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David W. Eckhoff papers, 1870s-2001
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Eckhoff, David W.
- Title
- David W. Eckhoff papers
- Dates
- 1870s-2001 (inclusive)18702001
- Quantity
- 7.75 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 2317
- Summary
- The David W. Eckhoff papers (1870s-2001) contain materials on the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics and various Utah water projects, mainly the West Desert Pumping Project. Eckhoff, a civil engineer with degrees from various California institutions, has won several awards for his engineering projects, including the 1991 Engineer of the Year award by the Utah Engineers Council.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
David W. Eckhoff, P.E., has forty years of experience in engineering. His focus has been on government projects, consulting engineering practice, teaching, and research. His early experience involved both geotechnical and structural aspects of highway and pavement systems for Caltrans. Subsequently, he focused on environmental issues, working on research associated with water quality and wastewater reclamation. One of the highlights of Eckhoff's career was his selection as Project Director of the Salt Lake County 208 Water Quality Management Project by the Salt Lake County Council of Governments. This $1-million project resulted in the regionalization of wastewater treatment plants for the Salt Lake Valley, proposed ultimately to involve nearly $300-million worth of construction.
In 1971, Eckhoff joined the faculty of the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Utah where he served as the head of the Environmental Engineering Division until 1973 when he was appointed Chairman of the Department. His independent research and work with graduate students expanded to include a wide spectrum of engineering projects, such as the Utah Lake-Jordan River Water Quality Study and the Wasatch Canyons Land Use Impacts on Water Quality Studies.
Eckhoff was appointed by the Governor in 1980 to serve on the Utah Drinking Water Board, setting policies and standards for public water supply systems throughout the State. He served on this Board for fifteen years. He joined PSOMAS in 1997 as Vice President and Regional Manager and was responsible for developing the Utah Office. Eckhoff provided valuable engineering insight to the Envision Utah program that was assembled by Utah's Governor. He served on the Quality Growth Efficiency Team (QGET) which made valuable recommendations to the development of growth for the State. He was recognized for his efforts on the QGET team and, in 1999, he received a Common Good Award from Governor Leavitt for this work. An outgrowth of this process was his development of the Municipal Infrastructure Planning and Cost Model (MIPCOM), which factilitates the inclusion of infrastructure costs in community planning efforts.
Eckhoff received his Bachelor of Science Degree with Honors from California State University at Sacramento in Civil Engineering, and his Master of Science and Doctor of Philsophy Degrees from the University of California at Berkeley in Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineering. He is affiliated with the American Society of Civil Engineers, is the Past President of the Utah Section of the American Water Resources Association. Eckhoff serves as a member of the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Trustees and Chairman of the University of Utah's Civil Engineering Department Advisory Board. In 1991, he was named Engineer of the Year by the Utah Engineers Council.
(This biography was taken from the 2002 Marriott Library Gould Lecture Series)
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The David W. Eckhoff papers (1870s-2001) contain materials on the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics and various Utah water projects, mainly the West Desert Pumping Project. Eckhoff and his associates (Eckhoff, Watson, and Preator Engineering) were awarded design reponsibility for the Salt Lake Olympics Winter Sports Park. The collection contains design analyses and various other papers pertaining to the bobsled/luge track. Also included is information from the Environmental Advisory Committee, of which Eckhoff was a member, among other papers. Also in the collection are various reports, legal documents, and data concerning Utah Lake and the Great Salt Lake. The West Desert Pumping Project is the subject for the bulk of these materials. This was a project to control flooding on the Great Salt Lake and enhance the lake's natural evaporation process. The project began in 1987 and ended in 1989.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
OlympicsReturn to Top
Boxes 1-6 contain materials relating to the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. Some of the papers reflect Eckhoff's studies of other cities that have hosted the games.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence |
1988-1992 |
| 1 | 2 | Bear Hollow Wildlife Studies |
1991 |
| 1 | 3-6 | Bobsled/Luge Track Materials
Included are calculations and analyses of design and dynamics.
|
1989-1995 |
| 2 | 1-2 | Bobsled/Luge, Dynamics Analyses and Notebook |
1990-1997 |
| 2 | 3-4 | Calgary
Correspondence, event results, plans, and reports.
|
1984-1990 |
| 2 | 5 | Cervinia, Maps and Bobsled Run Diagrams |
|
| 2 | 6-7 | Division of Facilities Construction and Management
Correspondence, notes, and proposals for the Winter Sports Park facilities.
|
1990 |
| 3 | 1 | "Preparation of the Technical Supplement to the Original Bid Document"
Box 3 contains chronological packets of materials titled, "Our Environment and the Salt Lake Olympic Committee." Each packet has its own subtitle, as listed. Included are brochures, reports, news articles, correspondence, notes, meeting materials, and other papers.
