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Title page 182 Final supplement to the final environmental impact statement : Diamond Fork System, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, page 182
Coverage Electronic reproduction;
Format 182 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; impacts would be temporary and should return to preconstruction conditions once construction ceases 2 sediment type after inundation the rocky substrate of the riverbed riverbee river bed within the reservoir would fill in and become a silt and mud bottom however the general geometrytopography geometry topography in the reservoir would be essentially unchanged 3 dredgedfill Dredged Fill material movement the construction material would be placed and compacted to the extent necessary to retard the downstream movement of fill 4 physical effects of the benthos benthic communities would be eliminated in the embankment disposal areas however benthic communities covered by temporary features will be lost for a short duration they should begin to reestablish themselves once construction ceases many species of benthos living in the riverine habitat would be lost and replaced with low densities of species li living vingin in a reservoir environment the community structure of the benthos would be altered to lower species diversity composition and biomass the function of the benthic communities however would remain the same providing food for higher organisms and acting as decomposers de composers passing nutrients through the system although this thib function would take place at a lower rate 5 actions taken to minimize impacts refer to chapter 111 III lii water quality B water circulation fluctuation and salinity determinations 1 water a salinity not significant refer to chapter III 111 ili water quality b water chemistry refer to chapter 111 III lil lii water quality c clarity color odor taste not significant d dissolved gas refer to chapter III 111 ili water quality e eutrophication refer to chapter 111 III ili lii water quality 182 W 1
Identifier http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/12878

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