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Facilities in Operation
Storage Dams |
6 |
Diversion Dams |
8 |
Canals |
125 mi |
Pumping Plants |
5 |
Powerplants |
4 |
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Storage Facilities
Bottle Hollow Dams - BIA Currant Creek Dam Jordanelle Dam Soldier Creek Dam Starvation Dam Upper Stillwater Dam
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: |
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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 |
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Headworks to Docs Feeder pipe |
Concrete |
Diversion capacity |
100 cfs |
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Hades Creek Diversion Dam
Type: |
Reinforced concrete overflow weir |
Location |
On Hades Creek in the Strawberry Aqueduct System |
Year Completed |
1984 |
Dimensions: |
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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 |
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Knight Diversion Dam
Type: |
Rolled Earthfill |
Location |
Duchesne River, 5 miles upstream from Duchense, Utah. |
Year Completed |
1967-1968 |
Dimensions: |
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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 |
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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: |
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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 |
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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: |
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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 |
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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: |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Section 1 |
90 in |
Section 2 |
27-60 in |
Section 3 |
18-48 in |
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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: |
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Bottom width |
6 ft |
Side slopes |
2:1 |
Water Depth |
2.6 ft |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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: |
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Bottom width |
18 ft |
Side slopes |
1.5:1 |
Water Depth |
8.8 ft |
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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 |
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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 |
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Typical maximum section, earth lined: |
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Bottom width |
14 ft |
Side slopes |
3:1 |
Water Depth |
5.1 ft |
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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. |
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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 |
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475 |
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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 |
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620 |
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Total |
194,630 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Water Hollow Tunnel
Location |
Part of the Strawberry Aqueduct |
Year Completed |
1968-1971 |
Length |
21,571 ft |
Capacity |
620 cfs |
Diameter |
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Drilled |
13 ft |
Lined |
10.25 ft |
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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 |
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Power Facilities
Dyne Powerplant Jordanelle Powerplant Sixth Water Powerplant Syar Powerplant
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