|
1984-1985 |
| 3 | 2-3 | "Modification of the Technical Supplement to the 2nd Bid Document" |
1985-1991 |
| 3 | 4 | "Information as Member of the Environmental Subcommittee of the Bid Committee" |
1992-1996 |
| 3 | 5 | "Information as Member of the Environmental Advisory Committee of SLOC and Chairman of the Monitoring Subcommittee of EAC" |
1996-2000 |
| 4 | 1-2 | "Information as Member of the Environmental Advisory Committee of SLOC and Chairman of the Monitoring Subcommittee of EAC"
Folders 1-2 are a continuation of the previous box on the environment and the Salt Lake Olympic Committee.
|
1996-2001 |
| 4 | 3 | Environment Report |
1997 |
| 4 | 4-6 | Environmental Advisory Committee
Included are a handbook, meeting materials, and correspondence.
|
1994-2000 |
| 4 | 7 | Europe Trip, Reports and Slide List |
1990 |
| 4 | 8 | FIBT (Federation International de Bobsled/Toboggan)/FIL (Federation International de Luge de Course) Certification |
1990-1991 |
| 5 | 1 | IOC (International Olympic Committee) Evaluation Commission
Environmental theme materials.
|
1994 |
| 5 | 2 | Lillehammer
Correspondence, articles, pamphlets, and bobsled/luge analyses.
|
1990-1991 |
| 5 | 3 | Bjorn Lovhaug
Correspondence, calculations, and diagrams on bobsled/luge track.
|
1991-1996 |
| 5 | 4 | Newspaper Articles |
1990-1991 |
| 5 | 5 | Ninety-meter Ski Jump
Correspondence, notes, calculations, and diagrams.
|
1996 |
| 5 | 6 | Pamphlets, Programs, and Announcements |
|
| 5 | 7 | Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee, Environment Handbook |
1994 |
| 5 | 8 | Sun Peak Access Road, 404 Permit Application |
1991 |
| 5 | 9 | Transit Services Evaluation Report |
1984 |
| 6 | 1-4 | Winter Sports Park
Design team statement of qualifications, meteorological data summary, and project miscellaneous.
|
1990-1996 |
Utah Water IssuesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 1-2 | East Jordan Canal Company
Agreements, abstracts, water decrees, and other legal documents pertaining mainly to Utah Lake and the Jordan River.
|
1870s-1920s |
| 7 | 3 | Reports Nos. 1-2, "Report on Board of Canal Presidents Water Application Investigations in Salt Lake County, Season of 1937" |
1938-1969 |
| 7 | 4 | Report No. 7, "Measurements of Outflow from Provo Bay Dredged Outlet Channel, July 1937 to December 1940" |
|
| 8 | 1 | Report No. 9, "Utah Lake Reports" |
1940-1941 |
| 8 | 2 | Report No. 10, "Salt Lake Basin Investigation, Provo Bay Area Land Classification" |
1926 |
| 8 | 3 | Report No. 11, "Water Supply of Provo Bay, July 1937 to December 1940" |
1941 |
| 8 | 4 | Report No. 12, "Water Supply of Utah Lake, July 1937 to December 1940" |
1941 |
| 8 | 5 | Report No. 13, "Reports on Inflow to Utah Lake and Operation of Utah Lake Under Different Rates of Draft, 1901 to Date" |
1940-1941 |
| 8 | 6 | Report No. 14, "Report on Water Supply and Irrigation Conditions and Records for Areas Tributary to Utah Lake" |
1941 |
| 8 | 7 | Report No. 15, "Report on the Deer Creek Project in Relation to the Associated Canals" |
1941 |
| 8 | 8 | Report No. 20, "Evaporation Losses Chargeable to Water Stored in Utah Lake" |
1943 |
| 8 | 9 | Report No. 21, "Evaporation from Utah Lake" |
1943 |
| 8 | 10 | Water Agreements and Contracts |
1880s-1920s |
West Desert Pumping ProjectReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1 | Correspondence |
1983-1990 |
| 9 | 2-3 | AMAX Magnesium
Correspondence, data sheets, diagrams, reports, and notes.
|
1984-1990 |
| 9 | 4 | Articles |
1970-1992 |
| 9 | 5 | Bingham Engineering
Correspondence and data concerning the west pond area.
|
1987-1988 |
| 9 | 6 | Costs
Notes, proposal, and batch reports.
