wcwep and daniels replacement pipeline
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The Central Utah Water Conservancy District (District), Mitigation Commission, Department of the Interior, Daniels Irrigation Company and Wasatch County Special Service Area No. 1 cooperated to implement this project, which integrates a water efficiency and conservation program in the Heber Valley of Wasatch County with the Daniels/Strawberry Water Exchange. Through the project, a portion of water conserved through implementing more efficient water management (primarily irrigation improvements) is supplied to the Daniels Irrigation Company Service Area, located in the southwest corner of the Heber Valley. Water previously diverted from the Upper Strawberry River system to the Daniels Irrigation Company Service area is allowed to remain in the upper Strawberry drainage, effectively restoring natural flows in 26 miles of streams in Strawberry Valley. This mitigation measure accomplishes more than one-fourth the required mitigation for aquatic resources impacted by the Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System of the Bonneville Unit.

The Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for WCWEP/DRP was issued November 22, 1996. Project construction was completed in 2001. Streamflows were restored to the upper Strawberry River and tributaries in 2001 and 2002. The Commission assisted the District in dam removal and wetland creation from formerly-used irrigation reservoirs in the upper Strawberry River drainage in 2002.

In May 2013, the Central Utah Water Conservancy District (CUWCD), the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission (Commission), and the U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior), proposed to perform additional Operation, Maintenance, and Replacement (OM&R) activities on the Wasatch County Water Efficiency Project (WCWEP) water delivery system. These activities include: stabilizing canal banks; lining, enclosing, or piping the canals for safety and continued efficiency; improving access; and updating pump stations and regulating ponds to accommodate the changing pattern of water demand.

The agencies initiated preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA), tiering from the WCWEP/DRP EIS to analyze and describe the environmental impacts of the proposed modifications.

A scoping open house is scheduled May 21, 2013 in Heber, Utah to present the scope of the project, answer questions and receive input. Following a 30-day scoping period, the agencies will review all comments received, and take those comments, and other pertinent information, into consideration in preparing a draft EA. A draft EA will be made available to the public for a 30-day review and comment period.
 
Email Link to the Utah Reclamation Mitigation Conservation Commission, urmcc@uc.usbr.govAddress for Utah Reclamation Mitigation Conservation Commission, 230 South 500 East, Suite 230, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102-2045, (801)524-3146, Fax (801)524-3148