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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 2 Central Utah Project : Echo Park Damsite, page 2 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 2 text/PDF |
| Rights | Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Relation | Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; WYOMING UT MA FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR SIT dbounliful SAL AL ERN DI ERSION erslon FX SALT LAKE CITY aqueduct aquequct pork 0 .0 roy ray ity ECHO PARK ce va v0 0 RESERVOIR I 1 aloo lak ECHO PARK SITE bates SATES AOUEDLICT thoele tooele To oels oele 080 080. ebe MIDWAY littt2 1 RESERVOI TRAWBERRY AQUEDUCT ST AKER SITE COTTONWOO el heber haber TUNNEL a D crk ark L keser Reser reserval reservar vam var ericon rk 0 aim alm gim starvation provo w11 d RESERVOIR SITE 0 R r rk strawberry PDYXIW RESERVOIR whle whie wh le enlargment enlargement izi thistle ek E k S fqin fain explanation WASATCH YER eja aja 0ja AQUEDUC ta t1 sahid schid RESERVOIR J irrigated lond land nephi SITE D tii ill lii helper irrigobls lond land tunnel r 0 f&vww price penstock da tb t b constructed reservoir levon leyon 0 sd proposed reservoir siphon SEVIER BRIDG SEVIER G R AV if Y la 14 l4 RESERVOIR CANAL ENIARGMEN cr colio hoiden holden UNITED STATES department of THE INTERIOR A BUREAU sureau OF reclamation CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT GENERAL MAP 40 richfieldca Richfield ca 194t iziver the central utah pyo pro project ect act 0 Is vitally needed to divert surplus wateis mateis waters of the green river drainage westward via the strawberry aqueduct into the great salt lake basin an area of denser population and greater beneficial use would irrigate 450000 acres of land 150000 acres previously unirrigated and 300000 acres now insufficiently irrigated doubling the area with a full season water supply in utah 0 would expand agriculture primarily but also develop nearly one third the hydroelectric hydro electric output of hoover boulder dam furnishing low cost power for project purposes and industrial expansion 0 would help the upper basin states to meet the requirements quire ments of the colorado river compact at lee ferry and provide exchange water for irrigation and domestic use in the uinta basin by means of holdover storage reservoirs on the green river at echo park and flaming gorge 9 would divert water from a point as far east cast as little brush creek through a 300 mile system of man made tunnels canals conduits penstocks pen stocks power plants and reservoirs under the project plan reaching lands as far distant as kanosh in southwestern utah would replace uinta basin water losses by diverting storage water from echo park reservoir pumping or flaming gorge reservoir gravity flow PRINCIPAL statistics echo park dam concrete gravity 529 feet high echo park reservoir 6400000 acre feet capacity echo park aqueduct 132 miles echo park power plant 145000 kw installed capacity with a total developed power head of 2900 feet flaming gorge dam concrete gravity 350 feet high flaming gorge reservoir 3000000 acre feet capacity flaming gorge tunnel 22 miles long strawberry aqueduct tunnels 90miles 90 miles conduit 20 miles strawberry reservoir enlargement 2000000 acre feet capacity new strawberry dam soldier creek 300 feet earthfill earthfall earth fill diamond creek power division 4 plants on diamond creek with about 240000 kw installed capacity bates reservoir 75000 acre feet capacity wasatch aqueduct 73 miles midway little cottonwood tunnel 14 miles sevier gravity canal 97 miles |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/49 |
