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Alpine officials hear proposal to utilize CUP water

By Linda Petersen
On March 14, the Alpine City Council heard a report from Daryl Devey with the Central Utah Water Conservancy District. Under the city's agreement with the CUP, Alpine has 770 acre feet of CUP water but currently has no way to access it since there is no piping in place. The Department of the Interior has been using that water to preserve the June Sucker habitat in the Provo River and Utah Lake and has been paying Alpine's fees.
That contract will be up in five years and Devey said the Department of the Interior is unlikely to renew it. The annual cost of $113,000 would then need to be assumed by Alpine City.
CUWCD is proposing to construct a pipeline from the Alpine aqueduct to the Healy well where a booster pump and some extra lines would be added. Alpine City would be able to utilize some of that water. Since the city has no irrigation water storage, the excess could be delivered back through the aqueduct system to be used for the June Suckers. The June Sucker water not used could be re-released back to Alpine later in the season, Devey said. CUWCD would pay for the cost of the water. Alpine would pay the costs for its share of operation and maintenance of the Olmstead Alpine Aqueduct System.
In other business, the council reviewed the Alpine Days budget with Alpine Days Chairman Melanie Ewing that evening.
In its March 28 meeting, in response to complaints, the city council voted to not allow roosters in the city.
The city has received a Trust Accountability Program award of $3,078 from the Utah Local Government Trusts for implementing and maintaining loss prevention best practices.
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