Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 311 Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit : Diamond Fork Power System : final Environmental Impact Statement, page 311 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 311 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 response rates for power generated by the diamond fork power system would be determined by western to recover the investment of the non federal entities that participate in the project it is assumed that the rates would be high enough to recover at least the participants participant st investment costs including interest plus some additional margin for profit on the investment 160 comment would water diverted through this system produce larger revenues if it was allowed to remain in the colorado river system the investment of a billion dollars for the project seems excessive given the in place gen erating aerating capacity on the colorado river system response see the response to comment no 152 161 comment the final portion of the statement that I 1 would criticize is the lack of discussion on other bureau of reclamation projects the delivery of water for power generation to the great basin river systems removes water from the colorado river system this removal will elevate costs for desail desall nization nivation niza tion of colorado river water prior to delivery of the water to mexico what is the economic cost of the additional desalinization required as a result of this proposed project response see the response to comment no 50 the economic cost of the increased salinity resulting from bonneville unit depletions has not been calcu calca lated however since it is believed that the right to divert and deplete streamflows stream flows in the upper colorado river basin as provided by the colorado river compact of 1922 are associated with a corresponding right to concentrate the salt load of the river without penalty the federal water pollution control act amendments of october 1972 PL 92500 92500. 925001 92 500l 5001 500 set forth a public policy of nondegradation for water quality pollution effluent discharge limitations and eventual zero pollution discharge by 1985 in response to this policy and related federal and state program enforcement guidelines the colorado river water quality improvement program was implemented following enactment of the colorado river basin salinity control act of june 1974 PL 93 320 A goal of the program is to maintain salinity concentrations at or below 1972 levels while the colorado river basin states continue to develop waters apportioned to them by the colorado river compact 1 I amended by the clean water act of 1977 public law 95 217 311 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/3843 |
