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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 1 Newsletter 1983-1984 Winter, page 1 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 1 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; CENTRAL UTAH WATER conservancy DISTRICT sota GOTA eota wal OWL wak newa new& ME j211111111hk 11111 lilli liili 11111fish hish fish hisa abl fbl I 1 WM n00 WINTER 19831984 1983 1984 jordanelle Jor danelle re best choice constructing a 320000 acre foot reservoir at the proposed jordanelle Jor danelle site on the provo river is cited as the most economical choice for a reservoir to develop the remaining flows of the riv river er according to a reconnaissance study by the division of water resources utah department of natural resources the study evaluated the practicality servoir reservoir site geology and water supply at the jordanelle Jor danelle site and 10 alternative dam and reservoir locations the sites studied in addition to jordanelle Jor danelle were deer creek reservoir enlargement hailstone lower bates bates francis stewart ranch pine valley soapstone upper soapstone and bear canyon reservoir sites comparable in water storage capacity to the proposed jordanelle Jor danelle project are soe nov kne 77 A hailstone deer creek and bates combination or deer creek and pine valley reservoirs or a combination of reservoirs that would meet the required municipal irrigation and industrial demand of 150000 acre feet are jordanelle Jor danelle hailstone pine valley deer creek and bates and pine valley and bates costs of constructing a dam at each site were estimated using a bureau of reclamation cost estimating program in addition to developing surplus flows of the provo river with a new reservoir the study indicates an opportunity exists for increasing the yield at deer creek reservoir by modifying the reservoirs holdover capacity the estimated increased yield ranges from 5000 to 20000 acre feet depending on the size of a potential upstream reservoir used in conjunction with deer creek reservoir an opportunity also exists to satisfy a portion of salt lake county municipal and industrial du strial water needs through a so called jacob welby exchange according to the study the exchange would involve pumping lower quality utah lake water at the jordan narrows to handle irrigation needs in utah and salt lake counties and utilizing high quality provo river water in salt lake 13 y k CD cz |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/515 |
