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Show • would then inundate a major portion of the golf course and several campgrounds and private summer home developments. Hobble Creek has steep side slopes, - which • would be difficult terrain for road relocations. Excessive cuts and fills and extensive benching would be required for the roads. This would permanently scar the mountain sides. The same steep side slopes would almost eliminate the possibility of recreational development around most of the reservoir. The pipeline from the dam to south Utah County - would cause short disruptions to road travel and utility service during construction. Construction of the pipeline would leave a 13- mile- long scar along the base of the mountains. The scarred area would be reseeded. Some aspects of this plan would be more desirable than the adopted plan. There would be only one powerplant, and it would be located underground to make it more esthetically desirable. Disposal of material excavated from tunnels would be about the same in either plan. The Hobble Creek plan would not use the creek channel as part of the conveyance system as is the case with the Diamond Fork plan. Therefore, the stream fishery above and below Hobble Creek Dam and Reservoir would not be affected. The powerlines from the powerplant to the Springville substation would not be as long as those to be used in the adopted plan. With increased capacity, Hobble Creek Reservoir could correct the problem of floods from Hobble Creek channel through the town of Springville, Utah. It could also eliminate the Springville bypass portion of the adopted plan. ( 3) Transbasin Diversion to Price River and Frovo River ( a) Description of the Alternative Alternative plans were investigated for diverting releases from the Strawberry Reservoir to supplement the flows of both the Price River and the Provo River ( Fig. H- 18). As much as 80,000 acre- feet of Bonneville Unit releases could be used annually in the Price River Basin to meet municipal and industrial demands or supplemental and full- service irrigation requirements. The remaining 56,000 acre- feet could be conveyed to Provo River for use in the Bonneville Basin ( particularly Salt Lake County). Water would be diverted to the Price River Basin through a 12- mile- long Price River Tunnel from the enlarged Strawberry Reservoir to White River, a tributary of the Price River. Channelization of portions of the White and Price Rivers and 595 |