Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3 Central Utah Project, 1970 March, page 3 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Publisher | Brigham Young University |
| Date | 2005-08-30 |
| Format | 3 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; uintah unit the uintah unit will develop the flows of uinta and whiterocks rivers for irrigation municipal and industrial use storage regulation will be provided in the 47000 acre foot capacity uinta reservoir on the uinta river and in the 32000 acre foot capacity White whiterocks roe roo ks reservoir on whiterocks river distribution of the irrigation water supplies will be made through new and existing canal systems to about 53000 acres of indian and non indian land the municipal and industrial water will be made available from the storage facilities for use in the vicinity of roosevelt Bonne bonna bonneville bonnevili viLI le unit the bonneville unit now under construction is the largest and most comprehensive of the authorized units of the cantral central utah project it includes local developments in the uinta and bonneville basins and the diversion of water from the uinta basin for multiple purpose usage in the bonneville basin the complex unit costing more than 324 miil mill milt million lon ion includes seven new reservoirs and the enlargement of two existing reservoirs more than 140 miles of aqueducts tunnels and canals 7 three power plants 7 and several pumping plants starvation reservoir constructed on strawberry river three miles above duchesne with a 167000 acre foot capacity stores flows of duchesne and strawberry rivers storage water is used for late season irrigation of about 26000 acres of land along the duchesne river and to replace some water presently used in that area which will be diverted to the bonneville basin crossing the high flank of the uinta mountains the strawberry aqueduct about 37 miles long will intercept the flows of rock creek and seven other streams tributary to duchesne river upper stillwater and currant creek reservoirs will serve as equalizing reservoirs along the aqueduct water will flow by gravity through the aqueduct to the enlarged strawberry reservoir soldier creek dam about 7 miles downstream from the existing Stra strawberry oberry dam will increase the capacity of strawberry reservoir from 283000 to 870000 acre feet the new 65 5 mile mlle long iong pressurized syar gunnel tunnel will divert storage water from strawberry reservoir through the wasatch divide between uinta and bonneville basins approximately 197000 acre feet of water will be released annually through the tunnel including 61000 acre feet of present yield from the existing strawberry reservoir water descending about 2000 feet to the bonneville basin floor will f flow low through the sbar syar slur ydr gan yar sixth klater water plater vater and dyne power plants of the diamond fork power system the plants will have a total generating capacity of about 133000 kilowatts 3 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/12266 |
