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Show diversion and conveyance facilities from the Price River to points of use would also be required. The imported water would be suitable for irrigation or industrial use and for municipal use with treatment. Sizable blocks of arable land that could be irrigated include a tract about 5 miles west of Wellington and a large area of about 21,000 acres in Clark Valley. The tract near Wellington could be served by a 150- foot pump lift from the existing Carbon Canal. The lower two- thirds of the Clark Valley area could be served by a UO- mile- long Clark Valley Canal that would divert water from the Price River about 3 miles north of Helper. Scattered land tracts along the canal route could also be irrigated. The canal would include 2 miles of tunnel. Pumping lifts of 200 to 1+ 00 feet from the end of the canal would be required to irrigate the upper third of the Clark Valley area. The transbasin diversion to the Provo River would be made through a 9• 6- mile- long Wallsburg Tunnel from the enlarged Strawberry Reservoir to Main Creek in Round Valley, a tributary of Provo River. The conveyance system from the Wallsburg Tunnel to Salt Lake Valley and the use of Deer Creek Reservoir in critically dry years is essentially the same as that described previously ( para. 3b). ( b) Present Environment For the Price River diversion, the high mountain area from Strawberry Reservoir to White River near Soldier's Summit would be traversed by a tunnel. Vegetation includes aspen, conifers, various types of brush, and native grasses. This area provides summer livestock grazing and big game habitat. The White River's confluence with the Price River is near Colton, Utah. From its mountainous headwaters, the Price River flows in a southeasterly direction to the Green River. It has deep canyons at the head of the basin and traverses the basin floor in a cut through the broad valley. Vegetation in most of this area is very sparse, consisting of grasses and small brush. The irrigated and undeveloped arable lands are located at the base of the mountains near Price. For the area affected by the Provo River diversion, the present environment is the same as that described previously for the alternative entitled " Partial Construction Based on Nondevelopment of Utah Lake." 597 |