Record Details
page G-1
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page G-1 Final environmental statement : authorized Jensen Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page G-1 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | G-1 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; G irreversible AND irretrievable commitments OF RESOURCES the jensen unit would involve the commitment of less than two percent of utahs share of colorado river water to project purposes under present utah water law commitments of water resources would essentially remain permanent providing they were beneficially used the changing needs and goals of people and land use are increasingly being recognized and could result in some future modification in those laws which would facilitate the transfer or allocation of water rights between various beneficial uses eg irrigation to municipal or recreational use an example of this trend is the act of a recent utah legislature which authorizes the state engineer to reject a water application which would have serious environmental impact on a flowing stream certain trends in the uinta basin such as population growth and mineral related industrial development are being established and are placing new and greater demands on water resources in this area development would be in harmony with these trends and is not expected to significantly alter established growth patterns the availability of additional water provided by the unit would not only stabilize the rural area but would also be a significant factor in facilitating urban growth and industrial development to this extent the proposed action would result in irreversible or irretrievable commitments of the resources described below 1 land use tyzack reservoir would inundate approximately 520 acres of land now vegetated with native plants and crops this land would be irreversibly lost to present purposes and committed to reservoir uses about 105 acres would be cleared for other uses of which about 25 acres would be permanently devegetated vegetated de As area communities expand there would be some conversion of open and green space to building use the amount of open and green space lost would be controlled by the zoning laws of the municipalities involved 2 fisheries and aquatic habitat tyzack reservoir would cause a loss of about 2.5 25 25 miles of the big brush creek ecosystem through inundation under the proposed plan of diversion there would also be seasonally reduced flows in approximately 16 miles of stream this latter resource commitment would be irretrievable if the flow regimen remains permanently altered aquatic ecosystems in streams are resiliant resitiant resilia resilient resi tiant nt and can recover from short term periods of stress G 1 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/5511 |
