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<br />OOLonADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT
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<br />Hammond project
<br />The Hammond project in northwestern New Mexico will divert
<br />San Juan River water for ilTigation of about 4,000 acres of full-service
<br />land aloug the river, in the vicinity of Farmingtou and Bloonllleld.
<br />Principal features onhe development will be 0. diversion dam, diBtri-
<br />bntion canal, Pnmpipg plant, and lateral and drainttge systems.
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<br />Gentral, Utah, project (initial, phase)
<br />The central Utah project (initial phase) will be an extensive under-
<br />taking to develop water resources of the Uinta Basin, 0. Begmen t of the
<br />Colorado River BaB,n in northeastern Utah. Part of the dcveloped
<br />water will be conveyed westward for use in the Bonneville BaBin in
<br />central Utah and the remainder will be used in the Uinta Basin.
<br />Res~~vojrB with a total capacity of about 1,663,,000 acre-feet will
<br />make"water available for about 28,600 acres of full-service land llJld
<br />about 131,800 acrcs of supplemental-service land, Foul' project
<br />powerplants will hl!-ve a combiued installed capacity of 61,000 kilo-
<br />watts. Approximately 48,800 acre-feet of water will be provided
<br />annually for municipal, industrial and miscellaneous uses. The
<br />Project will provide recreational benefits and will have vnlue in flood
<br />and Bediment contml.' ,
<br />The potential Strawberry aqueduct will intercept flows of Rock
<br />Creek and streams;west of Rock Creek, It will convey the water to
<br />tbe existing Strawberry Reservoir on Strawberry River which will bs
<br />enlarged tllJ.'ough 'donstruction of Soldier Creek Dam downstream
<br />from the present dam. The existing outlet tunnel from the rl',servoir
<br />will be enlarged. ,TbiB tunnel con veys water west,ward t,hrongh t,be
<br />Wasatch Mountain dividc to the Bonnevill~, Basin, In descending
<br />tbe west slope of the Wasatch Mountains, tbe water will pass throulfh
<br />a BerieB of four powerplan ts. In the Bonneville Basin the water 1'1'111
<br />be used in an area extending from Salt Lake City south 80 miles to
<br />Nephi. Part of the use will be effected by exchangeB involviug the
<br />waters of Utah Llake, Provo River, and other strea1l1s. Theae ex-
<br />ch~nges will require conBt.ruetion of Bates Dam on Provo River,
<br />Hobble Creek Dam on Little Hobble Creek, and the Front Dam near
<br />Snlt Lake City" Transmission lines will he constructed to serve
<br />local market arebs and to interconnect with the main grid trans-
<br />mission system. .
<br />New project works to provide witteI' for replneement and expanded
<br />irrigation and mjmicipal use in the Uinta Basin will include Hanna
<br />Reservoir on t,he north fork of the Duchesne River, Starvation
<br />Reservoir on Strliwberrv River with a feeder canal from the DueheBne
<br />River,: the Upalco Reservoir off-stream from Lake Fork River, the
<br />Stanaker Reseryoir with feeder canal from Ashley Creek, and a
<br />service el1nal (Vernal unit), and Tyzack Reservoir on Brush Creek.
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<br />Emery County pt,oject
<br />The Emery Oounty project will be in the headwaters of the San
<br />Rafael River in, east-eentral Utah. It will provide irrigation water
<br />for about 3,GOO :acres of full-service land and 20,500 Itcres of Bupple-
<br />mentl1l-service 1l1nd and will provide for re,creat,ional opportunitieB.
<br />J?es Valley Re/lervoir with a total ~apacity of 57,090.aere-feet, It
<br />diversion dam, ~anal, laterals, and draUls will be the prmclpal features
<br />of the project.
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