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Provo River Aqueduct Title Transfer Ceremony

Media Contact: Lee Traynham, 801-379-1196, 10/28/2014 14:12
Wayne Pullan, 801-369-2778, wpullan@usbr.gov

For Release: October 28, 2014

Salt Lake City, Utah ? Reclamation and the Provo River Water Users Association will conduct a signing ceremony to celebrate transfer of ownership of the Provo River Aqueduct on Friday, October 31, 2014, at 10 a.m. This will transfer ownership of the aqueduct from the United States, with Administration by the Bureau of Reclamation, to the Association.

Transfer of ownership is the final step in a major project initiated by the Association in 1998. The project included enclosure of the Provo Reservoir Canal (historically known as the Murdock Canal and now known as the Provo River Aqueduct) within a 21-mile long and 10.5-foot diameter pipe, and the subsequent construction of the Murdock Canal Trail. Completion of this project required cooperation and input from five funding stakeholders including Central Utah Project Completion Act Office, Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District, Metropolitan Water Districts of Salt Lake and Sandy, Central Utah Water Conservancy District, and the Association, and numerous other federal, state, local and municipal agencies.

WHO: The ceremony will begin with remarks from the Association?s General Manager, Keith Denos. He will be followed by the Department of the Interior?s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Jennifer Gimbel. The ceremony will conclude with the signing of title transfer documents. Light refreshments will be served.

WHAT: Provo River Aqueduct Title Transfer Ceremony

WHEN: Friday, October 31, 2014, 10:00 a.m.

WHERE: Provo River Water Users Association, 285 West 1100 North, Pleasant Grove, UT 84062

Directions: Southbound and Northbound on I-15: Take exit 275 for Pleasant Grove. Turn northeast onto Pleasant Grove Blvd and continue 1.5 miles. Cross W State Street/ U.S. Hwy 89 and take the first left onto N 600 W. Continue 0.7 miles and turn right onto W 1100 N St. Continue 0.2 miles, and the Association offices will be on the right.

For more information, please contact Provo Area Office Manager Wayne Pullan at 801-369-2778, or Provo Area Office Public Affairs Specialist Lee Traynham at 801-379-1196.

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Provo River Water Users Association