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Title page 1 Strawberry Complex : Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit, page 1
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Language English; eng; en
Relation Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; september 1970 STRAWERRI strawberry COMPLEX the strawberry complex consists of the features required to collect flows of several streams tributary to duchesne river and to convey the water to the strawberry reservoir which will be enlarged these features include strawberry aqueduct upper stizzwater stiff wagan water wazan reservoirs reservoirj reservoir currant creek reservoir and strawberry reservoir EnZ enzargement enlargements enlargement argement strawberry complex was planned and is being constructed by the bureau of reclamation as a multipurpose development at an estimated cost of about 90 million this complex is an integral part of the 324 million bonneville unit which will furnish additional water for future use in the rapidly expanding areas of utah construction of the bonneville unit began in 1967 with work on the starvation complex in the vicinity of ofduchesne duchesne the strawberry complex is the second series of bonneville unit features to be constructed strawberry aqueduct will head at upper stizzwater stiff water reservoir on rock creek water in the aqueduct will flow by gravity about 37 miles in a southwesterly direction and will intercept the flows of rock creek and seven other streams as it crosses the high southern flank of the uinta mountains this rough mountainous terrain will necessitate tunnel or pipe sections throughout the entire length of the aqueduct the strawberry aqueduct will consist of seven concrete lined tunnels with a total length of 28.7 287 287 miles a 11 mile long welded steel siphon five sections of pre cast concrete pipeline with a total length of 6 miles andtwcvopen and two open channel segments totaling 1 mile in length the capacity of the aque aqueduct duct ranges from 285 second feet at the upper stillwater still oater water reservoir inlet to 620 second feet at the strawberry reservoir outlet upper stizzwater seffl stiff water reservoir and currant creek reservoir will serve as regulating reservoirs along the strawberry aqueduct the upper stywater stmwater stiff eater water reservoir will regulate the flows of rock creek and the south york pork sork of rock creek for release to the aqueduct upper stywater stmwater seiff stiff water reservoir will have a totalcapacity total capacity of 29500 acre feet of which 26600 acre feet will be active and 2900 acre feet inactive the reservoir will cover an area of about 320 acres upper stizzwater stiff water daon dam daw approximately 31 air miles northwest of duchesne will be a rolled earth and rockfill rockfall rock fill structure about 188 feet above streambed stream bed the crest of the dam will be 2920 feet long and 30 feet wide and it will contain about 5195000 cubic yards of embankment material the reservoir outlet works in the left abutment will bypass flows torock to rock creek and viii will wall have a capacity of 820 second feet at maximum water level and 450 second feet at minimum water level the spillway also in the left abutment will be an uncontrolled morning glory type with a design capacity of 7820 second feet at maximum reservoir water level currant creek reservoir will divert water from currant creek and five of its tributary streams into the aqueduct currant creek reservoir will have a total capacity of 15500 acre feet only 1000 acre feet will be active capacity and the remaining 14500 acre feet will be inactive and dead capacity at normal water surface elevation the reservoir will cover an area of 290acres 290 acres currant creek dam daon on currant creek will be a rolled
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