Record Details
page 597
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 597 Final Environmental Statement : authorized Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page 597 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Source | Bureau of Reclamation. Department of the Interior |
| Publisher | Brigham Young University |
| Date | 2005-10-14 |
| Format | 597 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; diversion and conveyance facilities from the price river to points of use would also be required the imported water would be suitable for irrigation or industrial use and for municipal use with treatment sizable blocks of arable land that could be irrigated include a tract about 5 miles west of wellington and a large area of about 21000 acres in clark valley the tract near wellington could be served by a 150 foot pump lift from the existing carbon canal the lower two thirds of the clark dark mark valley area could be served by a UO 40 mile mlle nile long iong clark valley canal that would divert water from the price river about 3 miles north of helper scattered land tracts along the canal route could also be irrigated the canal would include 2 miles of tunnel pumping lifts of 200 to koo 400 boo loo 100 feet from the end of the canal would be required to irrigate the upper third of the clark valley area the transbasin trans basin diversion to the provo river would be made through a 96 mile long wallsburg Walls burg tunnel from the enlarged strawberry reservoir to main creek in round valley a tributary of provo river the conveyance system from the wallsburg Walls burg tunnel to salt lake valley and the use of deer creek reservoir in critically dry years is essentially the same as that described pre viously vinously para 3b ab b present environment for the price river diversion the high mountain area from strawberry reservoir to white river near soldiers summit would be traversed by a tunnel vegetation includes aspen conifers various types of brush and native grasses this area provides summer livestock grazing and big game habitat the white rivers confluence with the price river is near colton utah from its mountainous headwaters the price river flows in a southeasterly direction to the green river it has deep canyons at the head of the basin and traverses the basin floor in a cut through the broad valley vegetation in most of this area is very sparse consisting of grasses and small brush the irrigated and undeveloped arable lands are located at the base of the mountains near price for the area affected by the provo river diversion the present environment is the same as that described previously for the alternative entitled partial construction st ruction based on development nondevelopment ITon of utah lake 597 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/5736 |
