Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 3 Central Utah Project, 1970 Septembe, page 3 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Source | Central Utah Water Conservancy District |
| 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; bonneville unit the bonneville unita unitj unit now under construction is the largest and most comprehensive of che the authorized units of the cantral central gentral 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 million includes sevennew seven new reservoirs and the enlargement of two existing reservoirs more than 140 miles of aqueducts tunnels and canal three power plant andseveral and several pumping plants starvation reservoir constructed on strawberry riv river er three miles above duchesne with a 167000 acte acre foot capacity stores flows of duchesne andstrawberryrivers and strawberry rivers storage water is used for late season irrigation of about 26000 acres ofland efland of land along the duchesne river and to replace some water presently p resentlyused used in that area which will be diverted to the bonneville basin crossing thehigh shehigh the high flank of theuinta the uinta mountains the strawberry aqueduct about37 about 37 miles long willintercept will intercept theflows the flows of rock creek and seven other othier streams tributary to duchesne river upper stillwater and gurrant currant creek reservoirs will serve as equalizing reservoirs 1 along the aqueduct water will fiew flew flow by gravity through the aqueduct to the enlarged strawberry reservoir soldier creek dam about 7 miles downstream from the existing strawberry dam 3 will increase the capacity of strawberry Riser reservoir voir from 283000 to 870000 acre feet the new 65 mile mlle long pressurized syar tunnel will divert storage water from strawberry reservoir through the wasatch divide between uinta and bonneville basins approximately197000 approximately 197000 acre feet of water will be releasedannually released annually through the tunnel including 61000 acre feet of present yield from the existing strawberry reservoir water descending about 2000 feet to the bonnevillebasin bonneville basin floor will flow through thesmar thesyar the syar sixth water and dyne power plants of the diamond fork power system the plants will have a total generating capacity of about 13300okilowatts 133000 kilowatts durin&thenonirrigation during che the nonirrigation season about 97000 acre feet of water released to turn the powerplant power plant piant turbines will be stored in either utah lake the51500 the 51500 acre 4cre acre foot capacity hayes reservoir on diamond fork the enlarged monareservo mona reservoir ar &r or the existing sevier bridge reservoir water stored in these reservoirs is to be used during the lr irrigation lrrigation rigation season about loos ioos 100000 000 ooo acre f feet eetof letof of water released through the power plants during the irrigation seasonwill season will wili wiil be diverted directly onto on to proj broj project ect act land or used for municipal and industrial purposes wasatch aqueduct mona nephi banaz canal canaz canad and nephi sevier ganal canal canad will convey irrigation water from the power plants and reservoirs to lands in utah and juab counties and the sevier river basin provoand provo and goshen bays will be separated b&separated from utah lake by dikes to reduce evapo evajo transpiration losses part of the project water collected 3 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/12272 |
