The CUP runneth over

              T R u n by dauid david dadid Jor donelle saft soft lake lako eake city reservoir provo river 0 heber hebor deer deen creek reservoir provo bench canal utah provo loke lake spanish fork diamond power wasatch aqueduct 1ono iono lono aono nehl yhu 144 canal conal nephi kn nephksevledk t conol canal V sevier bridge 51 reservoir 4 42 JUNE 1991 UTAH ho HOLIDAY hollday Y X F 4 V 7 th t r upper stillwater reservoir strawberry collector thejordanelle the jordanelle Jor danelle dam under construction system currant creek reservoir strawberry reservoir LOVE IT OR HATE IT A WHOLE generation OF UTAH UTAHNS NS HAVE GROWN UP WHILE POLITI POUTICANS politicans politicians CANS environmentalists INDIANS AND FARMERS HAVE ALL WRESTLED WITH THIS MAMMOTH WATER PROJECT n a state where precipitation is so scant that television forecasters tend to treat bad weather as good news water projects always have been a big deal i however as these newspaper headlines suggest few have provoked such ongoing scrutiny and controversy as the central utah project CUP environmentalist DENOUNCES CUP CUP 1 OF 12 ON COALMONS TURKEY LIST CUP FUND FORECAST TRIGGERS STORM OF PROTEST CAR CARTER REMARKS CALLED AN INSULT INSUIZ UTAHNS GIRD FOR BATTLE TO RESTORE CUP FUNDS 76.3 763 763 PERCENT FAVOR CUP OVER environment recently democratic congressman wayne owens D 2nd and district and republican sen jake gam garn gab locked arms with environmentalists to request an additional 750 million to complete the CUP their bill described as a model for future water projects is is expected to pass this summer whats brought familiar adversaries together what have utahns utahna actually bought with CUP tax dollars although first authorized by congress 35 years ago the CUP still is far fi from om finished for the first 30 odd years of its existence the project 0 faced annual funding battles in a cost conscious congress president jimmy carter even made an ill conceived attempt to stop the project entirely 0 wasa was a regular target of criticism by conservationists and sportsmen who decried the environmental damage and ballooning costs 2 2. 021 021 02.1