Record Details
page 526
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 526 Final Environmental Statement : authorized Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, page 526 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Source | Bureau of Reclamation. Department of the Interior |
| Publisher | Brigham Young University |
| Date | 2005-10-14 |
| Format | 526 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; areas to accomplish salvage on the fringe areas around the lake an elaborate dike and drainage system would be required which would include pumping of the drainage flows the fringe areas around the lake are used to some extent for pasture in computing the depletions and potential net salvage 4 it L 4 was assum assur assumed ned that all surface and groundwater irrigation return flows and precipitation on the phreatophyte areas would be available as a source of supply and all ill lii sources except precipitation could be controlled however these assumptions are questionable the results of an attempt to save water through phreatophyte eradication in the pecos river basin clearing project are presently inconclusive preparation of a report is underway inflow outflow studies to measure water savings have been unsuccessful because of changes in groundwater storage upward leakage from underlying aquifers and the relative magnitude of savings compared to total flows however lysimeter tank studies have shown that salt cedars use up to 4 or 5 feet of water per year and bare soil with a depth to water of a foot uses up to 2 feet however if the water level is kept below 4 feet consumptive use is very slight the fringe areas around the eastern half of the great salt lake have many acres of land covered with phreato phytes paytes but most of these areas are either managed or unmanaged waterfowl areas or wetland pastures the utah state division of wildlife resources manages five vater water waterlow waterfowl waterfow fow areas around the lake they are howard slough waterfowl management area ogden bay waterfowl management area farmington bay waterfowl management area public shooting ground waterfowl management area and salt creek waterfowl management area the federal government manages the bear river migratory bird refuge on the north end c of the lake numerous private developments are also managed as water fowl hunting areas salvage of water from these areas by control of phreatophyte growth would likely be opposed by the waterfowl interests furthermore development of this water for other uses would further deplete the inflows to the great salt lake which would lower the level of the lake water salvage by phreatcphyte phreatcphyce phreatophyte control around the great salt lake would not be practical because of the existing uses for pastureland pastu reland and developed waterfowl management areas the outflow from these areas could be collected 526 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/5986 |
