Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 50 Central Utah Project, Bonneville Unit : Diamond Fork Power System : final Environmental Impact Statement, page 50 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 50 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 111 III lii alternatives WASTE MATERIAL DISPOSAL waste material excavated from tunnels or any other project features would be used where needed for construction of other features suitable waste materials would be used as fill material for dams dikes or roads or for concrete aggregate material not suitable or not needed for construction purposes would either be disposed of by placing it in the nearest reservoir basin where it would not be visible af after ter the reservoir is filled or in some other esthetically suitable location acceptable to the forest service these materials would be stabilized and revegetated vegetated re where practical construction activities AND SCHEDULE reclamations bonneville basin construction office in provo utah would supervise construction of the diamond fork power system construc construe Con struc tion of the roads and recreation facilities would be supervised by recla mation in cooperation with the forest service temporary f field leid of offices f ices f for or construction would be located at each major feature site most of the construction workers would commute to the work sites f from rom their homes in the south portion of utah county orem to spanish fork the major facilities of the diamond fork power system including the transmission lines would be constructed over a minimum period of about 4 years during its two peak years the project would provide direct employment for about 1685 private and government employees based on a 7 month annual construction period over the entire construction period other viable alternatives fifth water pumped storage alternative PLAN accomplishments AND CONCEPT the fifth water pumped storage alternative would utilize the trans basin diversion of water from strawberry reservoir and the large drop in elevation from the reservoir to the confluence of diamond fork and the spanish fork river to generate 42.4 424 424 624 MW of conventional hydroelectric power and 1140 MW of pumped storage power in addition facilities would be provided to help satisfy identified recreation needs stream fisheries would be considerably enhanced limited flatwater fl atwater fisheries would be created and some flood control would be accomplished in dia mond fork measures would be taken to mitigate losses to wildlife the major features of the recommended plan are shown in figures 10 and 11 from the strawberry tunnel inlet at strawberry reservoir water would flow through the proposed syar tunnel which would replace the existing strawberry tunnel and syar penstock to the proposed fifth water reservoir which would be formed by a dam on fifth water creek just below 50 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/4199 |
