, <br />Stillwater <br />ReservOir <br /> <br />The lordtmale Dam under construdion <br /> <br />LOVE IT OR HATE IT, A WHOLE GENERATION OF UTAHNS HAVE GROWN <br />UP WHILE POUTICANS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, INDIANS, AND FARMERS <br />HAVE ALL WRESTLED WITH THIS MAMMOTH WATER PROJECT. <br /> <br />n a state where precipitation is so scant that television forecasters tend to treat <br />bad weather as good news, water projects always have been a Big DeaL <br />However, as these newspaper headlines suggest, few have provoked such <br />ongoing scrutiny-and controversy-as the Central Utah Project (CUP), <br />"ENVIRONMENfALlST DENOUNCES CUP <br />CUP 1 OF 12 ON COALTIlON'S TURKEY LIST <br />CUP RJND FORECAST TRIGGERS STORM OF PROTEST <br />CARTER REMARKS CALLED AN INSULT <br />UTAHNS GIRD FOR BATTLE TO RESTORE CUP FUNDS <br />76.3 PERCENT FAVOR CUP OVER ENVIRONMENf," <br />Recently Democratic Congressman Wayne Owens (D-2nd District) and Republi- <br />can $en. Jake Gam locked arm; with environmentalists to request an additional $750 <br />million to complete the CUP, Their bill, described as a model for future water projects, <br />is expected to pass this summer, What's brought familiar adversaries together? What <br />have Utahns actually bought with CUP tax dollars? <br />Although first authorized by Congress 35 year.; ago, the CUP still is far from <br />finished. For the first 3O-odd years of its existence, the project: <br />o faced annual funding battles in a cost-conscious Congress. President Jimmy <br />Carter even made an ill-<:onceived attempt to stop the project entirely, <br />o was a regu1ar target of criticism by conservationists and sportsmen who decried <br />the environmental damage and ballooning costs, <br />