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7 <br />• PROJECT Jensen Unit, Central Utah Project <br />LOCATION Uintah County, NE Utah <br />Green River Basin <br />(U 2-3) <br />SPONSOR U.S. Bureau of Reclamation <br />DATE OF SHEET October 27, 1977 <br />TYPE OF FACILITY Water storage for irrigation, municipal, and <br />industrial; pumping plant and water delivery system. <br />STATUS Authorized, Advanced Planning <br />COMPONENTS <br />A. Tyzack Dam (Big Brushy Creek approximately 3 miles below <br />U.S. 44), l45 ft. high <br />Tyzack Reservoir, active capacity - 24,000 AF, total <br />capacity - 26,000 AF, surface area - 520 ac. <br />Tyzack Pumping Plant - at the outlet from dam <br />• Tyzack Aqueduct - buried, 46 cfs capacity <br />B. Burns Pumping Plant, located on Green River at mouth of <br />Brushy Creek approximately 2.5 miles above Jensen,- <br />Utah. (Sec. 28, T.4S., R.23E.) Total capacity.- <br />97 cfs, 9,700 AF per year <br />PROJECTED IMPACTS ON THE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM <br />Estimated annual depletion of Colorado River - 15,000 AF <br />Estimated annual contribution to salt load - 1,000 tons <br />Estimated increase of salinity of Colorado River at <br />Imperial Dam - 1.6 mg/1 <br />Possible physical removal of small endemic fish from the <br />Green River at the-pump station. <br />REFERENCES <br />U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 1975. Final Environmental <br />Statement Central Utah Project, Jensen Unit. <br />• Harvey Wittmier, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, <br />Salt Lake City, Utah <br />