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SECTIONFOUR <br />4.1 OVERVtEW <br />Formulation of Alterna~iues <br />Several alternatives were considered during the development of the 2003 Report and one <br />additional alternative was developed for this study. The reservoir will remain at its present <br />storage capacity of 220 AF at gage height 20. The following alternatives were evaluated: <br />1. No Action, <br />2. Alternative 1- Complete Dam Rehabilitation, and <br />3. Alternative 2 - Maintenance. <br />4.2 NO ACTION <br />If the dam improvements are not completed, the SEO could effectively require the complete <br />breach of the dam. The costs associated with this alternative were related to the loss of the water <br />right. The loss of the water right was estimated to cost approximately $1,540,OQQ, based on the <br />annual reservoir yield for 220 acre feet at a rate of $7,000/acre-foot. URS believed that the No <br />Action alternative was not a viable alternative and it was precluded from further consideration. <br />4.3 ALTERNAT(VE 1- COMPLETE DAM REHABILITATION <br />The 2003 Study presented an alternative for the complete rehabilitafion of the dam and its <br />appurtenant structures. It included rehabilitating the dam to approximately its current height and <br />size which would store approximately 220 AF with three feet of freeboard. This alternative <br />included the following: <br />1. Reshaping the upstream face of both dams to flatten the slopes from approximately 2.3: i <br />to 3:1. This would require removing the existing riprap from the upstream face of the <br />dams, stockpiling, and replacing after placing fill and reshaping the upstream face. The <br />reshaping would be necessary to not only flatten the slope but to place a compacted clay <br />liner over the upstream face to reduce potential seepage through the embankment. <br />2. A cutoff trench would be excavated at the upstream toe of the north dam and tied into the <br />clay liner to reduce potential seepage through the dam foundation. The cutoff liner <br />would extend to the underlying shale which is approximately 15 feet below existing <br />~.,5 4-1 <br />