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Show The use of water for the development of the Indian Group 5 lands has previously been discussed in paragraph H- 2. This increased use by the Indians would result in a total reduction in divertible flows to Strawberry Reservoir of U8,900 acre- feet annually. The use of this water by the Indians would also result in the non- Indians needing to purchase an additional 36,200 acre- feet of water from Starvation Reservoir. The water bypassed at the Strawberry Aqueduct and not used for irrigation of the Indian lands would flow downstream and add to the inflow to Starvation Reservoir. It would be required to meet the increased demands of the non- Indians as explained in paragraph H- 2. The Unit features down to and including the enlarged Strawberry Reservoir would remain the same as in the proposed plan, except that Upper and Lower Stillwater Reservoirs would be eliminated. Because of the decrease in yield of the Strawberry Reservoir of 62,900 acre- feet annually, flows through the Diamond Fork Power System would be reduced, and features would be smaller in size than in the proposed plan. Several alternatives are available to decrease or eliminate service to supplemental or full- service lands throughout the Bonneville Unit area to offset the decrease in water yield at Strawberry Reservoir. The release from Strawberry Reservoir to Utah Lake averages 8,000 acre- feet annually; it cannot be decreased below that amount and still maintain an adequate quality of water in Utah Lake during the dry cycles. Therefore, lands served from the Wasatch Aqueduct, Mona- Nephi Canal, or Nephi- Sevier Canal would be the most logical to eliminate, especially those located further away. To reduce the demand on Strawberry Reservoir by 62,900 acre- feet• annually would require that all full- service land served by the Wasatch Aqueduct and some supplemental- service acreage be eliminated. The latter would require a reduction of 17,700 acre- feet in the service to Sevier River Basin. Since it is considered necessary to make a diversion of at least 30,000 acre- feet annually to the Sevier River in order to achieve economical and political feasibility, this area would necessarily be deleted under this alternative. The areas that would be eliminated from the proposed plan to reduce the requirement on Strawberry Reservoir by 62,900 acre- feet would be as follows: 566 |
