Record Details
page H-13
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page H-13 Final environmental statement : authorized Jensen Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page H-13 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | H-13 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; 46 A 1962 study indicated the sum of the dissolved solids of the water from oil wells in the ashley valley field to range from 5002000 mg1 ngi mgt the water at that time was being used for irrigation purposes in the vicinity of the oil field and eventually drained into the green river the water is principally a calcium sodium sulfate type having bicarbonate as an additional important constituent A high sodium content is the principal reason that much of the water vater vaten katen from the ashley valley field is classified as doubtful to permissible for irrigation use unless compensated for by gypsum in the soil or in the water high sodium content in irrigation water causes clayey soils to deflocculate defloccutate and to become hard and impermeable fortunately in the ashley valley area gypsum derived from the mancos makes it possible to use some of this water for irrigation purposes use of groundwater containing greater than 500 mgl mg1 mgt of total dissolved solids is not recommended for household use if water of better quality is available c weather leather modification modi modl fi catl cati on weather modification represents a source of new or additional water by producing runoff from precipitation that normally would not have fallen in the area during the colder seasons november april the mountains act as a natural storage area for precipitation in the form of snow research programs now in progressmader progress wder ader mader the direction of the bureau of reclamation project Sky shy skywater stywater skywater1 water and others indicate a good possibility of increasing precipitation and streamflow stream flow about 15 percent cloud seeding is still stilt in the developmental stages and is successful only under certain circumstances nature has to first provide the clouds perhaps in a few more years it will wilt wiil be the least expensive tool in water resource development but now it can only help under ideal circumstances 1 descrip descript description ion lon of alternative weather and atmospheric modification could be considered as an alternative source of water for the jensen unit although quite speculative at the present time assuming the weather could be modified to produce about 15 percent more precipitation and runoff it is very doubtful that the existing reservoirs would have enough long term carryover storage to hold the additional water for example an operation study indicates that steinaker reservoir empties about 10 years of 43 years historically and during these shortages the extra 15 percent could be claimed by the present water users based on historical records and the steinaker reservoir operation study about 27 years H 13 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/5718 |
