Record Details
page 103
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 103 Final Environmental Statement : authorized Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page 103 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Source | Bureau of Reclamation. Department of the Interior |
| Publisher | Brigham Young University |
| Date | 2005-10-14 |
| Format | 103 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; 7 lampton reservoir lampton dam and reservoir would be located on the jordan river south of salt lake city in jordan valley the dam would be constructed at about 9800 south and the reservoir would extend south to near bluffdale Bluff dale existing roads traverse both sides of the damsite adamsite and would give good access to the reservoir an artists concept of lampton reservoir is shown in figure A 34 the reservoir would store and regulate return flows to the jordan river from water used under provo river project and bonneville unit together with spills from utah lake flood control would be provided for the lower jordan river area lampton reservoir would fluctuate from year to year according to variations in demand and inflow however the reservoir would seldom empty and there would usually be carryover water each year drawdown would occur during the heavy summer demand period filling would take place from winter water and high runoff flows borrow areas have not been determined riprap would be available in the nearby wasatch mountains although exploration would be required before a site is selected no suitable riprap sources are expected to be located within the reservoir basin concrete aggregate sources are abundantly available for development within the reservoir basin concrete aggregates could also be obtained from nearby commercial sources A reservoir at the lampton site has been investigated by the corps of engineers as a flood control project on the jordan river it is also a feature in a master plan for the jordan river parkway proposed by the salt lake county planning commission A report detailing this plan was presented to the salt lake county commissioners on february 5 196595 1965.95 1965 1965. the reservoir known then as jordan lake was part of the suggested recreation park and open space development more recently lampton reservoir has been associated with a campaign to save and restore the jordan river the provo jordan river parkway authority which was recently established by the utah state legislature to correlate development plans is discussed in 185 paragraph a5 aa under the proposed bonneville unit the reservoir would serve as a multipurpose facility A sketch map of the reservoir and potential recreation sites is shown in figure A 35 103 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/5811 |
