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page C-35
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page C-35 Final environmental statement : authorized municipal and industrial system, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, Vol. 1, page C-35 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Date | 14 |
| Format | C-35 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; eliminated this miltwaste millwaste mill waste material would probably be disposed of at the existing tailings sites to the west the soil samples indicate substantial concentrations of manganese iron copper and zinc in the mineralized area along drain tunnel creek the copper and zinc levels leached beached from soil samples bureau of reclamation 1979 indicate that the combined effect of these metals could possibly act to keep algae productivity below levels which would be expected in a reservoir with jordan elles projected nutrient content copper sulfate is presently added to deer creek reservoir specifically to reduce algal blooms however certain noxious blue green algaes alganes seem to have a greater tolerance and can adapt to moderate heavy metals concentrations the sampling also indicates that some of the more toxic trace elements element s cadmium mercury and selenium are at very low levels generally below the laboratory detection limits and are not expected to exceed water quality standards in jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir iron manganese copper and zinc in the north arm would exceed the water quality standards in an anaerobic condition while lead could be a localized problem in a worst case situation A monitoring program would be established to track eutrophication phi cation dissolved oxygen ph and heavy metals should a heavy metals problem develop in the north arm then aeration would be used under project expense to maintain water quality although aeration would benefit recreation fish and aesthetics at jordanelle danelle Jor reservoir the main benefit would be to mai m&i diversions downstream at deer creek since these pollutants would be retained in jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir several mine tailings located less than 1 mile from the proposed jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir high water line encroach on drainage channels although flooding and subsequent washing out of these tailings has not been a problem some potential does exist since these tailings are located on private property they are assumed to be the responsibility of the owner however if jordanelle Jor danelle is built adequate flood channels probably should be provided to avoid washing potentially toxic materials into the reservoir the bureau of reclamation is investigating the need for channel improvements with EPA the surface geology associated with mineralization in the proposed jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir basin is primarily limited to portions of the north arm the geology of the deep main body of the reservoir and the provo arm is quaternary provo river alluvium these stream gravels and valley fill materials are not likely to contain lea iea teachable chable chabie heavy metals therefore any heavy metals problems occurring in other than the north arm would stem from deep water migration and circulation during spring and fall turnover however during those periods the metals are expected to precipitate out quickly and are not expected to migrate upstream from the north arm if jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir were built without controls on in flowing water pollution and nutrients the reservoir would probably become strongly eutrophic the potential for the pollution of inflowing flowing inblowing in water appears high based on projected housing and recreational development in the jordanelle Jor danelle reservoir area as discussed earlier this would C 35 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/7830 |
