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o C1 N N ... -..1 ----. . . Red River Basin above Denison Dam - Bureau of Reclamation: 1. Cache Creek Project (See Map 2) Feasibility investigation to include a multi-purpose dam and reservoir in the Cache Creek Basin in Cotton County, Oklahoma, and related facilities to pro- vide a municipal and industrial water supply for the city of Lawton, Oklahoma. Consideration will also be given to other beneficial uses such as flood control, irrigation, recreation, fish and wild- life and pollution abatement. Southwestern Oklahoma is the most critical area in the state from the standpoint of the development of adequate quantities of a suitable quality of water to meet re- quirements. In recognition of the critical situation the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) has requested that a feasibility re- port be prepared that would evaluate the potentialities of making water deliveries to in-basin needs from the Cache Creek Basin as well as points of need outside the basin. The reconnaissance re- port, completed in FY 71 states that the city of Lawton is expected to require water from the Cache Creek Project in about 1980. The OWRB is extremely interested in the feasibility report on Cache Creek project as its potential appears to provide for the local needs as well as the most logical means of alleviating water shortages in the southwestern part of the State. The investiga- tion began in FY 1974 and is scheduled for completion in FY 1977. . . . .) 1 1 . 2. Criner Hills Project (See Map 2) An appraisal investiga- tion to evaluate the available water resources of a segment of the Washita River Basin in Carter, Murray and Garvin counties and left bank tributaries of the Red River in Love County. Consideration will be given primarily to needs for municipal and industrial water although other needs will be evaluated, including irriga- tion, water quality, flood prevention, recreation, and fish and wildlife. In September 1951, a basin study of the Washita River was completed. This study evaluated the Purdy reservoir site on Rush Creek, the Hennepin site on Wildhorse Creek and the Caddo site on Caddo Creek in the Criner Hills area. Also evaluated were the Arbuckle site on Rock Creek and mains tern reservoirs at the Dougherty and Durwood sites. None were selected for develop- ment in the 1951 report because other sites further upstream were more favorably located with respect to the basin's needs of the time. Due to municipal and industrial water needs which mushroomed in the Criner Hills area about 1960, the Arbuckle Reservoir was completed in 1967. Also, an interim appraisal of the Oklahoma State Water Plan studies were completed in FY 1967, further considered the potential Purdy, Hennepin and Caddo sites and presented preliminary data for reservoir sites at' Burneyville and Courtney on Walnut Bayou and Mud Creek, respectively. How- ever, the appraisal was not of sufficient detail to provide economic and financial aspects of obtaining water from these sources. Also, progression of the Oklahoma State Water Plan . . . 1 I 1 . I. 1 137 1