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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3 Water ... brought to you by 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; irsrun ITS ir SRUN RUNNING THE bonneville BONNEVRLE UNIT s the bonneville unit now under construction st is die the dle largest and most complex of the thcauthodzed authorized units of the central utah project encompassing construction of 10 new reservoirs more than 200 miles of aqueducts tunnels and canals dedicated to transporting utahs share of colorado river water to the states populace in a 12 county arca area e one of the main hubs in the bonneville unit is soldier creek dam drw deg which was completed in 1974 and has Jn creased increased the capacity of strawberry reservoir cser eser voir four times from 283000 to 4 11 06500 106500 acre feet of water storage 0 starvation reservoir completed in t 1970 970 on the strawberryriver strawberry riven river three miles above duchesne is also significant with a capacity of 167000 acre feet the reservoir supplies 21400 acre feet of water for irrigation on and 560 acre feet of municipal and industrial water 0 the duchesne river canal rehabilitation program presently under construction tionww will rehabilitate about 411rniles 411 41.1 miles of existing canals along alongthe the duchesne river to 1 conserve about 14000 acre feet of water presently lost to seepage 0 the strawberry collection system consists of a series of tunnels and pipelines about 37 miles long that collects flows from rock creek and eight other tributaries tributa ries to rock creek for delivery to the enlarged strawberry reservoir the sy system stein stern stcin including stillwater tunnel vat tunnel currant tunnel and water hollow tunnel has all been completed 0 currant creek dam completed in 1978 and the upper stillwater dam finished in 1987 serve as equalizing reservoirs along the strawberry collection system 0 to compensate the ute indian tribe for economic losses associated with sticarn stream fishing bottle hollow reservoir was r L like lilb i ibb ike iBe A 7 alk klk myn ulk spurrsf c n completed in 1972 to provide recreations recreation recreation5 5 fishing andwildlife and wildlife activities 6 jordan aqueduct has been completed to transport water to th the e salt lake valley alpine aqueduct also has been completed to deliver water to northern utah county communities the proposed irrigation and drainage system would provide supplemental and new irrigation water to land in southwestern utah county the mona nephi area injuab county and the sevier river arg arm arca area ibe the water delivered to the bonneville basin will be regulated by three reservoirs utah lake mona reservoir and sevier bridge reservoir THE VERNAL UNIT the vernal unit completed in 1962 provides supplemental irrigation water to about 15000 acres of land in ashley valley and 1600 acre feet of municipaland munici municipal paland and industrial water by storing thehigh shehigh the high flows of ashley creek for late season use e flows of ashley creek arc are arm amm diverted at the fort thornburgh Thom bursh burgh diversion dam through the three mile steinaker shel Stel shei naker feeder canal for storage in Stel stei stcl steinaker naker reservoir 0 steinaker reservoir completed in 1962 and located 3.5 35 35 miles north of vernal has a capacity of 38000 acre feet storage water from the reservoir is distributed through the stei Stel stcl stalnaker stelnaker stchw&er naker service canal THE JENSEN UNIT The thejensen thejenscn Jensen unit completed in uintah county in 1980 provides municipal and industrial water for ashley valley and irrigation water for lands near nearjensen jensen utah e red fleet reservoir on big brush creek the units major feature was completed in 1980 and has a capacity of 26000 acre feet 9 municipal and industrial water is lifted f from rom red fleet reservoir by the red fleet pumping plant to the tyzack aqueduct UE THE CENTRAL cennzal cenizal UTAH proiecr PROJECT AN OVERVIEW N although the colorado river is merely a thin line on a map it drains or is fed by runoff and streams from an area of 250000 square miles in seven states an a area that comprises 8 percent of die the dle dic lower 48 states the basin drains into the 1400 mile colorado river for river management purposes the colorado river basin has been divided into the upper basin comprising portions of utah wyoming colorado and new mexico and the lower basin made up of portions of arizona nevada and california the rivers natural basin extends into mexico it ail all ali sturts starts milb wilb snow melr melt meir P i CUP reservoirs reservoirsfilitate facilitate managed water use jllfe 0 jet ski enthusiasts enjoy envoy recreationalfun recreation alfun on CUP reservoir A comprehensive program enacted b by gt congress in 1956 called the colorado river riven rivert storage project authorized several water storage projects and a colorado basin fund the the program involves the construction of major maln mainstern mainstem mainster main stern stem stein dams with revenue from the sale of water and power used to pay off portions of those projects the colorado river storage project enables the central utah project to develop water from the colorado river basin tri trl butaries tributaries tributa but nies ries aries arles regulate it 7 .7 and transport it for use in the uinta basin and M along wong dong the wasatch front |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/422 |
