Record Details
page I-120
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page I-120 Final environmental statement : authorized Upalco Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page I-120 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | I-120 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; memorandum to files subject response to letter of september 19 1979 from the uintah basin association of governments commenting on the upalco unit draft environmental statement 1 comment the EIS in chapter C part 6 appears to be contrary to the uintah basin areawide water quality management plan in that we are attempting to reduce the salinity concentrations whereas the upalco unit expects a slight increase the question which needs an answer is whether or not these expected salinity increases will be offset by the installation of on farm irriga irriza tion practices this needs to be stated before the proposed action would be considered conforming to the WQM plan I 1 believe this area needs immediate attention and characteristic conclusions under each alternative need to be determined any future development of the upalco unit should have direct coordination with the 208 agency as we are attempting implementation of on farm systems in the talmadge area and plan to monitor the effectiveness of these efforts very closely to be able to offset any effects of the taskeech Tas keech reservoir of the lakefork Lake fork river response the projected increase in salt concentration resulting from the upalco unit would be caused entirely by stream depletions or consumptive use bureau of reclamation studies are based on the projection that the existing salt load from presently irrigated lands which would receive project supplemental irrigation water would remain fairly constant during project operation the bureau of reclamation and the soil conservation service both have salinity control programs in the uinta basin under the colorado river water quality improvement program CRWQIP canal rehabilitation and on farm irrigation practices should reduce salt loading and thereby offset concentration increases which would result from increased stream depletions however these programs are not an integral part of the proposed upalco unit therefore their benefits are not claimed in the analysis of the upalco unit thus the bureau of reclamation analysis is conservative and gives the worst case condition concerning salinity increases the colorado river salinity control program which includes the on farm programs discussed would help control salinity levels while the colorado river basin states continue to develop their compact apportioned waters through projects such as the upalco unit 1 120 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/4232 |
