Correspondence on Bonneville Unit of Central Utah Project

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,'s PROGRAM DECISION OPTION DOCUMENT Bonneville Unit ~ Central Utah Project klnfc3 i8Sue:; • « ^ b . ^ n r e e s : L r m e i « a i t ? a r d t o s • further development or tne M ™ ^ ^ 1 Alternatives: 1. Stop construction nroiect collection system 2 Delay construction on the project: coneci. j until a further evaluation has been made of the 3 Continue construction (award new contracts) on S Aqueduct system but provide supplemental envfronmentai assessments on remaining P ^ c t ' • futures for Secretarial action before proceeding . further. Background / Analy s is: The Bonneville Unit was authorized for construction as a participating 5*£ of the <^B^^j^m^^^^^^ 3* includes developments in boththe Uinta ana BO ; diversion of water from ^ \ ^ % f ^ f ^ ^ f ^ ^ l unit more densely populated Bonneville Basin (Salt LakeCity^ vould develop 99,000 acre-feet annually £ ™ £ X £ % ^ y supplemental • P T ' T o - a n I t e X I ^ n f I ^ O O ^ L S ^ r S t e a lands an?d 95,000 acre-water to an f - ^ i n ^.J.u irri„ a t e d ia nds. The remaining feet to supply 29,370 acres of ™n " ^ f f i s h e r y . Hydroelectric 6,500 acre-*«£ ™**3*%™t, Z plSnfd Facilities include 10 new power generation of IJJ.DUU KW IS y . r e s e r v o i r s ; more than • Reservoirs and the enlargement of ™"?£?Z££Z powemlants. - 140 miles of aqueducts, tunnels, and canals, ana P -.j »-n,= ififi nno acre-feet of Utah's share of the Bonneville Unit would utilize ^ ™ ° . ^ r ^ ± 1 . 3 m i l l i o n a c r e-feet. Colorado River out of a tota^allocation. ^ ^ ^ ^ Present estimates of the unit s ™P«\ measures, show an increase quality, excluding future salinity control ^asures, __ S f s a l i k t y of 12 mg/1 at Imperial P-.byl985. . . -- C 5 B S ^ t i o n _ o f the Bo^viUe^nit " g S g g ^ & V Z .about 18 percent complete. Fifteen or tne p p Salt Jordan Aqueduct ^ ^ ^ - T L ^ U o n water purification plant, fenced. T Z " 2 1 ^ ^ I g ^ o S n ^ ^ i i i n a ^ F l ^ r Starvation - . S g S e g i S S r i T d i e r C = e S r f e r ( t o . e n l a r g e ^ ^ e r r y Reser­voir) are constructed. * £ « S 2 ^ o n s ^ ^ S notltlrted Strawberry Reservoir and Currant Lreetv. tonbuiu^u