Reclamation Resumes Early Season Water Storage at Steinaker Reservoir

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Reclamation Resumes Early Season Water Storage at Steinaker Reservoir

The following news_release was published by the Bureau of Reclamation on Oct. 16, 2014. It is reproduced in full below.

Salt Lake City - On Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, following an onsite inspection and subsequent analysis, the hold on early season water storage at Steinaker Reservoir near Vernal, Utah, was rescinded and the reservoir resumed filling.

The discontinued early season impoundment of water was initially declared on Sept. 24, 2014, due to observed “sloughing" of riprap on the dam face. While there was no evidence of a threat to public safety, early season water storage at Steinaker Reservoir was put on hold in order to facilitate an inspection of the upstream face of the dam. No further movement has been observed since the initial event and officials have determined that conditions are satisfactory to resume filling.

Although the Uintah Water Conservancy District has resumed water storage, filling has been limited to a maximum rate of 0.2 feet per day. In addition, Uintah Water Conservancy District will continue instrumentation monitoring of the dam three times per week.

For more information, please contact Provo Area Office Manager Wayne Pullan at

801-369-2778 or Reclamation's Upper Colorado Regional Public Affairs Officer Matthew Allen at 801-524-3774.

Source: Bureau of Reclamation

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