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<br />20 Chapter 4-Prasent and Future Development
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<br />Water for Page is reserved by the Reclamation
<br />Development Act of 1974, Public Law 93-493,
<br />which, among other actions, provided for the
<br />incorporation of the city,
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<br />Navajo Powerplant
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<br />Consumptive uses, according to records provided
<br />by the Navajo Generating Station, averaged
<br />22,000 acre-feet over the 1980-85 period, The
<br />contract for sale of water out of Lake Powell
<br />allows for annual uses of up to 34,100 acre-feet;
<br />however, present physical limitations preclude
<br />this level of use, The addition of scrubbers to
<br />the powerplant would increase water use by
<br />about 10,000 acre-feet,
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<br />Gallup-Navajo Indian Water Supply Project
<br />(temporary)
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<br />The project will supply up to 7,000 acre-feet to
<br />several small communities in Arizona,
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<br />Wyoming
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<br />Miscellaneous Additional Depletions
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<br />Values used for 1991 represent additional
<br />depletions that have developed since the
<br />Comprehensive Framework Study (1965 level)
<br />estimates were prepared, These values and the
<br />projections to 2010 were provided by the
<br />Wyoming State Engineer,
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<br />Seedskadee Project
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<br />Fontenelle Dam and the Seedskadee National
<br />Wildlife Refuge are the primary features
<br />remaining after the irrigation purposes of the
<br />Seedskadee Project were shown to be infeasible
<br />and deleted, By contract dated June 14, 1962,
<br />the State of Wyoming purchased
<br />60,000 acre-feet of capacity in Fontenelle
<br />Reservoir, A second contract, dated
<br />December 27, 1974, was signed by the State of
<br />Wyoming for 65,000 acre-feet of additional water
<br />for use in Wyoming, Contracts entered into with
<br />the State of Wyoming for Fontenelle Reservoir
<br />storage include:
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<br />Pacific Corp - 35,000 acre-feet
<br />FS Industries - 10,000 acre-feet
<br />(not exercised)
<br />Church and Dwight - 1,250 acre-feet
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<br />The second feature of the Seedskadee Project
<br />that has been constructed is the Seedskadee
<br />National Wildlife Refuge located on the Green
<br />River below the Fontenelle Dam, In 1991, about
<br />6,000 acre-feet were diverted from the Green
<br />River and used to maintain numerous ponds
<br />within the refuge, When the refuge is fully
<br />developed, an estimated 20,000 acre-feet per
<br />year of depletion will result,
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<br />Lyman Project
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<br />The Lyman Project provides supplemental
<br />irrigation water for approximately 36,000 acres
<br />in the Smith Fork and Blacks Fork areas,
<br />Reservoir storage is provided by Meeks Cabin
<br />and Stateline Reservoirs, Depletions from the
<br />project are estimated to average 10,300 acre-feet
<br />annually,
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<br />Savery-Pot Hook Project
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<br />The Savery-Pot Hook Project was authorized as
<br />a participating project of the Colorado River
<br />Storage Project by Public Law 88-568, The
<br />definite plan report dated May 1977 identified a
<br />plan which would result in 11,900 acre-feet and
<br />10,500 acre-feet of depletions annually in
<br />Colorado and Wyoming, respectively, The
<br />President's Water Project Review in 1977
<br />resulted in reduced funding for the project, and
<br />no construction funding has been provided, The
<br />project has not been deauthorized and is
<br />considered on a deferred status for planning
<br />purposes,
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<br />La Barge Project
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<br />The La Barge Project was authorized as a
<br />participating project of the Colorado River
<br />Storage Project by Public Law 88-568, A
<br />defmite plan report, completed in June 1961,
<br />estimated that consumptive use would be
<br />3,700 acre-feet (rounded to 4,000), No project
<br />construction has begun, and no immediate plans
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