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PART VI FUTURE DEVELOPMENT e Powerplant for the same period was 12,563 acre-feet rounded to 13,000. line sometime in 1984, which would acre-feet. 8,038 acre-feet. Combined use was Plans call for Craig No. 3 to go on increase depletions by about 4,000 Colorado-Ute is planning to upgrade its Nucla plant from 36 to 100 megawatts (MW) by 1990. This is expected to result in about a 1,000-acre-foot increase in depletions. v. Colorado Ute-Southwest Project Colorado-Ute Electric Association is planning two 400-MW units in western Colorado. Two years ago, start up dates of 1987 and 1989 were projected, but recent discussions with association officials indicate that plans to go forward have been delayed indefinitely. For purposes of this table, Reclamation has assumed that one unit will be constructed and on line by 2000 depleting 5,000 acre-feet of water and the other unit will be on line in 2020, making a total depletion then of 10,OOO acre-feet. 5. Utah a. Miscellaneous Additional Depletions e Values shown in the 1983 column of Table A represent addi- tional depletions that have developed since the Comprehensive Framework Study (1965 level) estimates were prepared. These values and the pro- jections to 2010 were provided by the Utah Division of Water Resources. b. Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project Present depletions from the Bonneville Unit include reservoir evaporation, storage accrual, and irrigation uses from Currant Creek, Strawberry, Soldier Creek, and Starvation Reservoirs. Project storage which was accruing in Strawberry Reservoir was spilled into Soldier Creek Reservoir in 1983 because of high runoff conditions and prior storage rights of the Strawberry Valley Water Users in Strawberry Reservoir. Reservoir water surface elevation limitations in Soldier Creek Reservoir further reduced the capability of storing water for proj- ect purposes. Net depletions to the Colorado River System in 1983, in- cluding the initial filling of Currant Creek Reservoir, are estimated to be 32,300 acre-feet. e Based upon the present construction schedule, the deple- tions to the Colorado River are expected to rise to 136,OOO acre-feet by 1990 and 166,000 acre-feet by 2000. The latter figure is correct if replacement of an increased fishery bypass for maintenance of fishery flows for streams along the Strawberry Aqueduct of up to 37,000 acre- feet is developed in the Uinta Basin. If alternate supplies are devel- oped in the Bonneville Basin, the depletion from the Uinta Basin will ultimately be about 128,000 acre-feet rather than 166,000 acre-feet. 45