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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 8 Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit : Diamond Fork Power System : final Environmental Impact Statement, page 8 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 8 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; CHAPTER I 1 introduction the water supply for the mai m&i system would be developed by construct ing jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir on the provo river upstream from the existing deer creek reservoir because most of the provo river water is already appropriated for use the water stored in jordanelle Jor danelle would be exchanged through utah lake initially this exchange would be accomplished by releasing bonneville unit water from strawberry reservoir to utah lake through the existing strawberry tunnel with full development of the bonneville unit project return flows and water saved by diking the lake as part of the iad i&d system would be used to accomplish the exchange some water would be developed from floodflows flood flows of the provo river in high runoff years if the iad lad system is not built the water conveyed through the diamond fork power system would be permanently committed as the water supply for the mai m&i system in that case utah lake would not be diked biked as part of the bonneville unit the municipal and industrial water developed by the mai m&i system would be released from jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir to the provo river and diverted downstream into the existing olmsted aqueduct this aqueduct connects with two additional aqueducts presently under construction which would deliver the water to points of use the irrigation water developed by the system would be diverted from the provo river by exist ing facilities in the heber and francis areas irrigation AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM the iad i&d system would provide water for irrigation and for municipal and industrial use in areas south of provo in the bonneville basin A draft environmental impact statement for the iad lad system is scheduled for completion iii in lii lil 1985 the iad i&d system would develop an average annual water supply of 160900 acre feet including 30600 acre feet for municipal and indus trial uses and 130300 acre feet for irrigation the water supply would be developed by diking provo and goshen bays to reduce evaporation on utah lake and by recycling project return flow and using present spills from the lake some of the water developed by diking the lake would be pumped for irrigation of lands adjacent to the south portion of the lake the major portion however would be exchanged to jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir for the mai m&i system this exchange would make available to the iad i&d system most of the water initially conveyed from strawberry reservoir to utah lake for the mai m&i system exchange if the lad iad system were not constructed a conveyance system in diamond fork canyon would still be needed to convey water for the mai mal system if utah lake were not diked biked the water supply developed by the strawberry collection system would have to be permanently committed to accomplish the jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir utah lake exchange refer to al ternative ter native operation in chapter III 111 ili UTE INDIAN TRIBAL development the ute indian tribal development formerly bureau of indian affairs activity would be located on indian land in the duchesne river drainage 8 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/3930 |
