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<br />Lower Eel River Storage and Lake Havasu Aqueduct--The selected
<br />,,' plan, shown on Drawing No. 65-314-21, proposes to obtain the second
<br />unit of 1,200,000 acre-feet from the proposed Sequoia and Bell Springs
<br />storage reservoirs on the Lower Eel River. This system, including
<br />railroad relocation and conveyance facilities to Sacramento River,
<br />is estimated by the State of California to cost $560,000,000. It is
<br />estimated that another $40,000,000 would probably be required for
<br />additional electrical and other facilities. The yield from this
<br />system, estimated at 1,200,000 acre-feet, would be pumped and routed
<br />through the Middle Fork Eel River system to Clear Lake and Monticello
<br />Reservoir; thence to the Sacramento River. The Middle Fork Eel River
<br />Project, generally provided for by the California State Water Plan,
<br />would need to be constructed by the State or the Bureau of Reclama-
<br />tion prior to importation of this water. The State now has the
<br />Middle Fork Eel River Project programed for completion by 1978.
<br />Plans of the Bureau are well advanced for that unit, along with
<br />other facilities on the Eel and Russian Rivers. It is estimated
<br />that net pumping costs would be about $2,000,000 annually. Net
<br />operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of these facilities
<br />for the Lower Eel River Project, including pumping, are estimated
<br />at $3,000,000 annually.
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<br />This plan proposes to add a 2,000 c.f.s. increment to the pro-
<br />posed East Side Division conveyance facilities from the Sacramento
<br />River through the Hood-Clay pump lift, and thence through the East
<br />Side Division facilities to the Kern River. From that location, a
<br />new 2,000 c.f.s. canal would be constructed to connect with the
<br />California Aqueduct at Wheeler Ridge Pumping Plant No.1.
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<br />Additional facilities required, therefore, will be the enlarge-
<br />ment of the East Side Division conveyance facilities and construction
<br />of the 36-mile Kern River-Wheeler Ridge Canal with 2,000 c.f.s.
<br />capacity. A new pumping plant with a head of about 150 feet will be
<br />required to connect this proposed system with the California Aqueduct
<br />at Wheeler Ridge. The total capital cost, on a reconnaissance basis,
<br />is estimated to be $145,000,000 for the facilities from the Delta
<br />through the east side system to Wheeler Ridge. Annual operation,
<br />maintenance, and replacement costs for these facilities are esti-
<br />mated to be $1,000,000, not including cost of pumping energy. The
<br />annual cost of pumping is estimated at $7,100,000.
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<br />From Wheeler Ridge, the increased water supply of 1,200,000 acre-
<br />feet would be conveyed through the California Aqueduct to Pearblossom
<br />Pumping Plant. The estimated capital cost for incremental conveyance
<br />facilities from Wheeler Ridge to Pearblossom Pumping Plant is
<br />$105,000,000. Annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs
<br />for this reach are estimated at $900,000. The net power required in
<br />this reach for pumping would be 3,740,000,000 kilowatt-hours.
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