Utah Lake Annual Amended Conversion Criteria
Utah Lake Annual Amended Conversion Criteria
Updated: June 2, 2005
May 23, 2005
AMENDMENT
TO
UTAH LAKE DISTRIBUTION PLAN FOR THE UTAH LAKE DRAINAGE BASIN
The State Engineer granted a late request from the Central Utah Water
Conservancy District to modify the conversion criteria and not deliver
water for this season under water right numbers E3100, E3101, and E4319,
which are based on Utah Lake/Jordan River water right numbers 57-7624,
59-14, 59-15 and 59-20. The water rights represent 24,762 acre-feet of
primary rights and 57,073 acre-feet of secondary rights in Utah Lake.
With this reduction in the demand on Utah Lake, the criteria of when
system storage can be converted to priority storage is modified. Following
are the modifications to Table 3 of the Interim Water Distribution Plan for
the Utah Lake Drainage Basin. The River Commissioners are hereby
directed to implement these modifications as of May 23, 2005, and
they shall be in effect for the remainder of the 2005 distribution season.
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Date System Storage in Utah Lake and/or Upstream
Reservoirs for Remainder of 2005 Distribution
Season (Units: acre-feet)
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April 15 585,000
May 15 475,000
May 23 455,645---(Prior to modification)
May 23 330,806---(After modification)
June 15 290,000
July 15 255,000
August 15 180,000
September 15 145,000
October 31 125,000*
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Note: Values can be interpolated from the table to determine system
storage on any particular day.
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*The October 31 value will be reduced to 90,000 acre-feet if the Central
Utah Water Conservancy District requests water not be delivered during
the 2006 distribution season prior to October 31, 2005.