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<br />,.:.;. .':';'7', <br />" " .~. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />5heet30f4 <br />Janl.lB.t'y J.970 <br /> <br />Ne"Mexico <br /> <br />F. Y. 1970 PrOIU'IIIll <br /> <br />:;:) <br />.::.:;) <br />." <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.,-,. <br /> <br />.~.:. <br /> <br />",,,. <br /> <br />In.ve&ti~t1on <br /> <br />Type and Scope otInVl!!stigation <br />and ProlectPun>oae <br /> <br />FornarratiVl!!description,seeSheetl. <br /> <br />R~connai&sanee inVl!!stigat1on of variow> <br />alternatiVl!!& of importing water fi'om the <br />Mississippi Riv~:r aystem to the p:roJ~ct &rea. <br />Project area is de:f1ned aaalJ. of Texas lIest <br />Of a l1ne extending fi'om Wichita FaJ.ls, <br />"bUene, De1Rio,andNewMexicoeaGtot <br />1:.he PeCOll RiVl!!r and south of the Canadian <br />RiVl!!:r, l'Iu'pouiG tosupplyi:r:rigationand <br />1IIIUl1cipala.ndindlllltrialwatertotho8e <br />&re/lS "h~:r~ tile pl'''S,,,\t (.l"01;l.<l. '~ut....;. l'Upply <br />is beiDg depleted,,",,nd impo:rt of additional <br />water of good Q.uality is lU'gent.ly needed to <br />l'resel"'Vt' the existing economy and to pl:'Ov1d~ <br />a sound base for the expected norml ecol'l.anie <br />growthofthca:roa. Re'l.u1nmentsareeat1mat.ed <br />to :range fi'om a bas1~ 1r.Wl1~ipaJ. and indllstr1&l <br />supply of 600,000 acre-feet annually toa total <br />Ofs~16,500,OOCacre-reetannuallyfor <br />s<l.<l.1t10nalmun1cipaJ,andindustri&land <br />irrigat1onneed8intheyea:r2020. <br /> <br />ReCOMo.1ssanceinvestigationtoappraisethe <br />water rnources oftlle d:rainagebB.sinotCache <br />CreekinCCIlIMche,Cotton, and Tllllllan COW1t1es <br />1nsOIItllwesternOk1ahc=a. Theallprsh&lwill <br />conshtotpotent1&l1t1es tordeveJ.opmentot <br />1Illll'l.icillal and 1ndustt'i81 "ll.tersllppl1ea for the <br />CitYOfUl.wtonandotherB,irrlgBt10n,polJ.llt10n <br />Sba.tement,recrllat10n,fishandw11dlife,and <br />tlood control purpOlles. <br /> <br />'''''''' <br /> <br />Thill proJect is a Joint eftort of the Bureau of Reclamatl.OD, MissiBBippiR1verC OllIl'Iillsion, <br />and Southweatern Division, Corps of Engineers. Prelim1nary 'JOl"k hego.1n in F. "'t. 1961 and <br />incJ.uded atu.dy of various schemes for transportiDg water to the use areas; poten1:1alit1es <br />torbothsourceandtel'lll1.nalator&ge:irrigat10nwaterreQ.u1rementsandaacheduleof <br />deliveries; and coat data on BCglIlents of de11very systems. Mee1:1nga are on a cODt1nuoWl <br />ba.sis w1th representatives of the M1.ssiss1pp1 River Comm1s8ionSlld theSo\lti'l'wl!!stern <br />Diviaion of the Corpa of Eng1neera to exchange int0rm8t1OD lIlldto coordil'l!t.tework in <br />all areas requ.1ring JOillt cons1derstionand d1Vis10n of responsibility. Aprogrells <br />report_s completed ill. May 196/3 ind1cat1ng that cOlltinl$tial of the 1nvestigationll as <br />warranted. CO/DPllt'ative analyses of conveyance worlca, s'tora6e fael1itie:s, and d1str1but10n <br />aystems lIere lIIade by prel1l1l1nary reconnaissance lQethods on the basia of avel1able IIlSpS <br />andengilleenng, geologic,andhydroJ.ogic data, "itham1l:11mu111off1eldwork. ResllltG <br />sllPporttheeoncl\lSiCl'ls that itllollld be fellSible to tranaport J.O to 12 m111:lOn aere_fe et <br />per year from the 10\ler MiSSissippi River system to west Texas and Eastern New Mexico if <br />it is determIned that therll are sllrpluswater8intbeMiu18llippIRiveravail.able to meet <br />theaerequirements. The Misllissip:pi RiVl!!rCOCllIII1asiODw1l1 furn1sh int'orm&tio.tl on. the <br />probable percent of the t1me that surpl\lS flows will be available. It is anticipated that <br />some s\11'plUII lIater ,,111 be a'YaUab1e t:rom floodno"s during at leaBt SOllIe ps.rt of the year. <br />For greatest effIciency this will reQ.uire storage in Louisiana or east 'I'exas prior to move- <br />IDenttowestTexssa.ndeastemNewMeXico. TheQUMIt1tyotwateraveila.ble8.ll.nuaJ.ly,the <br />period of tillle d\11'iDgllhichitlllBybe d1verted,and the IllIlOWltOtStorase requ1red \fiU not <br />beknownW1t.11epproxilllBtelyJlIl1U&ry19Tl. Costest:1me.t.1.Dg Cl1rVeasre being developed tor <br />canelaanciplllllp1ngplantsotvary1llgsize8.Itisintendedtowsethesec\ll'Vl!!stoexped1te <br />arr1Vingatest1lil6tesofcoatllbenaflnd1n.gsismadelllltoavailabllityofsurpluswater. <br /> <br />AreconnaJ.aS8l1cereportofdeVlllo~ntpotent1al1tiuofa.n&rl!eal0ll8theRedRiver <br />inllOUtlJwe8ternOklaheaaandnortherll.'I'exuwascompletedbytbe~euofReCl.amat1on <br />in February 1951 aa the "Lallton-tlW1c&npro,lect." Th1sreportfOWldtllattllenow8ot <br />CIlChe and BeaVl!!rCreekseout1tutethe onlysUI'~eW&terresour<:es in theOkl&hcc& <br />port10notthearesotli~t1e&ll.tvolumeand'u1tableQual1ty. Thereportilld1cated <br />thatdther the RandJ.ett (C&CheCrIlek) or'~sur1k.a (Besvercreek) reservoinwollld he <br />capable of furn1Bhing water sllppl1es to I.avtoD. atId other COIIlII\UD.11:1es in the area, bllt <br />selectedi/aurik.aasthe~feadbleprojeetandBt&tedthatdevelopmentofcacheCrIlek <br />tlow~" shollld he deferred until thI! need wa.a marll presa1.ng. 'I'he city ot Lawton augmented <br />itll water supply in 1961 by cons-truct1DgLake EllBWort!l with local t1ll8t1cing, SIld,in <br />1$'68l1ndl969,byrSiaillgtheEl.lBWorthllllmgate810teetto1ncreaaetbe"ate:relevatiOll <br />5 feet. T!leCitYiaplan.n1DgtollllppJ.elllllnt1tf'urthl!rbypSrUel,patillgintbeWalU'ik.a <br />Federal proJect. l!eCllWleotthe~llCClellalgrowtbofthecityandBcare1tyot1/8ter <br />Supplies, local 1nterestsobt&inedtu.D.dB toin1t1steBureSUillveSt1gSt1001le&rlY1n <br />:..961 to locate and develop &ddit1ooal. water sl\PpJ.1es. Work to date ball cOllBiat.ed ot <br />revtewO:f:Bvailabledat&ODthepoten1:1alforcacheCl'llek\flLterSI\PpJ.1u;\lPdatine; <br />hydrologic studies; t1eld slid otnce eng1lleel1.ng, Slld geologic 1nvest1gat.10llB; Md <br />econom1c stlldiea incJ.lldill8 right.Of-way and COlllp&nl.t1Vll 008t ut1Jllates. Thia vork hall <br />ledwlocat1onotanumberotpotelltialreservoirdteswhichll111beg1wllf'urther <br />stlld;ytorcO/llJllU"iao.tlMdBeleCt1Ollottbe_tteaaibleplatlotdevelopment. <br /> <br />ReconnaiSllanCe111.Vl!!St.1gationwstu.dythc The JIWR COIIIIIlittee Report, Publ1shedinJW1e1955, recosrlizedtr(lllitspart1&l <br />potenti&lityofsto,aaeontbeClI.n&d1anRiver, anll.J,yaiStbatthepl'OJectpotent1alSBhouldberlleval\lll.tedwhenCOllditiollslIl!r1ted <br />Oklahaaa, 111 the reach bet>reen ThOlll&S IlIUI additional study. A clU'rent appraisal. of the poBa1blli1:1ell fllr proJect; developllent <br />Newcaatle. \later stared at II Belected aite ars 'beiDg made to eval\l&te the quantity and qual1ty otWllter awllsb1e in the <br />could be used tor irrigaUon, indu.atr181lUleB, C~d1a:o.Riverw1tbLakeMered1th (recently cOlllpletedas s part of the ClIl18d1an <br />wllter Q.uality control, recrllation, andf1ah RiveIPtoJeet,TelCllB)1noperat101l,toCOlllpSl'ethel1n10nllitew1t.halternate8itea <br />and wlldli:te purposes'. Major consi<ierat1Oll/l are UpBtrelllll (the Br1d,geport and Hydro Bites), and to evaluate the proJect \11th water <br />(1) Provillionofas\lJlpJ.ytordilutiOllOfOklBhOllllLqualitycontrCll, recrllatiOll,andf1ahlll1 dw1ldliteincludedsaPl'OJectflmct1Oll.l1. <br />City wastes sM/or (2) irrigation of lands alO"8 RecOllll8.:1sS8l1ce 1nveat1gat1ons \/ere iD.it1ated ill. F. Y. 196/3 to eval\l&te the quantity <br />tbe NorthCanad1an River above ElReno. IlIIdQ.ualityofwateravail&ble in the Canad11.D RiVllr \fi1;h Lake Hered1th (Canad1611 <br />RiverProject,TeX1L8)111operet:l.OD.llI:ldtoCOll\PC'etbealternaUVllre-.ervo1raiteB <br />in1;hel1ghtofrelat1-vecostsandusefUlneBB. H;ydrol06icBtud1eshaVlly1ellled <br />eat1l1lBteBOfQ.ll&ntit:f8ll.dqualityo:rSt:'etlll1lOllllattbef1vesitell,an!ifleld <br />engiMel'll are \forking Oll their phyaieal feuibility. ' <br /> <br />Co.tltinuationofrecollllllissancelnVeSt1g8tiollS.........J <br /> <br />,.0 <br /> <br />'J~~' <br /> <br />COI;Ilp1etion otreconna.1B8lll).ce report. <br /> <br />COllt.1n\l,&.t101l ot reeonnaiasancll 1nVl!!BtigatiOll.ll. <br /> <br />~~~5~~ <br /> <br />RioCrande Water SaJ.VIl./l:e <br />Proect <br />Colorado-New MeXico) <br /> <br />\/est Texa.and E:satern <br />N__ MeXico ImPOrt Project <br />(Texa9-New~xico) <br /> <br />Cache CrIlek Prolect <br /> <br />M:1ncoProlect <br /> <br />~ :. <br /> <br />