[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 60 (Monday, April 16, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S4480]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Bennett):
  S. 1110. A bill to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992 to provide for the conjunctive use of surface 
and ground water in Juab County, Utah; to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources.
  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise today to reinforce the importance of 
water resource development projects in Juab County, UT, by introducing 
the Juab County Surface and Ground Water Study and Development Act of 
2007, S. 1110. This legislation would amend the Reclamation Projects 
Authorization and Adjustment Act of 2005 to include Juab County.
  Juab County's inclusion in that Act would allow the County to use 
Central Utah Project funds to complete water resource development 
projects, thus enabling the County to better utilize their existing 
water resources. I hope that by passing this legislation, we will 
ensure that farmers, ranchers, and other citizens of Juab County will 
have a reliable water supply and a buffer in times of drought.
  Under the original plan for the Bonneville Unit of the Central Unit 
Project, several counties in central Utah, including Juab, were to 
receive supplemental water through an irrigation and drainage delivery 
system. Over the years, however, many central Utah Counties have 
elected not to participate in the plan and no longer pay the requisite 
taxes to the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, the political 
division of the State of Utah established to manage Central Utah 
Project activities in Utah.
  Juab County, on the other hand, remained active in the Central Utah 
Water Conservatory District's efforts and has paid millions in property 
taxes to the District in hopes of benefitting from its membership. 
Currently, most of the water allocated to the Bonneville Unit of the 
Central Utah Project is planned for use in Wasatch, Salt Lake, and Utah 
Counties. This legislation would simply ensure that the citizens of 
Juab County can benefit from the system that they have financially 
supported for so many years.
  I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
  I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 1110

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Juab County Surface and 
     Ground Water Study and Development Act of 2007''.

     SEC. 2. CONJUNCTIVE USE OF SURFACE AND GROUND WATER, CENTRAL 
                   UTAH PROJECT.

       Section 202(a)(2) of the Reclamation Projects Authorization 
     and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-575; 106 Stat. 
     4609) is amended by inserting ``Juab,'' after ``Davis,''.
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