Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 215 Final supplement to the final environmental impact statement : Diamond Fork System, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, page 215 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 215 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; our specific comments are as follows summary page S 2 states that alternatives B and C provide for a reduced transbasin trans basin diversion of water from the uinta basin to the bonneville basin to satisfy the requirements of an instream in stream fishery flow agreement for uinta basin busin streams alternative A provides for a larger transbasin trans basin diversion and assumes that the instream in stream flow agreement would be satisfied by other means we believe the assumption that water to meet the 44.400 44400 acre foot goal of the streamflow Stream flow agreement can be met without reducing the transbasin trans basin diversion is unrealistic A search for alternative sources of wate to meet the 44400 acre foot goal for preserving the fishery without reducing the planned 136600 acre foot transbasin trans basin diversion was initiated shortly after signing of the february 27 1980 agreement since that date there has been a diligent search for feasible means to accomplish this with none having been identified we believe che alternatives have been exhausted at the time the streamflow Stream flow agreement was signed it was expected that 50 percent of the adult trout habitat could be retained by providing 44400 acre feet of water for the fisheries means cf mitigation other than then streamflows stream flows were planned to compensate for the other 50 percent of the loss readers should be made aware of the severe consequences to the uinta basin fisheries if alternative A is selected the may 1979 summary of analysis of alternative streamflows Stream flows for fishery purposes strawberry aqueduct bonneville unit central utah project also known as the governors report evaluated the results of various quantities of water to protect fisheries of the affected uinta basin streams alternative 2 in this report would provide 22300 acre feet of water for protection of the fisheries which is comparable to flows that would be available with alternative A in the document now under review this amount of water for protection of the fisheries woud WOUJQ result in a 63 percent reduction in adult trout habitat in the affected uinta basin streams and angler use would be reduced by 53 percent pages 23 2 3 interrelationships Un bonneville neville unit this section should be expanded to address evolvement of the 1980 streamflow Stream flow agreement in a november 3 1973 news release the secretary of the department of the interior recognized the need for addtiona add4tional additional add tlona tiona i streamflows stream flows in streams affected by the strawberry aqueduct and collection system and indicated that an equitable solution would be forthcoming at that time only 6.500 6500 acre feet of water annually had been provided for preserving affected streams in 1978 under president carters water policy directives greater emphasis was placed on fishery values and studies were initiated initia ted tel to determine the effects of alternative streamflows stream flows this led to the previously mentioned may 1979 report and to the streamflow Stream flow agreement the fact that the streamflow Stream flow agreementgoal agreement goal for fisheries can not be met if alternative A is selected should shouldbe should1be be clearly stated page 7 alten Alter atter alternatives alternati alternate nati yes ves alternatives B and C provide for the retention of 44400 acre feet of water in the uinta basin to meet fishery needs identified in the 1980 streamflow Stream flow agreement alternatives A and B assume that the I 1 & D system will be constructed and it is proposed that impacts that they will have on 215 W |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/13013 |
