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Title page I-94 Final environmental statement : authorized Upalco Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page I-94
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Format I-94 text/PDF
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Language English; eng; en
Relation Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; USDA SOIL conservation SERVICE comments on draft environmental statement upalco upalc 0 unit of the central utah project september 10 1979 1 page B bli 11 report states septic tank system would be adequate for projected growth there is now a question of ground water contamination tami nation from this source also possibly lake fork river 2 table C 7 page C 29 shows preproject pre project average salinity much higher than present or modified present conditions since preproject pre project in table C 7 includes a number of yet to be completed projects it is a projection intosome into some sone future date and quite speculative using the preproject pre project salinity of 1046mg1 1046 mg1 mgt or the 879 mg1 mgl mgt average historical concentration of 1972 approved by EPA see page C 81 affects the percent change figuresfor figures for the colorado river at imperial dam this even has a larger impact on figures for the duchesne river near randlett 3 page C 11 estimated increase of 6300 head of cattle all ail ali atl ati supported onfarm nonfarm no impact given but it may increase coliform coti form counts when animal waste is washed into stream 4 page C 25 salinity wouldincrease would increase this statement probably assumes more irrigation at same onfarm nonfarm efficiency if efficiency were increasedjds increased TDS should decre decrease asee asef 5 page C 35 says the projects impact on the warm water fishery in the duchesne riverbelow rivey river below the lakefork lake fork pork riv kiv river er confluence wouldbb would be beneficial because the historical flows in late summer would increase about about550 550 percent thus habitat for warm water fishery would be significantly increased yet on page B 30 this river is presently shown as low quality due to return flows stream depletion of 13000 acre feet annually in this region should significantly fi cantly increase the salinity of the river and adversely impact the fisheries whether based on historical flows or future modified base 6 page C 80 salinity impacts are based on 230000 per mgt mg1 mgl ngi 091 at imperial dam however the consortium of water resource centers in the states of arizona california colorado and utah prepared a recent report salinity management options for the colorado river damage estimates and control program impacts this report lists economic impacts in 1976 dollars as municipal cost 240500 agricultural impact profit loss 16200 reg income loss 86300 total imdacts imoacts impacts ta t3 43000 343000 343.000 43.000 393000 der oer oen den mal ma1 mql moi mol 1 94
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