Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 226 Final supplement to the final environmental impact statement : Diamond Fork System, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, page 226 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 226 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; 1 intermountain N T E R M 0 U H T A I 1 N W WATER A T E R A ALLIANCE L L I 1 A N C E 721 second avenue salt lake city utah 84103 june 6 1989 regional environmental officer bureau of reclamation 125 south state street PO box 11568 salt lake city ut auh uuh ah 84147 dear environmental officer concerning the draft supplement to the final environmental impact statement for the diamond fork system of the bonneville unit of the central utah project intermountain water alliance has four major concerns with the new diamond fork system 1 there is no mention of the conservation plan to reduce the demand for the trans basin diver diversion siton see the letter from the US environmental protection agency in the final supplement to the final environmental statement for the municipal and industrial system of the bonneville unit of the central utah project page 201 and the bureaus response issue 73a 73b and 73c note that wate consor conservation vation plans will begin to be implemented during the years 1995 and nd 2000 page 179 long after the central utah reject is completed the ramification of this delayedwater delayed delay edwater water conservation effort and wc have not even seen a preliminary plan yet are a there will be no water conservation because repayment of water contracts will win wih require continued wastage of water and there will be huge surpluses of water for the next 50 years in all regions the central utah project operates already during the sixth driest yetar year on record 1988 there was no na rationing of water and neither little dell or the jordanelle danelle Jor projects we re operating and the red fleet reservoir near vernallwas Vernall vernal vernail iwas was utilized only for token reasons flaming gorge continues to be sitting still without any water being utilized b the central utah project is contrary to water conservation dual water systems which are popular throughout most of utah are not utilized in utah and salt lake counties the two counties being the recipient of most of the waters of the jordanelle danelle Jor and diamond fork system continued wastage of culinery culinary culi nery water on lawns in these two counties will continue c utah is perhaps the only state an n which water conservation is non existant existent in the public review draft state water plan 1989 it is stated presently state water policy on conservation is in its early stages page 171 17 1 it is ironic that the federal agency the bureau of reclamation has no water conservation plan at this time even though it has been operating in the arid west for 80 years thus with continued emphasis on water development the taxpayers will both literally and figuratively continued to be soaked 226 33 |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/12978 |
