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<br />In.ve&ti~t1on
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<br />Type and Scope otInVl!!stigation
<br />and ProlectPun>oae
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<br />FornarratiVl!!description,seeSheetl.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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. '
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<br />RioCrande Water SaJ.VIl./l:e
<br />Proect
<br />Colorado-New MeXico)
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<br />\/est Texa.and E:satern
<br />N__ MeXico ImPOrt Project
<br />(Texa9-New~xico)
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<br />Cache CrIlek Prolect
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