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Show to these features. ( Physical data on Starvation Feeder Conduit and other canals and conduits are given in Table A- 4.) ( 3) Starvation Reservoir Storage of water in Starvation Reservoir began in November 1969 and Starvation Dam was completed in March 1970. The reservoir stores flows from the Duchesne and Strawberry Rivers0 This water is released as needed to supplement present irrigation supplies in the Duchesne River area and to replace water diverted to the Bonneville Basin by the Strawberry Aqueduct. Starvation Reservoir is expected to fluctuate quite widely from year to year, depending on available water supplies. The reservoir is filled by surplus winter and spring flows, with the maximum content for the year usually reached during April, May, or June. Releases will normally be made during the summer and early fall months. Approximately 75 percent of the time there will be holdover water in the reservoir at the end of the year which may be used for the next irrigation season. According to an operation study, the reservoir would have emptied during 10 of the 40 years from 1921 through 1960o Starvation Dam is a rolled earthfill structure located on theStrawberry River about 3 miles upstream from Duchesne. Two access roads totaling 2.7 miles in length were constructed to the dam. U. S. Highway 40, which passed through the Starvation Reservoir basin, was relocated for approximately 6.5 miles west of Duchesne,, This relocation was completed as part of a State program for upgrading U. S. 40 between Strawberry Reservoir and Duchesne, and the highway was opened to traffic in October 1969. Starvation Bridge which spans an arm of the reservoir, in included in the relocated highway. This bridge is 1,634 feet long and 114 feet above the valley floor. In addition to Highway 40, 2.16 miles of Strawberry River Road and 1 mile of Rabbit Gulch Road were relocated and improved. ^ Physical data on Starvation Reservoir and other dams and reservoirs are given in Table A- 5„) Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System The Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System ( Fig. A- 5) would consist of Upper Stillwater Reservoir, Currant Creek Reservoir, the Strawberry Aqueduct with its various diversion structures and feeder pipelines, and Strawberry Reservoir enlargement. Upper Stillwater and Currant Creek Reservoirs would serve as regulating reservoirs along the Strawberry Aqueduct. ( Lower Stillwater Reservoir, a recreation and fishery mitigation reservoir on Indian lands, would share several impacts with Upper Stillwater Reservoir.) 33 |
