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$100 million Deer Creek intake rehabilitation underway; association secures roughly $97 million and commits water toward Great Salt Lake recovery
Summary
Provo River Water Users Association presented progress on the Deer Creek Intake Project — a three‑year, roughly $100 million rehabilitation that installs a bypass intake and 72‑inch tunneled pipeline to enable intake repair without draining the reservoir. The association reported $97 million in secured financing (private bond, Board of Water
The Provo River Water Users Association briefed the Legislative Water Development Commission on Oct. 14 about the Deer Creek Intake Project, a multi‑year rehabilitation of the reservoir’s intake and outlet works intended to preserve a critical outlet that serves much of the Wasatch Front.
Jeff Budge, general manager for the association, said the project installs a separate bypass intake and a new 72‑inch bypass pipeline tunneled through the dam’s left abutment so crews can rehabilitate the existing intake and guard gates while the reservoir remains in service.…
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