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Diversion Facilities

Docs Diversion Dam

Type:

Reinforced concrete

Location

South Fork of Rock Creek, 1 mile southwest of Upper Stillwater Reservoir.

Year Completed

1976  

Dimensions:

 

   Height above streambed

5.5 ft  

   Length of weir section (spillway)

20 ft  

   Crest elevation

8,197.5 ft  

Sluiceway:

300 ft of 24 in diameter concrete pressure pipe controlled by a 24 in diameter slide gate.

   Design flood capacity at 8197.5

240 cfs  

   

Headworks to Docs Feeder pipe

Concrete

   Diversion capacity

100 cfs  


Hades Creek Diversion Dam

Type:

Reinforced concrete overflow weir

Location

On Hades Creek in the Strawberry Aqueduct System

Year Completed

1984  

Dimensions:

 

    Height above streambed

ft  

    Length of weir section (spillway)

ft  

   Crest elevation

ft  

Sluiceway:

200 ft of 24 in diameter concrete pressure pipe controlled by a 24 in slide gate 

   Design flood capacity

cfs  

Headworks

Concrete, controlled by a 36 by 30 in slide gate

   Diversion capacity

cfs  


Knight Diversion Dam

Type:

Rolled Earthfill

Location

Duchesne River, 5 miles upstream from Duchense, Utah.

Year Completed

1967-1968  

Dimensions:

 

   Structural height

29 ft  

   Hydraulic height

11 ft  

   Spillway crest length

100 ft  

   Crest length

2,147 ft  

   Crest elevation

5,736.5 ft  

   Volume

49,000 yd3  

   Design flood capacity

6,000 cfs  

Headworks to Starvation Feeder Conduit

Concrete

   Diversion capacity

300 cfs  


Layout Creek Diversion Dam

Type:

Reinforced concrete with overflow weir section and intake box

Location

On Layout Creek south of Currant Creek Reservoir in the Strawberry Aqueduct System.

Year Completed

1970-1975  

Dimensions:

 

   Weir crest length

10 ft  

   Weir crest elevation

7,903.0 ft  

Sluiceway:

180 ft, 24 in diameter concrete pressure pipe controlled by a 24 in diameter slide gate.

Headworks:

18 in by 18 in slide gate

   Diversion Capacity

100 cfs  


Rhodes Diversion Dam

Vat Diversion Dam

Type:

Reinforced concrete overflow, spillway on right side of dam.

Location

On West Fork of Duchesne River in Strawberry Aqueduct System.

Year Completed

1978  

Dimensions:

 

   Weir crest length

50 ft  

   Weir crest elevation

7,882.0 ft  

Sluiceway:

5 ft square reinforced concrete box about 110 ft long connected to a baffled outlet box. Flow controlled by 5, 5 ft slide gates in series.

Headworks:

Reinforced concrete direct intake structure with trashrack and operating deck on upstream face of dam. Flows controlled by two 7 ft square slide gates in series for a 6 ft diameter intake pipe, and two 2 ft square slide gates in series for a 1.5 ft diameter intake pipe.

   Diversion Capacity

2,100 cfs  


Water Hollow Diversion Dam

Type:

Reinforced concrete structure with an overflow weir section, sluice and bypass channel, and an outlet works.

Location

On Water Hollow Creek east of Strawberry Reservoir in the Strawberry Reservoir System.

Year Completed

1971  

Dimensions:

 

   Structural height

10 ft  

   Weir crest length

12 ft  

   Total crest length

210 ft  

   Weir crest elevation

7,645.0 ft  

   Volume

12,000 yd3  

Sluiceway:

50 ft long controlled by a 48 in by 36 in slide gate.

Headworks:

Controlled by a 48 in by 24 in slide gate.

   Diversion Capacity

20 cfs  

General Information:

Protective dikes extend on both sides of the dam, 80 ft to the left and 30 ft to the right.


Win Diversion Dam

Carriage Facilities

Alpine Aqueduct

Type:

Steel , coated with mortar

Location

At mouth of Provo Canyon, 5 miles north of Provo, Utah.

Construction period

1978-1988  

Length

 

   Section 1

7.0 mi  

   Section 2

3.0 mi  

   Section 3

11.2 mi  

Capacity

 

   Section 1

450 cfs  

   Section 2

30-115 cfs  

   Section 3

10-90 cfs  

Diameter

 

   Section 1 

90 in  

   Section 2

27-60 in  

   Section 3

18-48 in  


Bottle Hollow Inlet Channel

Location

Bottle Hollow Complex on small drainage offstream from Uinta River, 1 mile west of Fort Duchesne, Utah.