|
1983-1985 |
| 9 | 7 | Data Meeting Materials |
1988 |
| 9 | 8 | Design Notes |
1980s |
| 10 | 1 | Engineering and Construction Management Services Proposal |
1986 |
| 10 | 2 | Environmental Impact Statement Notes |
1984-1985 |
| 10 | 3 | Evaporation Calculations |
1987-1988 |
| 10 | 4-8 | Evaporation Model Documentation |
1975-1987 |
| 11 | Evaporation Model Documentation |
1986-1988 | |
| Folder | |||
| 12 | 1 | Evaporation Model Documentation |
1987-1988 |
| 12 | 2 | Forecasting and Variable Data Sheets |
1989 |
| 12 | 3 | Gas Consumption, Data and Notes |
1988 |
| 12 | 4 | Gas Transfer Symposium Materials |
1989-1990 |
| 12 | 5 | Great Salt Lake Task Force
Information booklet and meeting materials.
|
1983-1986 |
| 12 | 6 | Hindcasting and Forecasting Data |
1989 |
| 12 | 7-8 | Intake Canal, Extension Analysis and Model Projections |
1988 |
| 12 | 9 | Knolls Ponds, Conceptual Process Description and Production Estimates |
1986 |
| 12 | 10 | Mid-year Evaluation
Correspondence, notes, and data.
|
1988 |
| 12 | 11 | Morrison-Knudsen Engineers, Inc., Draft Report and Drawings |
1985 |
| 12 | 12 | North Arm Function and Simulation Runs |
1988 |
| 13 | 1 | Operational Data, Hindcasting |
1988-1989 |
| 13 | 2 | Operational Monitoring Proposal |
1988 |
| 13 | 3 | Operations Maintenance, Modeling Information |
1987 |
| 13 | 4 | Penman Spreadsheet Equations |
1988 |
| 13 | 5 | Precipitation Data |
1981 |
| 13 | 6 | Project Feasibility and Alternative Data |
circa 1983 |
| 13 | 7 | Pumping History and Plans |
1980s-1990s |
| 13 | 8 | Request for Proposals |
1983 |
| 13 | 9 | Resource Movement and Monitoring
Essay, proposal, and density profiles.
|
1988 |
| 13 | 10 | Salinity and Elevation Data |
1980s-1990s |
| 13 | 11 | Senate Bill 150 |
1988 |
| 13 | 12 | Solar Radiation, Information Outline |
1988 |
| 14 | 1 | Southern Pacific Railroad Coordination
Notes, diagrams, and survey essay.
|
1985 |
| 14 | 2 | Stage Area Volume
Correspondence, data, and charts.
|
1987-1989 |
| 14 | 3 | Subconsultant Information
Correspondence, agreements, and report.
|
1985-1986 |
| 14 | 4 | Thompson Pipe and Steel Company, Price Estimates |
1983 |
| 14 | 5 | Upper Basin Levels and Predictions |
1984 |
| 14 | 6 | Utah Division of Water Resources, Meeting Materials |
1987-1988 |
| 14 | 7 | Miscellaneous |
West Desert Pumping Project, ReportsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 15 | 1 | Breach Monitoring Reports |
1984 |
| 15 | 2 | "Estimated Impacts of West Desert Alternative on Local Weather" |
1985 |
| 15 | 3 | "Estimating Evaporation in the West Desert" |
1987 |
| 15 | 4 | "Evaporation and Precipitation Effects of the West Desert Pumping Alternative Project" |
1983 |
| 15 | 5 | "First Year's Operation and Operational Range Report" |
1988 |
| 15 | 6 | "Great Salt Lake Flooding" |
1984 |
| 15 | 7 | "Great Salt Lake West Desert Pumping Alternative" |
1984 |
| 15 | 8 | Monthly Pumping Operations and Performance Reports |
1987-1989 |
| 15 | 9 | "Predictions of Great Salt Lake Water Levels" |
1984 |
| 15 | 10 | "Problems and Prospects for Predicting Great Salt Lake Levels" |
1985 |
| 15 | 11 | "Pumping Plant Feasibility Study Report" |
1983 |
| 15 | 12 | "Review of the Effect of Current Lake Levels and Salinity on Great Salt Lake Evaporative Industries" |
1984 |
| 16 | 1 | "Right-of-Way Plan of Development and Grant Report" |
1986 |
| 16 | 2 | "Sanitary Water Quality of Southern Great Salt Lake and Its Tributaries" |
1977 |
| 16 | 3 | United States Geological Survey, Report and Data |
1988-1989 |
| 16 | 4 | "West Desert Monitoring Preliminary Progress Report" |
1987 |
| 16 | 5 | "West Desert Pumping Alternative" |
1984 |
| 16 | 6 | "West Desert Pumping Project: Some Staged Construction Alternatives" |
1986 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Flood damage prevention--Utah--Great Salt Lake
- Olympic Winter Games (19th : 2002 : Salt Lake City, Utah)--Sources
- Water quality--Utah
Personal Names
- Eckhoff, David W.--Archives
Geographical Names
- Great Salt Lake (Utah)--Water level
Finding aid created by Lisa DeMille.
2007 (last modified: 2020)
