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Show Proposed recreation areas and borrow areas for Jordanelle Reservoir are shown in Figure A- 29. Provo Reservoir Canal Rehabilitation The rehabilitated Provo Reservoir Canal would convey municipal and industrial water from the Provo River to the Jordan Aqueduct for delivery to Salt Lake County. The existing Provo Reservoir Canal heads on the Provo River at Murdock Diversion Dam and extends northwestward to the Point- of- the- Mountain., Because of fund restrictions portions of Provo Reservoir Canal were never constructed to design capacity. Bank settlement and erosion during the interim have also restricted the capacity. The rehabilitation program would involve raising the left bank of some sections of the canal with a total length of 18.7 miles, raising the walls of a U40- foot concrete flume, and lining a 2. ij- mile section to reduce leakage. The section of canal that would be rehabilitated traverses properties in rural and suburban Utah County. Existing devices to protect humans and animals from canal hazards include guardrails, escape ladders, safety nets, and chain- link fencing. Jordan Aqueduct The Jordan Aqueduct is the only feature of the Bonneville Unit under construction in the Bonneville Basin. Completion of the first 15 miles is expected during 1973. Construction of an additional 5 miles is scheduled to begin in 1978, with completion anticipated in 1980. The buried 78- inch- diameter Jordan Aqueduct will receive water from the rehabilitated Provo Reservoir Canal at Jordan Narrows. Passing under the Jordan River, the aqueduct continues northwesterly to Jordan Treatment Plant and thence north along the west side of Great Salt Lake Valley. An artist's concept of the Jordan Aqueduct alinement is shown in Figure A- 3C. 95 The Salt Lake County Master Plan' calls for the southwest portion of the Salt Lake Valley to be maintained as a rural environment of low population density. The location of turnouts and distribution laterals from the aqueduct have been coordinated with this plan to assure that adequate consideration is given to the requirement for open space and preservation of agricultural lands. Alpine Aqueduct Alpine Aqueduct would convey treated water to northern Utah County. It would be a buried pipeline extending from Provo River to Lehi. 96 |