WSP10906

• File Number: 8027
• Description: Section D General Correspondence - Federal Agencies - BOR - Senate Comm Interior-Insular Affairs
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 2/18/1958
• Author: E C Itschner
• Title: Excerpts from Statement by Major General E C Itschner - Chief of Engineers US Army - Before the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and Public Works
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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TABt.E VII,!: - SOME SOVIET IRRIGATION PROJECTS RECENTLY COMPLETED OR UNJ!)ER
CONSTRUCTION

In Soviet Central Asia .

Kzyl-Orda.Area
(On.Lower Syr-lIlar'ya River)

With completion of over 1,000 miles of
irrigation canals (planned completion
date - 1956) 4,942,000 acres af new
land can be brought under irrigation.

Turkestan Area

With completion of Arys'-Turkestan Canal
(planned completion date - 1958) .
288,365 acres of new land can be brought
under irrigation.

Tashkent Area
(Middle Syr-Dar'ya River)

In this area work has started on a system
of reservoirs and canals to irrigate
735,000 acres by 1960.

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Alma,.Ata '4\'ld Frunze Area
(111: and Chu Rivfi\rs) .

A dam now under construction On the Ili
River, near the town of Ili, will provide
water for irrigating 735,000 acres. In
additiom, about 2,500,000 acres of marginal
pasturetand can be watered. Orto-Tokory
Reservoir on the Chu River will pravide
water for irrigating 245,000 acres.

. Sanarkand. Ar,ea
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The cempletien ef_t!'te:lski-Angarskiy Canal
(channei cempleted 1955) makes possible
the irrigation of 98,0:00 'acres and the
watering ?f 367,500 acres of pastureland.

Sauthwest Soviet Central
Asia Area

The Kara-Kum Canal, naw under canstructien
will extend westward from Amu-Dar'ya River
to Barkharden (west of Ashkabad). The
first section of this canal to the, Murgab
River will make possible the irrigation
of 416,000 acres.

In Northern Caucasus

Eastern Area

Project has started to divert water from
Terek and other rivers to irrigate
5,390,000 acres.

Central Area
(Vicinity of Stravropol')

Project has started to divert water from
Kuban area to irrigate 3,675,000 acres.

Western Area
(Vicinity of Krasnodar)

Project has started to irrigate 245,000
acres by diverting water from Kuban River.
Scheduled to be completed by 1960.