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Show ( 2) Environmental Impacts of the Alternative Under this alternative the water requirement for the 15,2k2 acres of Indian Group 5 lands and the recommended stream fishery " bypasses would be met before diversion to Strawberry Reservoir. The Uinta Basin portion of the plan, the yield of Strawberry Reservoir, and the facilities required to deliver the water for use in the Bonneville Basin would be the same as for the alternative described in the preceding paragraph. The additional effect in the Bonneville Basin, compared to the proposed plan, would be the elimination of the Provo Bay features and the land that would be reclaimed for agricultural purposes. An additional 1,760 acres of full- service land in the Mosida area that would have received a water supply from evaporation salvage by diking Provo Bay would also be deleted. The proposed Provo Bay development is described fully in Section A, and the alternative on nondevelop- ment of Provo Bay and the associated environmental effects are described in paragraph 3a of this section. e. Proposed Plan With Nondevelopment of Utah Lake and Recommended Minimum Fishery Flows This alternative is a combination of the following alternatives: " Proposed Plan With Nondevelopment of Utah Lake," ( par. 3b), and " Proposed Plan With Recommended Minimum Fishery Flows," ( par. 3c). This alternative ( Fig. H- 15) demonstrates the effects of satisfying the recommended minimum flows for stream fishery purposes and of nondevelopment of Utah Lake on the proposed plan. The average annual yield of Strawberry Reservoir would be 73,700 acre- feet, the same as for the alternative in paragraph 3c. Allowing for conveyance losses, about 66,300 acre- feet could be delivered to Salt Lake County for municipal and industrial use. Diversion to the Wasatch Front from Strawberry Reservoir would normally be made on a municipal pattern through Wallsburg Tunnel to Main Creek of Round Valley. Flows from the tunnel would be discharged into the natural channel of Main Creek for conveyance to Deer Creek Reservoir. Part of Deer Creek Reservoir storage would be available in dry years to reregulate the tunnel flows to meet peak summer demands. From Deer Creek Reservoir the water would be released into Provo River for conveyance in the natural channel of Provo River to Murdock Diversion Dam, then through the Provo Reservoir Canal to the Point- of- the- Mountain, and finally through the Jordan Aqueduct to points of use. ( l) Present Environment ' The existing environment for this alternative has already been described in Section B for the proposed BonnevULe Unit except for the section from Strawberry Reservoir down through Round Valley. The Round Valley existing environment is described in paragraph 3b. 569 |
