Record Details
page 3-90
Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3-90 Phase II summary report (final) : Utah Lake water quality, hydrology and aquatic biology impact analysis summary for the irrigation and drainage system--Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, page 3-90 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 3-90 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; with salt water part of the time each year during 94 out of 100 years and exposed 30 out of 100 years 3 a saline meadow between elevation contours 4480 and 4484 that will be covered with m moderately odeca odera tely saline water during 2670 26 70 of 100 years and exposed part of 8692 86 92 of 100 years 4 fresh water marshsaline marsh saline meadow that will be flooded with slightly saline water 612 6 12 of 100 years but exposed 94100 94 100 years of 100 years 5 small raised hummocks dispersed throughout the other eco types and 6 oases adjoining freshwater seeps springs and runoff coarses charses along which freshwater vegetation will contrast with their saline impacted surroundings the margins or borders of each ecotype eco type will change from year to year depending upon water level fluctuations table 3d ad 1 contains a simulation of yearly maximum and minimum lake water surface elevations in goshen bay for a future 50 year period with the DPR dike water surface elevations are projected to fluctuate between 11 and 12 vertical feet this will result in vast acreage of lake bottom to be periodically flooded and exposed over 22000 acres the values of hectares of marsh and ooze habitat covered with water each year assumes no change in the total area of each habitat in reality there will be drastic changes in vegetative communities in goshen bay plus soils periodically exposed and allowed to dry will undergo significant change brimhall & merritt WHAB phase I 1 report 119 9 1980 water in the area below elevation contour 4478 will be very poor quality especially during dry years with TDS values in excess of 90000 mgl mg1 mgt compare this with average TDS levels of only 900 mg1 mgl ugi mgt in utah lake at present maximum TDS of record is 14510 in september 1935 when the lake elevation had been lowered to below 4477 ft during the last 30 years the maximum was only 2109 in september 1961 when the lake was lowered to 4480 ft merritt fuhriman miller and brimhall WHAB phase I 1 report 23 december 1981 table 3d ad 2 gives yearly mean TDS values for goshen bay waters during a 50 year simulation period following diking of goshen bay values were taken from merritt et al WHAB phase I 1 report 23 1981 values are for four different diking plans under plan I 1 water quality behind the dike will gradually worsen following diking with projected 390 3 90 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/10282 |
