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<br />L") <br />..-I <br /> <br />USE OF EXISTING FACILITIES <br /> <br />m. HAMMOND PROJECT <br />(Also see page 33 in the "Discussion of Seven Options" document <br />distributed at the December 16, 1996, meeting) <br /> <br />Citizens' Ouestions <br /> <br />1. REOPERATION STUDIES OF EXISTING FACILITIES <br /> <br />Design and actual capacity; size of inactive pools and potential reuse; amount of <br />uncontracted yield; capability if any for enlargement: assessment of whether conservation <br />measures, other efficiency measures, or operational changes could make additional water <br />available, and if so, how much, when, and where; how water is allocated and how actually <br />used; what quantities of water are allocated/contracted for but not actually used: what <br />quantities of water are contracted for irrigation use but actually used/applied for <br />residential purposes, hobby farms. subdivided lands; inventory and diagram all return <br />flows. <br /> <br />Reclamation's Responses <br /> <br />A. Design and actual capacity: <br /> <br />. The Hammond Project provides a full-service irrigation water supply to 3,933 <br />acres ofland located along the southern bank of the San Juan River. Water for <br />the Project is diverted from the San Juan River by the Hammond Diversion Dam <br />located about two miles upstream from Blanco, New Mexico, and 13 miles <br />downstream from Navajo Reservoir. The diversion dam consists ofa 1,700 foot- <br />long, compacted earth dike with a maximum height of eight feet above original <br />ground; a 350 foot-long concrete overflow section; a 68 foot-wide concrete <br />sluiceway section controlled by four radial gates; and a canal head works <br />controlled by one slide gate. The diverted water is conveyed and distributed to <br />the Project lands by the 27-mile-long Main Canal, East Highline Lateral, Gravity <br />Extension Lateral, and West Highline Lateral. The capacity of the system varies <br />from 90 cubic feet per second (cfs) at the head works to 5 cfs at the terminus. <br />Water is released from Navajo Reservoir to make up for any deficiency in natural <br />flow for the water supply of the Project. <br /> <br />B. Size of inactive pool and potential for reuse: Not Applicable <br /> <br />C. Amount of non-contracted yield: Not Applicable <br /> <br />III III 1/1 0/97 - PRI!.UMINARY - SUI!!I.JECT To REVISION - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY III III <br />