Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 5 Newsletter 1983 Winter, page 5 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 5 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; for ca c6 construction nstruction instruction as part of the bonneville unit which is a participating project in the colorado river storage project enacted by congress in 1956 and ratified in an election by citizens of the district in december 1965 if jordanelle Jor danelle dam was in operation today the 1280 acre feet which is now entering utah lake each day via the provo river would be controlled and considerably sider ably reduced after all existing wintertime winter time water rights are honored most of the flow would be accumulated behind jordanelle Jor danelle dam for subsequent later use as needed by municipalities and industry in wasatch utah and salt lake counties and for irrigation in wasatch and summit counties hydroelectric power generated at the existing olmstead power plant would be replaced from CUP power plants the role played by the dikes on the two shallow bays of utah lake would be to reduce the surface area by about 13 by doing so the tremendous loss of water by evaporation would likewise be reduced and provo river water which would normally be required for delivery to the lake to help meet the evaporation demand could be retained in jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir the question may be logically asked if the project was authorized 26 years ago and the approval given by those who will wil wll I 1 repay the costs 17 years ago why haven t these two features been constructed to help alleviate potential heavy flood damage this coming spring there are several answers to the above questions as follows 1 the failure of teton dam in in 1976 necessitated the most intensive study of a damsite adamsite in the history of the bureau of reclamation this study of the jordanelle Jor danelle site has included detailed analyses of its seismic safety and foundation conditions 2 the claim of mining interests in the park city district that jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir will flood their mine workings required an intensive study of the ireservoir eservoir reservoir eser voir basin s subsurface geology and hydrology 3 environmental concerns about the effect the dikes on utah lake would have on fish and wildlife this has necessitated detailed biological and water quality studies of the lake 4 the requirement for an environmental impact statement for the entire bonneville unit in 1973 and another one in 1979 for the municipal and industrial water system 5 allegations by some who hold water rights on the provo river that their water would be the supply stored in jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir this is not the fact applications for water rights to store water in jordanelle Jor danelle have been filed with the state engineer and are junior to all prior valid water rights only water surplus to the entire utah lake provo jordan system and which spills to great salt lake such as this year will be legally storable it is incredible that some in utah county who would benefit the most from greater control of the provo river and utah lake are threatening to pull out of the central utah water conservancy district at such a critical time because they cannot politically control the district s nonpartisan non partisan court appointed board of directors the 19 man board has been carefully selected to balance the wasatch front area where more than 78 of the water will be used versus the uintah basin wasatch summit counties area where the majority of the water originates the present representation is salt lake county 5 utah county 3 juab county 1 wasatch & summit counties 2 duchesne county 3 uintah county 3 sevier river basin counties 2 total 19 ironically utah county will receive more than 40 of the total water supply as well as the bulk of the flood control benefits 4 .4 CUWCD newsletter reclamation to fill currant creek dam 77 lo 10 the construction and structural testing have been completed and the gates of currant creek dam were closed october 4 1982 to begin impounding water safety considerations require filling at a slow steady rate accompanied compa nied by continual monitoring of the structure the plan is to fill the reservoir about 15 percent this winter and complete the process by fall 1984 when full the 290 acre reservoir will hold about 15000 acre feet of water and serve as a link between the vat and currant creek tunnel segments of the strawberry aqueduct and collection system of the bonneville unit central utah project the system will be operated so that the reservoir water level will remain stable and retain full recreation value the need to close the gates has presented the utah division |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/1292 |
