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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 4 Central Utah Project [CUP Booklet 4], page 4 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 4 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; its B ONNEVILL UNIT tle the bdnnev bonneville il le unit is istle fhe the largest endmost andmost and most complex of the authorized CUP u units n lff ite greaf greater great utilization n of bonneville basin water made possible by the unit plan onda anda ondo and a trans basin diversion of woler water wolen gateris wateris wa teris tenis is serving the needson needsof needs of a growing populo popula population fio tio flo n in the bonneville bosin basin basing including the wasatch front this complex com p lex unit includes several reservoirs rewvoirs and more than 200 miles of aqueducts aqueduct si funnels tunnels and canals starvation reservoir R eser esen reservoir eservoir voir constructed on the strawberry river about three miles above duchesne duc hes n 6 has a capacityof capacity of about 167000 acre feet an acre foot is 325851 gallons theam6unt fhe the amountof amount of weter wefer wa fer ter needed to cover one acre of land one foot indepth in m depth it stores high flowsof flowspf the duchesne 66chesne 66 chesne and strawberry Str awber ry rivers r i vers which is used for late season irrigation of some 26000 26 ooo OOQ acres of land a iong long the duchesne du6es dubes ne river it ir also is used to re replace P loce lace wafer water waler usedin uselin used in that onea area onga anea area onea t ghaf thaf ha t is diverted to the bonneville basin the duchesne river area canal rehabilitation program has rehabilitated 409 40.9 dog 40 409 9 .9 mile mlle milesof mileson mi lesof s a ca canals no s along fhe the duchesne theduchesne river and conserves about 14000 acre feet feq feel fea t of wot wol wat waler water er onn ann annually u all ail y 6 thal that at once was lost to seepage 1 crossing thesouth fhe the soufl south flank of the uinta mou mountains n fains lains the 37 3 mlle mile mlle long strawberry aqueduct collects flows from rock rockcreek creek and eight other tributaries tributa ries of the duchesne river an and d delivers the water to strawberr strawberry reservoir the upper Still stillway stillwater stillwat waf wat e r and currant C creek re A rese reservoirs no irs serve as regulating reservoirs eservoirsalo along ng the aqueduct ken bensoldier yhensoldier ben Soldier creek dam was completedthe completed fhe the thecapacity capacity of strawberry reservoir locce increased ose ase 9 nearly four times from 283000 183000 acrelfeetto acrefeet acre feet to 1106500 acre ogne odne acre feet X 7 to compensate the ute indian T tribe r ibe foreconomic ion for cor economic losses assoni associ associated fed ted with stream fishin bishin fishing boit Bott bottled bottlei 6 lei lel iel e hollow lhollow shollow reservoir was constructed to provide recreation fishing and wildlife activities i yaten yater water yafen woter wafer descend descending i ing about 2600 feet to the bonneville ba basin 1 sinfloor sin floor from strawberry reservoir reservo reserva i r flows through the diabo diamo diamond n d fork system w which hic h generates power for CUP needs a ond and nd p provides ra r6 yid es for far fon ion fan ian future power development v wa waler water walen fe r retea relea released sed fro from irom m rese reservoirs rvoi rooi rs wi will I 1 11 irrigate rri ari g a te proect proett ect act I 1 land a n d a and nd i is s u used sed fo for fon r m municipal v n icica icipa I 1 a and n d industrial purposes project water collected colle cled in utah lakewill lakewell lake will be exchanged urst upstream re am on the provo river and stored in the 320000 320000cic cic acme acre re foot capacity jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir loc located abed ated north of heber city when full fulia fulla fulio a portion of the wafer from jordanelle Jor danelle reservoirwill reservoir will be us used d fot municipal and industrial pro proposes PO ses in utah and saltlake salt sait sail lake ca counties unties 1 i ae 4e |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/408 |