Year Completed

1969-1970  

Length

1,580 ft  

Capacity

50 cfs  

Typical maximum section, earth lined:

 

   Bottom width

6 ft  

   Side slopes

2:1  

   Water Depth

2.6 ft  


Currant Creek Pipeline  -  Strawberry Aqueduct

Type:

Precast concrete pressure pipe.

Location

Along Currant Creek downstream from Currant Creek Dam, about 14 miles northwest of Fruitland, Utah.

Year Completed

1970-1975  

Length

4,220 ft  

Capacity

620 cfs  

Diameter

132 in  


Currant Creek Tunnel

Type:

Concrete tunnel

Location

From Currant Creek Reservoir to confluence with Layout Creek Feeder Pipe

Year Completed

1970-1975  

Length

8,900 ft  

Capacity

620 cfs  

Diameter

 

   Drilled

13 ft 

   Lined

10.25 ft 


Docs Feeder Pipe

Type:

Precast concrete pressure pipe.

Location

From Docs Diversion Dam into Upper Stillwater Reservoir.

Year Completed

1975  

Length

4,170 ft. 

Capacity

100 cfs  

Diameter

42 in  


Hades Creek Feeder Pipeline

Type:

Precast concrete pressure pipe.

Location

Extending generally southeast from Hades Creek Diversion Dam to North Fork Siphon in the Strawberry Aqueduct System.

Year Completed

1984  

Length

13,985 ft  

Capacity

30 cfs  

Diameter 

30 in  


Jordan Aqueduct Reaches 1 and 2

Type:

Steel and concrete

Location

West side of Salt Lake County from Point-of-the-Mountain to street coordinates 5900 South and 4000 West.

Year Completed

1970-1973  

Length

14.9 mi  

Capacity

270 cfs  

Diameter

70 in  


Layout Creek Feeder Pipe

Type:

Concrete pipe

Location

Extending east from Layout Creek Diversion Dam to Strawberry Aqueduct joining at a point near the outlet of Layout Tunnel.

Year Completed

1970-1975  

Length

4,570 ft  

Capacity 

8 cfs  

Diameter

12 in  


Layout Creek Feeder Pipeline

Type:

Asbestos-cement

Location

On Layout Creek 2 miles above its confluence with Currant Creek.

Year Completed

1970-1974  

Length

8 mi  

Capacity

20 cfs  

Diameter

15-18 in  


Layout Creek Siphon

Type:

Precast concrete pressure pipe

Location

On Layout Creek 2 miles above its confluence with Currant Creek.

Year Completed

1970-1974  

Length

5,280 ft  

Capacity

620 cfs  

Diameter

132 in  


Layout Tunnel

Type:

Circular and horseshoe shaped concrete tunnel.

Location

From Layout Creek Feeder Pipe to confluence with Water Hollow Feeder Pipe

Year Completed

1970-1975  

Length

17,320 ft  

Capacity

620 cfs  

Diameter

 

   Drilled

13 ft  

   Lined

10.25 ft  


Open Channel No. 2  -  Strawberry Aqueduct

Type

Earth-lined, trapezoidal canal with drop structures.

Location

Between U.S. Highway No. 40 and Strawberry Reservoir, 27 miles southeast of Heber City, Utah.

Year Completed

1968-1971  

Length

5,260 ft  

Capacity

620 cfs  

Typical maximum section, earth lined:

 

   Bottom width

18 ft  

   Side slopes

1.5:1  

   Water Depth

8.8 ft  


Rhodes Feeder Pipe

Type

Concrete pipe

Location

Extending east-southeast from Rhodes Diversion Dam to the Strawberry Aqueduct System.

Year Completed

1986  

Length

1,590 ft  

Capacity

15 cfs  

Diameter

18 in  


Starvation Feeder Conduit

Type

Circular and Horseshoe shaped concrete tunnel

Location

From Knight Diversion Dam, 4 to 5 miles northwest of Duchesne, Utah, along the Duchesne River into Starvation River.

