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<br />COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CENTRAL UTAH PARTICIPATING PROJECT <br />VERNAL UNIT <br /> <br />LOCATION: <br /> <br />Northeast Utah in Ashley Valley of the Uintah Basin, <br />approximately centered around Vernal, Utah. <br /> <br />AUTHORIZED: <br /> <br />Initial phase of the Central Utah project, including th~ <br />Vernal unit, authorized as a participating project with' <br />toe Colorado River Storage project by the Act of April p, <br />1956 (70 Stat. 105). <br /> <br />PLAN: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Thrqugh storage regulation and water exchanges, the Vernal unit <br />will provide supplemental irrigation water for 14,700 acres of ' <br />land and 1,600 acre-feet of water annually to supplement tOe <br />municipal supplies of Vernal, Naples, Maeser, and surrounding <br />'", areas. The unit will also provide benefits to fish and wildlife <br />and recreation. Excess flows of Ashley Creek will be diverted <br />at the Ft. Thornburgh Diversion Dam into the Stan<lker Feeder <br />Cane!l and conveyed to the Stanaker Reservoir. Water stored in <br />the reservoir will be released into the Stanaker Service Canj:ll <br />and delivered to existing irrigation canals and ditches. The <br />water will in part replace Ashley Creek water, inClUding releases <br />from upstream reservoirs. Some of the replaced water will be <br />used on lands above the Stanaker Service Canal and some w~ll <br />be diverted from Ashley Spring on Ashley Creek into the mun~cipal <br />pipeline. Land drains will be provided as needed and some <br />sections of existing canals will be lined to prevent seepage. ' <br />A pipe system will be constructed for stock-watering purposes , <br />during the nonirrigation season to save for unit storage and use <br />water now lost through open canals. Recreational and fishing <br />attractions will be provided at Stanaker ~eservoir. Small tracts, <br />of land distributed through the unit area 'fill be acquired and <br />developed for upland game, and a pump and pipeline will be <br />installed to deliver water from Green River to the Stewart Lake <br />State Refuge. Repayment of reimbursable construction costs <br />will be cOlnplete in 50 years, follOWing a 3-year development <br />period. Irrigation costs that are beyond the repayment ability <br />of the irrigators will be paid from the Upper Colorado River <br />Basin Fund apportioned to Utah. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-24- <br /> <br />. <br />