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Project Water Supply

Normal

16.18 in  

Maximum  -  1983

24.26 in  

Minimum   -  1979

8.70 in  

Salt Lake City, Utah 1961-1990

 

      Temperature

Mean Annual

51.9 °F  

Daily Maximum  -  07/26/1960

107 °F  

Daily Minimum   -  01/25/1949

8.7 °F  

Salt Lake City, Utah 1948-1996

 

Growing Season

124 days  

Elevation of irrigable area

4,650 ft  

      Provo River1

Drainage area at Vivian Park, Utah

560 mi2  

Annual discharge

 

   Maximum

acre-ft  

   Minimum

acre-ft  

   Average

acre-ft  

    1 Natural flow including transmountain diversions and Salt Lake Aqueduct diversions.

                         Streamflows:  Provo River at Vivian Park, Utah (USGS)
 

      Duchesne River

Drainage area at DuchesneTunnel

39 mi2  

Annual discharge

 

   Maximum

acre-ft  

   Minimum

acre-ft  

   Average

acre-ft  

                         Streamflows:  Duchesne Tunnel near Kamas, Utah (USGS)

      Weber River

Drainage area upstream from Weber-Provo Diversion Canal

163 mi2  

Annual discharge

 

   Maximum

acre-ft  

   Minimum

acre-ft  

   Average

acre-ft  

                        Streamflows:  Weber-Provo Diversion Canal at Oakley, Utah (USGS)

Project Water Quality

 

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