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<br />_ ~~~-~~_~.......~..","'-"'''-'. _._n.~~.-~ .~,.. ~ ._,.~ L>.,-",_,,,,,,-,_.~,,,,,,,,~..>,,__<,;;:;.-,~,._ .~, __,_~'Nf.... )'.:-X;'!.::",-"..~.:.~~~.~.~r~J,'~:.~, ~~ <br /> <br />WHAT IS THE CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT? <br /> <br />The Central Utah Project (CUP) is a major multiple-purpose water resource <br />project that will provide critically needed water supplies to Central Utah. <br />Construction of the CUP as a participating project of the Colorado River <br />Storage Project was authori zed by the Act of April 22, 1956, (70 Stat. <br />105). The CUP consists of six units that can be constructed and operated <br />independently. Five of the units - the Uintah, Vernal, Jensen, Upalco, <br />and Ute Indian Units - are developments in the Uinta Basin of the Upper <br />Colorado River Basin. The sixth and largest - Bonneville Unit - diverts <br />water from the Uinta Basin and delivers it through the Oiamond Fork System <br />to the Bonneville and Sevier River Basins. <br /> <br />The Bonneville UnitLlJn_c!~r construction since 1966, was divided into six <br />systems according to location and function for,c;,gnvenience in planning and <br />coordlnation. These systems are the Starvation Complex (essentially <br />completed), Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System (under construction), <br />Dlamond Fork Power System, Irrigation and Drainage System, Munlcipal and <br />Industrial System (under construction), and the Bureau of Indian Affairs <br />Developments (partially compTefedf:---fhe Bonneville Unit plan is shown in <br />Figure 1. the unit will include: 10 new reservoirs; the enlargement of an <br />existing reservoir, more than 140 miles of aqueducts, tunnels, and canals; <br />five powerplants; 8 primary pumping plants; and about 200 miles of pipe <br />drains. Water will be made available to meet present and futui"geconomic, <br />industrial, munici]al, agriCUlturall.1&and recreation needs in Utah by pro- <br />vi di ng about 121,1 0 acre-feet of I water; about 16b, ZOU acre-teet ot <br />irrigation w_ater for 27,340 acres of new farmland and 216.250 acres of <br />eXistin~ farmland now short of water; and a minimum of 6,500 acre-feet for <br />stream isheries. <br /> <br />HOW DOES THE DIAMOND FORK POWER SYSTEM FIT? <br /> <br />The Di amond Fork Power System is an integral part of the Central Utah <br />Project IS Bonnevi 11 e Uni t and wi 11 serve as the condu it through whi ch an <br />average of approximately 200.000 acre-feet of water will be delivered from <br />th~,J!illt,a,_~!?Jll_,~<J.,J:~,_lLo!l!l!!vi lle Basin each year. The Olamond ForI< power X- <br />System shown in Figure 2 is designed to utilize an elevation difference of <br />approximately 2,600 feet to generate hydroelectric power as the water is <br />transported through the Wasatch Mountain Range. <br /> <br />Power Generation <br /> <br />!.!l!LJ:l.!:.Q1!osed plan consists.of a S~i"J.E!,Lof_~lJlll1_E!Js,LrE!~~_rvoil2. pipeline~, <br />and powerplants, including three small conventional hydroplants and one <br />large undergroull_~'-pumi>ed storage powerll.lant. FTgure 3 na:rt--arfiSVS <br />conception of the large pumped storage powerplant. The three small conven- ' <br />tional powerplants will have a combined_installed ca~acity of 42.4 MW. The ~ <br />pumped s tor_1!9.~LJ?_ql.'!.fi!IJll.a_ll.,U..i n hav~al!l_a~il1!lJI!L~.a'p_ac iJ.Y_9L!~HQ_M\tCa1: l1!al<,i:,", <br />mum head, L~Luni ts_ at 285 MW each) Lwhl~_h-L wh.E!n ,ad~~~\'ii~h__t~~,c~~~El_~~i ona_l <br />hydro, gives a to,~al installed capacity of f182.4 MW. Of thlS - am6iJrft, <br />approximately 20.9 MW is needed for the BonnevillelJnlt Project pumoina and <br />wi II De ~edera Ily tl nanced. Tab Ie 1 1 i sts the major project features and <br />thelr respectlve SlZes and 'and capacities. <br /> <br />1 <br />