Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3-22 Final environmental impact statement on the Wasatch County Water Efficiency Project and Daniel Replacement Project, page 3-22 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 3-22 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; comment letter no 4 72896 karen M hicks project manager central utah water conservancy district 355 west 1 1300 300 south orem utah 840587303 84058 7303 my concerns about the proposed action for the WCWEP and the DRP are as follows the proposed action uses the most mineral resources an and d energy the cost appears to be 24 2 4 times as much initially an&then and then annually as theo then theother the other ther alternative proposa prokosa proposals Is the cost in electricity forthe for the propos proposed edaction eduction ed action appearsto appear appears sto to be 24 2 4 timesgre times greater gre ate than the alternatives r an and d V the e costa costb cost of e electricity ity is sd sure sune to goup d p jn I 1 in je t the future utu re in agriculture there is expected to be a conversion f from rora flood irrigation to I 1 sprinkler were other forms of irrigation considered such as drip 4.1 41 41 irrigation drip irrigation would save considerable water and increase water use efficiency decrease in wetlands thenet athenet the net increase in wetlands under the DRP alternatives 743 74.3 743 acres would be larger than tharl under the proposed proppse propose d action 4.2 42 42 536 53.6 536 acres we are losing wetlands at such an alarming rate itis it is unfortunate that the proposed actioncould action could not be at least comparable in i n i wetlands restoration groundwater levels some of the cool fresh water springs are directly I 1 fed by groundwater in the aquifer and these could be affected d by the 4 43 4.3 43 proposed action the water table all over the country is lowering if the groundwater increased this would also help the wetlands the most impprtantredeemi important redeeming ngfacto ng facto factor r about about the thes ther P roposed proposed reposed action Is th the e restoration restoratioftdf of water flow in the five stream streams s and ana t the 0 strawberry traw erry erny river iv er As it stands I 1 see major flaws in the proposed action perhaps it is necessary to reconsider some important issues one last comment I 1 find it very interesting that the public who participated in your scoping put recreation before water quality and health and safety sincerely joleen H bell 2379 east 9 900 goo 00 south salt lake city utah 84108 fifwanstk&fw 322 3 22 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/3209 |
