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<br />-Z~~ .-,,-..,.,_,~-,,_" ".,-J.. . ",_,,0. ,-_'._'_""~"".-",__ _>-._ ".'<1:. '__"~L'"..:_ <'- -"~ <br /> <br />f'- <br />~ <br />0j <br />C.J <br /> <br />CHAPTER IV <br /> <br />PLAN FORMULATION <br /> <br />streamflows and project requirements, releases would be made from the <br />conduit to Lake Avery for storage. When the flow of North Fork should <br />be insufficient, water would be pumped by the Avery Pumping Plant to the <br />conduit from storage in Lake Avery to meet project demands. <br /> <br />At the downstream tunnel portal of the White River Feeder Conduit <br />in Little Beaver Valley, water would be supplied to the Yellow Jacket <br />Conduit and the Oak Ridge Conduit. The Yellow Jacket Conduit would flow <br />generally northwest and the Oak Ridge Conduit more or less southwest. <br />Both conduits and their laterals would provide a gravity pressure supply <br />for sprinkler irrigation. Water for the coal industry would be supplied <br />at a turnout from the Yellow Jacket Conduit near Coal Creek. Municipal <br />and domestic water would be available at two turnouts from the Yellow <br />Jacket Conduit, one at the initial end and the other near Curtis Creek <br />northeast of Meeker. Delivery and treatment of all industrial and munici- <br />pal water from the conduit turnouts would be the responsibility of the <br />water users. <br /> <br />Water for oil shale development and related uses would be made avail- <br />able at a diversion dam on White River at the mouth of Yellow Creek. This <br />supply would come from natural streamflows to the extent they exceed that <br />necessary to ensure minimum streamflows at the Colorado-Utah border, as <br />discussed on page 30. Storage releases would be made from Lake Avery to <br />provide the oil shale supply when natural flows are inadequate. The con- <br />veyance of this water to points of use beyond the diversion dam, as well <br />as any desired treatment of it, would be the responsibility of the users. <br /> <br />Several measures for fish, wildlife, and recreation are included in <br />plans for the White River Segment. The intended minimum flows in the <br />North Fork and lower mains tern of White River would give fishery protec- <br />tion as well as maintain downstream water rights. Access easements for <br />fishermen would be acquired along the North Fork. To mitigate wildlife <br />losses associated with project operation and enhance future wildlife con- <br />ditions, land in the Oak Ridge area would be purchased for long-term man- <br />agement as a big game area. Axial Reservoir would be managed as a fishing <br />lake, as explained earlier in this chapter. Recreational facilities <br />would be provided at the enlarged Lake Avery and at Thornburgh Reservoir <br />for public use. Historic Indian battle sites near Meeker and at Thornburgh <br />Reservoir would be marked by the construction of a small public informa- <br />tion building at each site. <br /> <br />Project features <br /> <br />'Lake Avery enlargement <br /> <br />The enlarged Lake Avery would have a capacity of 55,000 acre-feet, <br />of which 40,000 would be active and 15,000 dead and inactive. The full <br />reservoir at normal water surface elevation 7,107 feet would have a sur- <br />face area of about 650 acres. <br /> <br />57 <br />