Overview

The ULS is a component of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project (CUP). The CUP was authorized in 1956 (Public Law 85-485) as a participating project of the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) to develop and distribute a portion of Utah's share of Colorado River water for use in the Uinta Basin and the Great Basin of Utah. The water for the ULS will be provided by a trans-basin diversion of 101,900 acre-feet of water from Strawberry Reservoir and by exchange of District water rights in Utah Lake.

NEPA compliance for the ULS is administered by three joint-lead agencies-the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission. The District is authorized to work with the DOI to develop, construct, and implement a plan to complete the Bonneville Unit. Other participants include a wide range of state and federal agencies, water users, interested organizations and the general public.

Proposed Action Map

Water Supply for Municipal and Industrial Use

South Utah Valley Municipal Water Association
30,000 acre-feet

Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District

21,430 acre-feet

Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake and Sandy

8,570
acre-feet

TOTAL

60,000 acre-feet

Water Releases to Supplement Stream Flow

Spanish Fork River (Diamond Fork Creek and Sixth Water Creek Minimum Stream Flows)
16,300 acre-feet

Hobble Creek (June Sucker attraction flow and supplemental flow)
12,000 acre-feet

Provo River (75 cfs minimum flow target)
16,000 acre-feet

TOTAL
44,300 acre-feet

Power Facilities

Sixth Water
45 MW

Upper Diamond Fork
5 MW