Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 103 State review, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Draft, page 103 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 103 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 regard to the irrigation diversions on the lower jordan river and other sources in salt lake county the U S geological survey water resources of salt lake county utah technical publication no 31 1971 calculated the mean annual irrigation withdrawal from all ali sources for irrigation useduring use during the period 196468 1964 68 in salt lake county to be 317000 acre feet at an irrigation diversion requirement of five acre feet per acre this would be enough water to fully supply about 63400 acres the acreage surveys listed in table 6.1 61 61 gi do not indicate that acreages of this magnitude were irrigated during this period it does appear that the irrigation diversions in salt lake county are significantly hi higher gher than expected for the amount of irrigated acreage because of the discrepancies in the various acreage surveys the exact quantity of water that could be classified as excessive irrigation diversions cannot be determined conclusively however it appears that for those water rights that divert from the jordan river and have call cali cail on the waters of utah lake the irrigation diversions are about 25000 to 50000 acre feet higher per year than expected to partially correct this problem the state engineer is encouraging water right transfers in salt lake county to other uses and areas also the central utah water conservancy district has a standing offer of 250 per share to purchase shares of stock in three canal companies in salt lake county thus far the district has acquired about 1000 shares which represent approximately 4000 acre feet of water WATER QUALITY other specific concerns related to the diking of provo bay are involved with potential adverse effects to water quality in utah lake and tributary 103 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/11134 |
