Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 82 Regional director's report of February 1951 on Central Utah Project, Utah : a supplement to The Colorado River Storage Project Report, page 82 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Source | United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Region 4 |
| Publisher | Brigham Young University |
| Date | 2005-10-13 |
| Format | 82 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; CHAPTER IV V lnater INATER wiater wilter SUPPLY storage requirements 0 an initial phase active storage U capacity of 590000 acre feet for strawberry reservoir was determined necessary to provide control for the flow that could have been diverted to the reservoir during the study period 19201946 1920 1946 the capacity would provide regulation for both the central utah and strawberry valley projects A total capacity of about 9000 acre feet reet 8000 active was determined for monks hollow reservoir on diamond fork the monks hollow dam would regulate diversions to the lla Ija lia wasatch satch aqueduct the natural flow of diamond fork would be bypassed through monks hollow reservoir to avoid interference with present uses downstreams down streams but would be utilized along with project water for power production at the castilla oast cast ilia llla power plant plante piant A monthly operation study for strawberry reservoir releases was made on the basis of the fullest possible use of monks hollow reservoir estimated releases for the study were based on an annual firm release of 128700 acre feet with additional releases of 71100 acre feet a year in months when monks hollow reservoir could not supply the demand the total estimated releases from strawberry reservoir include the pre sent releases of the strawberry valley project amounting to 58400 acre feet annually A graphical presentation of the operation study of strawberry and monks hollow reservoirs under the initial phase is given on page 83 these studies based on the 19201946 1920 1946 period were made on the assumption that strawberry reservoir would contain 55 55000 ooo 000 acre feet of water at the beginning of the study round knoll lae lake would have a constant water surface level as shown in the drawing on page 84 utah lake provo river exchange under the utah lake provo river exchange 71400 acre feet of strawberry reservoir water would be delivered to utah lake in exchange for an equivalent amount of water from provo river this water would be regulated in reservoirs on the upper provo river monthly operation studies covering the period 1921 1946 were made to determine the effectiveness of this arrangement for supplying water for the exchange the studies were based on coordinated operation of the bates and deer creek reservoirs shown in the drawing on page 85 the plan provides for the delivery of provo river exchange water to municipalities in salt lake county by sharing the use of the salt laice aaice aqueduct with the provo river project the aqueduct was designed for the capacity of 160 igo second feet or 9700 acre feet a month during the month of maximum demand the provo river project would require 6000 acre feet a month of the remaining 3700 acre feet a month the 82 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/10218 |
