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<br /> <br />1974 indicate that annual delivedes avelage about 500 aCle~feet. and it is <br />believf.'d that this figure remains unchanged. <br /> <br />1-. <br />:.0 <br />00 <br /> <br />(2) Continental Divide Ditch <br /> <br />Continental Divide Ditch diverTS ~ater from LiTtle Sandy <br />Creek to the Platte Rivel- Basin. Estimates made in IY74 indicale tbat allnual <br />deliveries average about 1,040 acre-feet, and it is believed that this figure <br />remains unchanged. <br /> <br />. <br />~~ <br /> <br />(3) NOI-th Fork of Little Snake River to Cheyenne <br /> <br />to the <br />1971-85. <br /> <br />Diversions from the North Fork of <br />Cheyenne \Jere 9.807 acre~feet in <br />delivedes averaged 6.602 acre-feel. <br /> <br />Sn<'lke River <br />the pedod <br /> <br />the Litlle <br />1985. Dvel <br /> <br />ci ty of <br />hO\Jever, <br /> <br />In 1980 the Vyoming Stale Eny,ineel stated that he <br />anticipate-r1 that out-at-basin diversions '...'Ould increase to 50.000 acre-fE"pt hy <br />2010. The SO.(JnO~acre-foot dl'pletiol1 to the Little Sllalre Rivet ....-ill occur not <br />only as a result of the Cheyenne-Laramie Diversion (estimated to ultimately <br />amoullt to 20,000 acre-fr>er). but al<:o a:<i a result of the develupment of Stage <br />111 of the proposed Little Snake River Valer M;magf>mf>nt PI-oject \Jhich \Jill <br />divert \Jater over the Continental Oivide to the NOltll Platte Rivet for the use <br />o! dO\lnstteam communities sllch as Casper. Glemock. and Douglas. <br /> <br />g. Irldustlial Uses <br /> <br />The State of Vyoming has <br />potential for increased use of \later for <br />electric generation. nona mining and <br />coking. .1.nd oil shale development. <br /> <br />~t,1.ted thilt Theil" is cnnsirlerahle <br />industrial purposcs such as thermal <br />pl-oce55 i IIg. coal gas if i ca t ion. coal <br /> <br />purposes ....ill <br />I.'ater out of <br />Project. <br /> <br />Most of the <br />be provirled <br />Fontenelle <br /> <br />for inrlllstrial <br />R~('lamiltinn for <br />the Seedskarlee <br /> <br />vater that is and <br />by contracting vith <br />ReSel"Voil". See the <br /> <br />viII he used <br />the State 01- <br />discussion for <br /> <br />(1) Thermal Electric PO\Jer <br /> <br />Major thermal electric po....erplanls in opel-ation in 1987 <br />are as listed belO\J. <br /> <br />---EE.....el-p!ant <br />Viva Naughton Nil. 1 <br />Viva Naughton No.2 <br />Viva Nau~hton No.3 <br />Jim Bridger No. 1 <br />Jim Bridger No.2 <br />Jim Bridger No.3 <br />Jim Bridger No.4 <br /> <br />Hega....at t <br />(H') <br />---17;0 <br />no <br />330 <br />SllO <br />500 <br />500 <br />500 <br />2,710 <br /> <br />VI 7 <br />