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Title page 400 Final Environmental Statement : authorized Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page 400
Coverage Electronic reproduction;
Source Bureau of Reclamation. Department of the Interior
Publisher Brigham Young University
Date 2005-10-14
Format 400 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; transbasin trans basin diversions because of this in order to achieve the recommendations cited by the 1972 colorado river enforcement conference refer to section 4c2 of the environmental impact statement an investigative program was instituted and is now underway for the improvement of the quality of the colorado river waters the investigation and possible implementation of this program is chiefly the responsibility of the bureau of reclamation with other agen cies cooperating the program entitled colorado river TT water watter quality r improvement program has as its objective to investigate various means to accomplish the goal of maintaining salinity concentrations at or below levels presently found in the lower main stem of the colorado river the salinity problem is thus to be treated as a basinwide basin wide problem which when solved would offset salt concentration increases arising from the bonneville unit or other similar type projects the factors to be considered in this program include 1 1 consequences of various salinity levels 2 evaluation of salinity sources 3 kinds of salinity control actions required 4 economic viability of proposed control actions 5 public acceptance and commitment to the proposals including appropriate cost sharing arrangements 6 poten potential dai dal ual impacts of evolving technology and 7 relationships within a basinwide basin wide management plan some temporary water pollution from unit construction activities would occur siltation of streams could cause damage to fish and their habitat increased recreational use of the unit features would also be a potential source of water pollution unless adequate sanitation facilities are provided and maintained preventive and corrective action would be taken as necessary to insure that wastes generated by the unit would be minimized and not cause concentrations exceeding the state water quality standards m air quality the immediate and localized effect of the unit on the quality of air would be in connection with construction activities noise and dust from construction activities would have a direct temporary impact on the adjacent areas the effects that increased noise levels would have on wildlife have been discussed previously in this section some increase in noise level would also be expected along the wasatch front area due to construction activities and the operation of unit facilities such as powerplants power plants and pumping plants secondary effects would include a possible degradation of air quality due to sustained and increased industrialization as well as from a larger resident population also as a result of the unit more vehicles carrying recreationists would enter and leave the areas adjacent to unit reservoirs the potential degradation 400
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