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,; p"')r! . ....~ . . --, benefit to the operators of that facility. Presently, this plant withdraws its water from the South Canal and stores it for treatment and use in the Fairview Reservoir. Because of soi 1 conditions in that reservoir, the water gains substantial turbidity, resulting in higher treatment costs. The construction of the AB Lateral project will allow the construction of a pipeline from the Lateral directly to the treatment plant, which will lower the treatment costs and improve the quality of water supplied to that domestic water system. A second major improvement to be made as a part of this project is the proposed instrumentation to be added to the irrigation system. To aid in the daily water distribution, it is proposed to add a number of stream gages at several locations within the canal system. These gages, which will indicate the quantity of flow at each location, will be equipped with telemetry monitorirrg devices that transmit data to the UVWUA headquarters. The abi 1 ity to instantaneously determine the quantity of flow in each major canal will provide the UVWUA an even greater ability to balance the water use within the valley. The competing applications provide no f1exibi 1 ity for improvements of the existing water supply system of the region, nor do they provide sufficient instrumentation to monitor water use. 5. Yet another technical advantage of the AB Lateral Hydropower Project is the protection of the existing canal system from surges caused by turbine operation. The competing applications ,have virtually ignored the impact of canal surges caused by sudden equipment shutdowns. When an outage occurs and the load is removed from the generator, the turbine approaches runaway speeds, resulting in accelerated flows through the 15-11