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<br />~r- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />AVAILABILITY OF WATER AND IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY <br />FROM A POWER PLANT TO BE CONSTRUCTED BY <br />DESERET GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COOPERATIVE <br /> <br />April 18, 1980 <br /> <br />This report has been prepared by Vaughn Hansen Associates at the request of' <br /> <br />the Bureau of Land Management to aid in the preparation of an environmental <br /> <br />impact statement. The facts presented herein are the result of independent <br /> <br />analysis, review of pertinent reports, and consultation with representatives <br /> <br />of the following agencies and consulting firms, each having been directly <br /> <br />involved in the analysis of the hydrology of the White River: <br /> <br />Colorado Division of Water Resources <br /> <br />Utah Division of Water Resources <br /> <br />Western Engineers <br /> <br />Burns and McDonnell <br /> <br />Three elements have a direct bearing on the availability of water and <br /> <br />permission to develop that water. They are (1) timing with a determina- <br /> <br />tion of how soon water would be made available to the power plant, <br /> <br />(2) quantity of water available to Deseret and the reliability of that <br /> <br />supply particularly in times of drought, and (3) impact on the downstream <br /> <br />environment of that water use, including reservoirs that may be constructed <br /> <br />for storage. <br /> <br />As the project developed, two potential water sources were identified in <br /> <br />Colorado and two in Utah. The two sources in Colorado are both on the <br /> <br />White River and have been identified as the Taylor Draw Reservoir and the <br /> <br />0306 <br /> <br />fj ,v <br />~~. <br />