Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 235 Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit : Diamond Fork Power System : final Environmental Impact Statement, page 235 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 235 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; consultation AND coordination continued other parties to the agreement makes a total of 44400 acre feet the signatory parties have agreed to work together to provide the entire 44400 acre feet f beet eet this situation has been clarified under water re quirements quire ments in chapter II 11 of the thefeis FEIS fels 3 comment As a part of the EIS an explanation of whatever agreements exist between the strawberry water users and the bureau and the CUP should be a matter of public record and should be included in the EIS clearly there are water rights concerns between these three organizations that have not been adequately spelled out response the strawberry water users have contracted for and have the right to the 61000 acre foot yield of the original strawberry reservoir they also have rights to revenues from lands adjacent to the reservoir under their 1924 repayment contract the central utah water conservancy district under contract with the federal government for the bonneville unit will be entitled to the yield of the enlarged portion of the reservoir 4 comment the EIS does not adequately show that the spanish fork river can with stand the high flows that it will be forced to carry between the junction of diamond fork and the mouth of the canyon response the bonneville unit would not result in increased peak flows in the spanish fork river between the junction of diamond fork and the mouth of spanish fork canyon peak flows lows f now result from f rom runoff f floods f in the spanish fork river drainage including diamond fork releases to utah lake during winter months for exchange to jordanelle Jor danelle etc and supplemental irrigation deliveries to irrigated land in the south utah county area would be well within existing channel capacities and would not be made during flood periods 5 comment the EIS states that the spanish fork river will receive increased flows in the lower regions between the mouth of the canyon and utah lake it is unclear where these waters come f from rom what volume of water will be transmitted between the spanish fork mouth of the spanish fork canyon and the utah lake what will be the timing of those flows is there a specific agreement between the division of wildlife resources and the fish and wildlife wildlifeservice service regarding the establishment of such flows and will public access be provided in this area 235 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/3139 |
