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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3 Questions and answers : the Central Utah Project, page 3 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 3 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; where in utah is the worlds largest roller compacted concrete dam a part of the CUP now under construction 0 the upper stillwater dam a state of the art dam is located approximately 120 miles southeast of salt lake city on rock creek near duchesne utah 0 what two existing reservoirs have recently been combined to form the third largest reservoir in utah 0 strawberry reservoir and soldier creek reservoir 0 how much water will the enlarged strawberry reservoir impound when filled 5 the enlarged strawberry reservoir will store 1.1 11 il ii million acre feet when full by comparison lake powell stores 27 million acre feet flaming gorge just under 4 million acre feet and deer creek 150000 acre feet the great salt lake in its present flood stage holds about 25 to 30 million acre feet E how much water will the completed bonneville unit develop annually Q 6 the bonneville unit will develop approximately 325000 acre feet annually 0 what role does the public play in the decisionmaking decision making process of planning a major water project such as the CUP 0 the public contributes to the decisionmaking decision making process through public involvement action during the plan formulation process and during public reviews of environmental impact statements key public officials are continually consulted during reclamation planning and construction activities 0 what areas of utah will receive irrigation and municipal and industrial water from the CUP Q communities and farms throughout the uinta basin and along the wasatch front from salt lake city to nephi and west to delta will or are receiving CUP water 0 are utahns utahna enjoying CUP water or benefits now 0 yes the jensen and vernal units and the starvation collector system of the bonneville unit are supplying municipal and industrial water and irrigation water for communities and farms in the uinta basin further the jordan aqueduct has been carrying deer creek water to communities in western salt lake county since 1974 the city of orem receives half of its water needs from the CUP the water currently delivered along the wasatch front is provided on an exchange basis under the CUP E how does a water exchange work Q water held in deer creek reservoir for example is swapped for water held in strawberry reservoir some of the water that would normally be bypassed through deer creek to utah lake is stored and then released to western salt lake valley water in strawberry reserovir Reser ovir is then released to utah lake to replace the water held at deer creek E how soon will additional supplies of CUP water become available Q when upper stillwater dam is completed in approximately 1987 water will flow from there through the strawberry aqueduct to currant creek reservoir and from there to strawberry reservoir where it will be exchanged for provo river flows for use in northern utah county and salt lake county 0 when will the jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir water become available 0 construction on the jordanelle Jor danelle dam and reservoir is expected to get underway by 1988 and will take about 4 years to complete the reservoir will store provo river water now running to utah lake and will supply northern utah salt lake and wasatch counties with municipal and industrial water and the heber francis area with irrigation water E Is water developed by the central utah project worth the price to utah residents 0 yes for every 1 spent to develop CUP water there will be a return of over 150 1.50 150 further there is no immediate alternative and future alternatives will be much more expensive utah needs the CUP now not 20 years from now 0 will stream fishing be lost on the uinta mountain streams Q stream fishing will not be lost in addition to tributary and spring flow below the aqueduct pickup points and water bypasses for downstream rights the central utah project will release some water during times of critically low flows in accordance with criteria agreed to for sustaining fish life it should be recognized that the enhancement of fishing and the development of recreational facilities by the colorado river storage project flaming gorge and green river below the dam for example and the central utah project such as steinaker reservoir will far outweight local and limited adverse effects on the uintah basin streams 0 will all of the uinta mountain streams be dried up below the points of diversion to the bonneville basin Q dry stream beds will not result from the diversions inflows will supply the streams below the diversion points from springs and from tributaries tributa ries ochat owhat what about water quality Q utah is fortunate to have available a large quantity of water of the quality that prevails in the green river the runoff of green river for the most part comes from snowfall in the high mountain ranges in wyoming and is of excellent quality this high quality water will be stored in flaming gorge reservoir the water diverted from flaming gorge reservoir under the central utah project would be of excellent quality for irrigation and for most of the industrial uses demands for extremely high quality water in the uintah basin could continue to be met from the uintah basin tributaries tributa ries the concentration of total dissolved solids in water diverted from flaming gorge reservoir will be much lower than now found in many of the irrigation waters presently used in the uintah basin such as in the lower vernal area on ashley creek lower brush creek the lower uinta river including grey mountain myton mytontownsite townsite the ouray area and the lower duchesne river historical measurements of water quality have been and will continue to be maintained on streams in the uinta basin so that any adverse effects of using green river water can be detected and corrected |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/60 |
