WSP10501

• File Number: 8220.132.J
• Description: Hammond Project
• State: NM
• Basin: San Juan/Dolores
• Date: 1/10/1997
• Author: USDOI - BOR
• Title: Hammond Project - Information on the Use of Existing Federal Facilities
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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l'Xii.snNG FACILmES - HAMMOND PROJECT (CONTINUED>

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water was available for these lands.

. The District repayment contract does not prohibit the delivery of water to
small tracts or provide for the payment of a Municipal & Industrial (M&I)
rate.

1. Inventory and diagram of return flows:

. Irrigation return flows from the Hammond Project generally enter directly
back to the San Juan River. In the Final Planning repon for the San Juan
River Unit - Hammond Project Portion, it stated that "Conveyance and
operational losses currently average approximately 50 percent of the
diversion into the Hammond distribution system, and canal seepage is a
substantial pan of this loss." Because of the need to operate a hydraulic
pump on the system, excess water is diverted to help operate the pump.
This excess water generally returns directly back to the San Juan River.

. The Hammond Project can be generally characterized as low-lying areas
south of the San Juan River and in close proximity to the San Juan River.
Most if not all of the seepage losses either directly enter the San Juan River
or support irrigation induced wetlands along the San Juan River along the
full length of the Project. Commitments are in place to mitigate for the loss
of wetlands caused by the San Juan River Unit - Hammond Project
Portion.

Citizens' Ouestions

2. CONTRACT INVENTORY

Inventory of federal repayment contracts, water service contracts, Warren Act contracts,
year-to-year contracts, short-term contracts, or section 214 water contracts, for each
Project, including the amount owed to the federal government; date repayment is
scheduled to be completed; annual cost of water per acre foot, including (a) repayment, (h)
Operation & Maintenance (O&M). Identify the terms in these contracts governing
changes in the use or service area for Project water. Identify the total cost of each Project,
the accounts (irrigation, power, M&I, etc.) to which the costs have been allocated, the
repayment terms and status for each account, and the repayment source. State the amount
of irrigation assistance required under each contract and the source of that assistance.
Compile all repayment contracts for each Project into notebooks for the reference of the
participating teams. Include in each notebook a copy of the Water District's procedures on
contracting, water transfers, allocation procedures, etc.

* '* 1/10/97 - PRItUMINARY - SUBJECT To REVISION - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONl-Y . '*