Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 32 Final environmental statement : authorized municipal and industrial system, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, Vol. 2, page 32 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Date | 13 |
| Format | 32 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; jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir would eutrophy very rapidly it also appears likely that there could be a heavy metals problem in the reservoir additionally the proposal to allow motor boats and body contact recrea reccea tion on the reservoir meant for supplying potable water is not recommended because of the possible water quality impacts the water quality problems in jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir could adversely affect the provo river and its aquatic life downstream from the reservoir and could make water treatment costs higher response refer to the expanded discussion on water quality at jordanelle Jor danelle reser voir in section C 6b2 of the FES 9 comment salinity increases in the lower colorado river basin caused by the interbasin inter basin water transfer would lower agricultural productivity and increase treatment costs in the lower basin states the costs associa assoria ted with this environmental impact were not adequately taken into account figure C 6 in the mai m&i system EIS shows that achieving the salinity standard at imperial dam will be difficult achievement of the standard is very dependent on completion of a number of salinity control projects all of which may not be feasible or entirely suc of other control measures in view cessful cess ful as well as implementation of this and the environmental defense fund lawsuit we believe it is extremely important that each proposed water development project be given very careful scrutiny by the states and federal agencies involved to insure that they are in concert with the national goal of salinity control in the colorado river basin response the detailed impacts of the bonneville unit on salinity in the colorado river were covered in the 1973 bonneville unit FES and are discussed in section C 15 cumulative impacts of the DES and FES for the munic municipal and industrial system recently refined studies of salinity pro sections jections indicate that salinity levels are not increasing nearly as rapidly as initially projected department of the interior 1979 the total bonneville unit impact on salinity results from stream depletions and actually reduces the salt load in the colorado river system by 27 27000 1000 .1000 tons annually because of the transbasin trans basin diversion of that amount of salt per year the bonneville unit has less impact on salinity per acre foot of water developed than almost any other proposed development on the system in june 1974 the colorado river basin salinity act was enacted to alleviate projected salinity increases and to allow the basin states to continue their development of compact apportioned water 32 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/7807 |
