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<br />. <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />r <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />TITLE: <br /> <br />DATE: <br />SPONSOR: <br />OBJECTIVE: <br /> <br />~FJ J U 11 <br /> <br />UPPER WHITE RIVER BASIN - GENERAL RESERVOIR SIZING <br />PROCEDURE <br /> <br />August 1983 <br /> <br />Morrison-Knudsen Engineers, Inc. <br /> <br />To identify the uni t cost of yi el d to storage si ze for <br />large mainstream reservoirs. <br /> <br />SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS: <br /> <br />The Warner Point and Canyon sites were examined in sizes from <br />100,000 acre-feet to 500,000 acre-feet, and the most economical <br />unit cost of yield was found to occur with reservoirs of 300,000 to <br />350,000 acre-feet. <br /> <br />SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS: <br /> <br />Geotechnical investigations should evaluate foundation conditions <br />for dams and reservoirs up to 400,000 acre-feet. A 350,000 <br />acre-foot mainstem dam could provide a firm annual yield of over <br />200,000 acre-feet per year. <br /> <br />***** <br /> <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />