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Show Response; Ultimately the adequacy and availability of water will shape and restrict development throughout much of the west, including both the Wasatch Front and the Uintah Basin. Future development of the Uinta Basin would be largely associated with utilization of raw materials including oil, gas, oil shale, phosphate, and forest and agricultural products. Requirements for municipal and industrial water for the Uinta Basin has been projected to increase from 20,000 acre- feet annually at present to about 130,000 acre- feet annually by year 2020,151 Water to develop these resources could be made available from the already constructed Starvation Reservoir and the proposed Jensen, Upalco and Uintah Units, or in lieu thereof, by non- Federal developments. The above mentioned units have a combined total annual yield of 117,600 acre- feet, all of which could be utilized. In addition, direct flows of Green River or releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir could be diverted or pumped anywhere along the Green River channel in areas of oil shale deposits. The proposed Ute Indian Unit of the Central Utah Project could also supply about 1^ 0,000 acre- feet of water annually for municipal and industrial use. Thus, it appears that ample water would be available for the development of Uinta Basin resources so that the growth and development of this area would not be restricted by proposed diversions of the Bonneville Unit and the opportunities for population dispersal thus curtailed. Issue 6: The proposed 10- year study of Uinta Basin streams to determine the best use of available water for maintaining minimuiri "' flows' under Unit operat^ ion, may be of little, value if recommended flows are not provided during the interim period. fa sue raised tjy; Forest Service Utah State Department of Natural Resources and several individuals Response: Under the provisions of Section 8 of the Colorado River Storage Project Act, the proposed Bonneville Unit plan includes a 10- year, $ 267,000 program to determine: ( a) the best possible use for fish conservation of the 6,500 acre- feet of water made available for fishery releases to Rock Creek and the Strawberry River; ( b) possibilities for stream improvement; and ( c) replacement measures for lost stream fishing. 650 |
