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Weber County outlines plan to update aging Utawba Dam after environmental assessment
Summary
The Weber County Engineer said the Utawba Dam, built in the early 1960s, is nearing the end of its service life; an environmental assessment is complete, a watershed agreement keeps the county a project partner and a grant will fund early work, officials said.
Ashley Tallman of the Weber County Engineer's Office described the Utawba Dam project and a watershed agreement discussed at the commission meeting.
Tallman said Utawba, near Cutler Flats on the North Fork, was built in the early 1960s with support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service. He said the dam's service life is "reaching an end, and it needs to be updated," and that the county has sought grants for a long time and has now received one to begin the process. An environmental assessment has been completed and public meetings were held to gather stakeholder input, Tallman said. The contractor agreement presented to the commissioners was described as a watershed agreement to maintain Weber County's role as a partner in the project.
Commissioner Gage Flor warned that recent flash floods across Utah show how heavy runoff can be catastrophic for downstream areas; he said that, in a similar event above Ben Lomond, structures and culverts downstream could be overwhelmed. The meeting did not record a final construction contract award or a vote on project funding in the transcript.
County staff provided no dollar amounts for grants or contracts during the recorded remarks, and no construction schedule was announced in the transcript. Officials said the watershed agreement is an early step to keep Weber County involved while project design and funding progress.
