Project costs for the Lake Powell Pipeline (LPP) have been vastly exaggerated because of inaccurate cost comparisons between LPP and the Southern Delivery System (SDS) water project completed in Colorado Springs, Colo. in 2016. This information has recently been included in local news stories. As the program director for both projects, I need to point out some flaws and inaccuracies of the comparison created by the Utah Rivers Council to ensure the public has the facts.
Utah Rivers Council grossly over inflated the cost of the LPP by using inaccurate data points and by comparing it to a water project located in another state, with different components, built under widely varying conditions.