Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 4 Newsletter 1985 Summer, 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; CUWCD newsletter aw 4w boat launching continued camping hiking and picnicing picnicking picnic ing with drinking water and modern toilet facilities the utah division of wildlife resources has stocked the reservoir with a number of catchable sized and fingerling rainbow trout this year so the fishing should be good situated in a forest of aspen fir and lodgepole pine trees currant creek recreation area offers approximately 100 camping units approximately 50 trailer parking spaces and a trailer sewage dump the facility can accommodate approximately 800 people in one day the facilities are operated by the US forest services uinta national forest the forest service has a policy of pack lt it in pack lt it out and recrea reccea tionists zionists are expected to come prepared to pack out their own garbage currant creek dam and reservoir for which initial filling filling was completed in july 1983 are features of the central utah projects strawberry collection system a major part of the bonneville unit the central utah project will intercept and regulate unused streamflows stream flows that descend the south slopes of the uinta mountains and will convey part of this water westward from the sparsely populated uinta basin to the comparatively densely populated bonneville basin the principal means of conveyance for the transbasin trans basin diversion is the 37 mile long nearly completed strawberry aqueduct which extends from upper stillwater reservoir now under construction to currant creek reservoir and in turn to strawberry reservoir A rs a wl l 1 red fleet dam operation turned over to CUWCD the operation and maintenance of red fleet dam has been transferred to the uintah water conservancy district the dam located northeast of vernal was constructed several years ago as part of the jensen unit of the central utah project according to P kirt carpenter projects manager for the bureau of reclamations utah projects office water stored in the reservoir behind the dam will be used for irrigation and municipal purposes recreation and flood control are other benefits derived from construction of the dam the uintah water conservancy district managed by LY siddoway and located in vernal also operates and maintains steinaker dam north of vernal 7 va v4 f mai mal m&lsystem SYSTEM bonneville unit the municipal and industrial system of the bonneville unit is located in salt lake utah summit and wasatch counties the system will provide 90000 acre feet of water annually for municipal and industrial use in northern utah county and salt lake county and about 2000 acre feet for municipal and industrial use in wasatch county the project will also provide 15100 acre feet of water for supplemental irrigation use on 22740 acres of presently irrigated land in the heber francis area of wasatch and summit counties generate hydroelectric power provide flood control improve recreation opportunities and some esthetic values and include measures to mitigate fishery and wildlife losses the system plan includes construction of jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir and power plant on the provo river completion of alpine and jordan aqueducts now under construction and stabilization of 12 of the 15 existing upper provo river reservoirs A 15 year construction period is anticipated the existing strawberry reservoir will be the source of most of the water supply and this supply will be exchanged through utah lake to jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir by picking up the evaporation losses and other recoveries of an estimated 100000 acre feet annually project water for municipal and industrial use will be released from jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir into the provo river and flow 20 miles downstream where it will be diverted at the existing olmsted diversion dam the released flows would be conveyed to areas of use by project aqueducts the alpine aqueduct to serve communities in northern utah county and the jordan aqueduct to serve the |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/1331 |
