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Show FY 1997 Funding Recommendations The following ( 4) projects have been recommended for FY 1997 funding, but are subject to approval by the U. S. Department of Interior. Once this approval is received, contracts will be negotiated and signed and funding allocated. # 732 - Salt Lake High Runoff Groundwater Recharge Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District ( SLCWCD) is proposing an aquifer storage and recovery project to capture high quality runoff water that is currently not stored or used; treat it and store it underground for later use. Spring runoff from five Salt Lake County streams will be captured, treated and stored in the groundwater aquifer. Additionally, direct flows from the Weber and Provo rivers yielded by the Welby Jacob Exchange will be conveyed to the Southeast Regional Water Treatment Plant ( SERWTP) in Sandy, treated and stored underground. To treat this water, the SERWTP will be expanded. This expansion will allow the high runoff water from the five streams with its accompanying high suspended solids load to be treated. This project also includes drilling four new wells and equipping twelve existing wells for injection. The purposes of this project are to demonstrate the feasibility of recovering stored water to meet peak season demands, to increase peak demand delivery within Salt Lake County and to stabilize the declining groundwater aquifer in southeastern Salt Lake County. This project will allow SLCWCD to better utilize its water resources. Estimated annual water conservation is 5,800 acre-feet. # 735 - Wasatch County Water Efficiency Project. This project will help improve water use efficiency in nine of the 12 Heber Valley irrigation companies by: 1) providing pressurized water allowing farmers to convert from flood irrigation to sprinklers and 2) replacing some distribution canals and ditches with pipelines. On- farm conversion to sprinkler irrigation systems will not be part of the project, but will occur concurrently under a program administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service and funded under Public Law 566. The project will integrate facilities constructed under Sections 202,207, and 303 of CUPCA. Section 207 funds will be used to construct distribution laterals and pipelines and farm meters and turnouts for delivery of water used for irrigation of crops and landscapes. Approximately 40 miles of pipelines will provide for pressurized delivery and conversion of flood irrigation methods to sprinkler irrigated. Estimated annual water conservation is 23,000 acre- feet. 12 |
