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Title page 53 Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit : Diamond Fork Power System : final Environmental Impact Statement, page 53
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Language English; eng; en
Relation Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; CHAPTER 111 III lii alternatives rays valley from the reservoir the water would drop almost vertically through the proposed underground fifth water penstock and then flow through a discharge tunnel into the proposed monks hollow reservoir which would be formed by a dam on diamond fork just below monks hollow all bonneville unit water and part of the strawberry valley project water would be released from monks hollow dam into the proposed diamond fork pipeline and conveyed to a proposed bifurcation near the confluence of diamond fork and the spanish fork river here water destined for use in areas south of utah county and part of the water for f or south s utah county would enter the wasatch aqueduct of the iad i&d system the water destined f for or storage in utah lake and the remainder of the water f for or south utah county would f flow low through the diamond fork powerplant Power plant and into diamond fork and the spanish fork river the strawberry valley project flows not conveyed in the diamond fork pipeline would enter the diamond fork stream channel below monks hollow powerplant Power plant flood control would be provided by both fifth water and monks hollow reservoirs power would be generated at three proposed f flow low through plants the syar powerplant Power plant at the terminus of the syar tunnel and penstock at fifth water rese reservoir rvoir rivoir the monks hollow powerplant Power plant at the base of monks hollow dam and the diamond fork powerplant Power plant at the terminus of the diamond fork pipeline and at the proposed fif afif fifth th water pumped storage powerplant Power plant to be located underground near the base of fifth water dam during periods of low power demand water in monks hollow reservoir would be pumped back about 1600 feet almost vertically through the fifth water penstock to fifth water reservoir for reuse during periods of peak power demand surge tanks would be located underground at both syar and fifth water plants facilities for operation and maintenance of the power system would be located in the fifth water powerplant Power plant chamber within the area of impact surrounding fifth water reservoir and at the mouth of sheep creek to facilitate construction and operation of the power system new roads would be constructed and some existing roads would be replaced or improved A tunnel would be constructed to provide vehicle access from one of the new roads to the underground fifth water powerplant Power plant additionally a vertical shaft would be constructed to provide elevator access to the fifth water powerplant Power plant from above and a second parallel shaft would be provided for ventilation new transmission lines and switchyards switch yards would be required to transmit the power generated at each proposed powerplant power plant to the interconnected transmission system A surface switchyard would be built at each of the four powerplants power plants and two separate transmission lines would connect the syar and monks hollow switchyards Switch yards with the central fifth water switch yard A third transmission line would extend from the fifth water switchyard to the proposed sheep creek substation near the confluence of sheep creek and soldier creek where it would be tied to the intercon intercom in tercon nected necked transmission system A separate transmission line would be re quired quiren to connect the diamond fork switchyard with the interconnected system at the mouth of diamond fork canyon 53
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