WSP06554

• File Number: 8221.112.I
• Description: Central Arizona Project
• State: AZ
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 11/13/1979
• Title: Final Environmental Statement: Salt-Gila Aqueduct - Central Arizona Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: EIS

I. INTRODUCTION. . . .
II. THE PROPOSED ACTION
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The Proposal . . . . .
Purpose of the Aqueduct .
Description of the Aqueduct
1. Location and Route
2. Aqueduct Design . . . .
3. Aqueduct Components . . . . .
a. Salt-Gila Pumping Plant.
b. Gila River Siphon .
c. Checks.......
d. Turnouts......
4. Cross Drainage Structures
a. Overchutes.....
b. Culverts............
c. Training Dikes and Flow Channels. . .
d. Existing and Proposed Flood Protective
Structures . . . . . . . . . .
5. Transportation and Utility Crossings ...
a. State and County Roads . . . . . . . .
b. Railroad Crossings. . . . . . . . . .
c. Pipelines and Miscellaneous Utilities.
d. Flood Control Channels and Pipe Drains
Power and Transmission Facilities
1 . Genera 1 . . . . . . . . . .. '"
2. Salt-Gila Pumping Plant. . . . . . .
3. Check Structures ..........
4. Power Transmission Facilities Design
Operations Administration Facilities
Project Right-of-Way . . . . .
1. Right-of-Way Requirements
2. Land Acquisition ...
Fencing ...........
Safety Devices . . . . . . . . .
Construction Considerations. . . . . .
1. Temporary Construction Facilities
2. Construction Roads. . . . . . .
3. Construction'Materials......
4. Construction Water Supplies. . .
5. Diversions During Construction. .
a. Transportation Crossings . .
b. Major and Minor Water Courses. .
c. Existing Services and Facilities
6. Safety, Environmental, and Standard
Control Requirements. . . . . . .
a. Construction and Public Safety
b. Blasting Control . . . . . . . .

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