Record Details
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Digital Collections at BYU
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | page 240 Final supplement to the final environmental impact statement : Diamond Fork System, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, page 240 |
| Coverage | Electronic reproduction; |
| Format | 240 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; 9 pipeline a 5 foot pipeline a 4 foot pipeline a 2 foot pipeline such albek altek alterative rue rut yue tive live configurations should should be presented in the FS the bureau should consider other alteratives alternatives altera alter tives in ia i a the final supplement besides the variations we have suggested on the alternatives presented in the DS the bureau should also consider other alternatives these should at least include a review of ae he Walls wails walis wallsburg wallsburs burg burs buri tunnel alternative described in the 1 1973 073 Bon bonneville neble neHle unit FEIS and the M & I 1 system FEIS and the possibility of extending the diamond fork system to include a water supply pipeline from the spanish fork area to the north end of utah lake both these alternatives would assume a reduction of planned irritation irrigation irrication deliveries and a concentration on serving municipal water demands in the wasatch front we read the bureaus inclusion of alternative C in the DS as an indication that the bureau has doubts about the viability of the I 1 & 0 system as currently planned doubts which NWF shares the bureau is aware that no acceptable new financing mechanism has yet been found for the I 1 & D system the farmers will payback dayback less than 20 million over 50 years for a federal investment of nearly 1 billion and the federal investment subsidy would be nearly 4000 per acre for land that is generally now worth only 800 to 1500 an acre some considerably less under the circumstances we would urge the bureau to consider the environmental impacts and the benefits and costs of substituting the Walls walis wails wallsburg wallsbura burg bura burc conveyance system from strawberry reservoir to the provo river for the diamond fork system the bureau should also consider the environmental impacts and benefits and costs of extending the diamond fork system for the purpose of meeting M & I 1 deliveries instead of directing deliveries to utah lake as proposed in alternative C water could be piped to the distribution network at the north end of utah lake any such pipeline route considered of course should minimize impacts on existing development residents and important wildlife areas we believe the bureau should consider in the FS the feasibility of a pipeline route along or in the vicinity of the existing interstate 15 corridor east of utah lake such a proj broj project ct might result in considerably less environmental impact and cost than routes nearer to the wasatch foothills that have been publicly discussed recently 240 W |
| Identifier | http://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/WesternWatersProject/id/13060 |
