Abstract

Jordanelle dam is part of the Municipal and Industrial System (M & I), Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project (CUP). The Bonneville Unit conveys water from the Colorado River Drainage Basin in eastern central Utah to areas of demand within the Bonneville Drainage Basin of central Utah. The M & I System provides municipal and industrial water to Salt Lake City and Wasatch County, Utah, and supplemental irrigation water to Summit and Wasatch Counties. Jordanelle dam serves as a long-term storage reservoir. Secondary functions of the dam are to enhance water quality and recreation values, mitigate adverse impacts to wildlife and stream fisheries, and provide flood control.

The Jordanelle damsite is located on the Provo River about 6 miles north of Heber City, Utah, and about 40 miles southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah. The site can be found on the SW1/4 of section 31, T.2.S., R.5.E., of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Heber topographic quadrangle. Access to the damsite is via a relocated segment of U.S. Highway 40 from Park City or Heber, Utah, and a relocated U.S. Highway 189 from Kamas, Utah, or by way of a new Wasatch County road. These new roads replace those which were located within the new Jordanelle Reservoir.