Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 58 Final Environmental Statement : authorized Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page 58 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Source | Bureau of Reclamation. Department of the Interior |
| Publisher | Brigham Young University |
| Date | 2005-10-14 |
| Format | 58 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Library; during construction the outlet portal was reached from the adjacent old uso US highway 40 which has now been replaced by a relocated section the inlet portal is reached from highway 40 via an improved gravel surfaced road along currant creek to water hollow and then 5 miles on a new gravel surfaced road up water hollow canyon the material excavated from water hollow tunnel was deposited in an area below the old US highway 40 which would eventually be inundated by the enlarged strawberry reservoir the tunnel spoil area has been leveled fertilized and seeded 21 strawberry reservoir enlargement the nearly completed soldier creekman creekdan creek Cree kDan dam dan about 7 miles downstream from the existing strawberry dam will increase the present strawberry reservoir capacity from 283000 to 1106500 acre feet this reservoir would be the prime storage facility for the bonneville unit providing the necessary carryover storage for use in years of short supply the maximum content would occur during periods of high runoff and the minimum content would occur during periods of low inflow and high demands because of winter releases to other reservoirs in the bonneville basin the yearly minimum content of strawberry reservoir would usually occur in march or april under a simulated reservoir operation the reservoir would have emptied only once in the 40 year study period from 1921 to 1960 an artists concept of strawberry reservoir enlargement is shown in figure A 12 about 18950 acres of land were acquired or set aside for enlargement of the reservoir this included the necessary lands for construction and recreational purposes of this amount an estimated 4285 acres were privately owned 953 acres were indian owned and 13712 acres were strawberry valley project lands being used by the strawberry water userso users ample borrow material for dam construction was available within the enlarged strawberry reservoir area A riprap quarry of suitable quality rock was developed slightly downstream from the dam on the left side of the canyon concrete aggregate was obtained from the moon deposit on currant creek and from a commercial source in salt lake county figure A 13 shows the proposed recreational facilities borrow areas and waste disposal areas for the enlarged strawberry reservoir 58 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/5745 |