Year Completed

1967-1968  

Total length

2.00 mi  

   Tunnel, 7-ft-diameter

1.00 mi  

   Pipeline, 84-in-diameter, precast concrete

0.75 mi  

   Outlet Channel and baffled apron drop

0.25 mi  

Capacity

300 cfs  

Outlet Channel

 

Typical maximum section, earth lined:

 

   Bottom width

14 ft  

   Side slopes

3:1  

   Water Depth

5.1 ft  


Strawberry Aqueduct

Location

From Upper Stillwater Reservoir southwest, 36.8 miles to the enlarged Strawberry Reservoir.

Year Completed

1987  

Capacity

From 285 cfs at Upper Stillwater Reservoir Inlet to 620 cfs at Strawberry Reservoir Outlet.

Aqueduct Features

Length, ft

Lined Diameter, ft

Capacity, cfs

Type

Intake Structures

    260

7

285

Circular reinforced concrete-lined pressure tunnel

Stillwater Tunnel

42,640

7

285

Concrete-lined horseshoe tunnel

North Fork Siphon

  5,790

6

305

Welded steel pipe

Hades Tunnel

17,990

7

305

Concrete-lined horseshoe tunnel

Wolf Creek Pipeline

  5,110

7

305-325

Precast concrete pipe

Rhodes Tunnel

  4,320

7

325

Concrete-lined horseshoe tunnel

West Fork Pipeline

22,200

7

325

Precast concrete pipe

Vat Tunnel

38,740

7.75

475

Concrete-lined horseshoe tunnel

Open Channel No. 1

      60

---

475

 

Currant Creek Pipeline

  3,860

10.25

620

Precast concrete pipe

Currant Tunnel

  8,900

10.25

620

Concrete-lined horseshoe tunnel

Layout Creek Pipeline

    220

10.25

620

Precast concrete pipe

Layout Tunnel

17,320

10.25

620

Concrete-lined horseshoe tunnel

Water Hollow Pipeline

    240

10.25

620

Precast concrete pipe

Water Hollow Tunnel

21,720

10.25

620

Concrete-lined horseshoe tunnel

Open Channel No. 2

  5,260

---

620

 

Total

194,630

     

Syar Tunnel

Type:

Concrete-lined circular pressure tunnel

Location

Extends through Great Basin Divide between enlarged Strawberry Reservoir and potential Syar Power plant and Reservoir

Year Completed

1987  

Length

6.5 mi  

Elevation of inlet portal

7,507.0 ft  

Elevation of outlet portal

7,387.4 ft  

Head

119.6 ft  

Capacity

400 cfs  

Diameter

8 ft  


Vat Feeder Pipe

Type:

Concrete pressure pipe

Location

Extends east from Vat Diversion Dam to Wolf Creek Pipeline joining near the pipeline outlet.

Year Completed

 

Length

4,300 ft  

Capacity

300 cfs  

Diameter

66 in  


Water Hollow Creek Siphon

Type:

Precast concrete pressure pipe

Location

On Water Hollow Creek 5 miles upstream from its confluence with Currant Creek.

Year Completed

1970-1974  

Length

5,280 ft  

Capacity

620 cfs  

Diameter

132 in  


Water Hollow Feeder Pipe

Type:

Concrete pressure pipe

Location

Extending southeast from Water Hollow Diversion Dam to Strawberry Aqueduct northeast of Strawberry Reservoir.

Year Completed

1970-1975  

Length

215 ft  

Capacity

13 cfs  

Diameter

132 in  


Water Hollow Feeder Pipeline

Type:

Asbestos-concrete pressure pipe

Location

On Water Hollow Creek 5 miles upstream from its confluence with Currant Creek

Year Completed

1970-1972  

Length

5,280 ft  

Capacity

20 cfs  

Diameter

21 in  


Water Hollow Tunnel

Location

Part of the Strawberry Aqueduct

Year Completed

1968-1971  

Length

21,571 ft  

Capacity

620 cfs  

Diameter

 

   Drilled 

13 ft  

   Lined

10.25 ft  


Win Feeder Pipe

Type:

Concrete pressure pipe

Location

Extends south of Win Diversion Dam to Strawberry Aqueduct at a point on Wolf Creek Pipeline.

Year Completed

1986  

Length

750 ft  

Capacity

5 cfs  

Diameter

12 in  


Power Facilities

    Dyne Powerplant
    Jordanelle Powerplant
    Sixth Water Powerplant
    Syar Powerplant

 

 

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