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<br /> <br />the Bonanza water supply will be to pump from the reservoir with a plant located <br /> <br /> <br />along the shore line into the present pipeline up Wagon Hound Canyon. <br /> <br /> <br />G. Hydro-Electric Power Generation <br /> <br />Earlier hydro-electric power investigations at White River Dam favored a <br /> <br /> <br />peaking power plant to be constructed. This possibility was explored by Protrans <br /> <br /> <br />Consultants of El Paso, Texas in a January 1978 report "Hydro-Electric Power at <br /> <br /> <br />White River Dam, A Reconnaissance Level Report". Following a power marketing study <br /> <br /> <br />by Bingham Engineers of Salt Lake City, Utah, in a June 1979 report which included <br /> <br /> <br />Long Park, and Kolob-Cedar City (Bulloch) hydro-electric projects, the study <br /> <br /> <br />recommended a "run-of-the-river" type plant be constructed at White River Dam. <br /> <br /> <br />Briefly, this change was made considering the great distance of the plant from <br /> <br /> <br />principal population and electric load centers which require additional costs <br /> <br /> <br />for wheeling the power to potential buyers. The most favorable potential purchaser <br /> <br /> <br />of the energy to be generated at White River Dam is Moon Lake Electric Cooperative <br /> <br /> <br />of Roosevelt, Utah. Its anticipated load curve shows a need for White River power <br /> <br /> <br />beginning in 1982 to bridge a two-year gap between Hunter Unit No. 2 and Moon Lake <br /> <br /> <br />Power Plant (site #3 of the Deseret Generation and Transmission scoping studies) <br /> <br /> <br />construction. <br /> <br />A hydro-plant of 8 M!v capacity will be constructed that will generate an <br /> <br /> <br />estimated 25,821,000 KWH on an average annual basis. The power plant will be <br /> <br /> <br />designed to produce power from releases of 250 cfs minimum to 600 cfs maximum <br /> <br /> <br />under a maximum head of III feet and a minimum of 66 feet. If Colorado White <br /> <br /> <br />River water resource developments do not materialize, the power plant could <br /> <br /> <br />generate 29,405,000 KWH annually. <br /> <br />H. Labor Force <br /> <br />The construction of the dam and reservoir will require approximately two <br /> <br /> <br />years. The labor force will fluctuate from 15 persons to 50. Excavation and <br /> <br /> <br />embankment operations can be accomplished with about 20 men. When concrete forming <br /> <br /> <br />and placing is in operation during approximately one-fourth of the construction <br /> <br /> <br />period the number of employees will approach 50. Construction workers will be <br /> <br /> <br />drawn largely from the local area and they will probably commute to the site. <br /> <br />- 20 - <br />