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5 . ) e16vation of the present valley floor. The reservoir ~ll provide & total capacity of 655.000 aore-feet, of which 385,000 Tnll be alloca- ted to conservation storage, and 210,000 aore...feet to flood control. There has been allotted to this project ~6,900,OOO with which investi. battons, design, and aoquisition of lands are being completed and the relocation of the Santa Fe Railroad line which r\ms through the d8Jl1 site. A oontract for the relooation has been 8.\T8.rded and the work is now under\7ay. It is expeoted that the contraot !"or the construction of the d8J:1 proper will 00 awarded by the end of this fiscal year. If sufficient f'und.s llr8 forthcoming, the entire project will be completed. in the su:nmer of 1943. The reservoir ,d.ll control all floods of record to wi thin bank...f'Ull oapacity downstream in ColorlLdo and western Kansas J in e.dditlon, it will conserve the flow of the river for beneficial use on irriGated areas. b. Conchlu Re.sorvoir (1) The Conchas Dam is located aoross the South Ce.nadhn River s:t a site approximately 27 miles nortlnYest of Tuoumco.ri, N.~. The projeot 18 now co~p16ted and being maintained by the Corps of Engineers. This projeot ~~s approved by the Pro.sident in 1935 8..s a part of the Works Relief Probrwm under the Jmargency Relief Appropria- tion Act of 1935. It was adopted by Congress in the 1936 Flood Control Act to provide flood control, irrication, and municipal water supply benefits. . (2) The dam oonsists of a conorete main dam and earth wing dams. The main d!U!l has. a maximum height of 235 feet. The total cost was ;15,500,000. The dam at present provides 100,000 aore-feet of dead storage at the bottom, am. 300.000 acre-feet of irrigation storage. Crest gates may be installed on the dam whioh will provide another 100,000 acre-feet of stora~e, and above that there still remains 100,000 aore-feet of surcharged storage before the emergenoy spillway comes into operation. At present the crest gates are not installed and the only flood oontrol is that obtained by surcharged storage. The oonstruotion of the dam will materially reduce flood damage in the valley of the South Canadian River. .. (3) The Bureau of Reclamation and the Arch Hurley Con- servanoy District ~ve contraoted for an irrigation projeot involving 80me 45.000 acres of land dov~stream. The Bureau of Reclamation is now oonstruoting the necessary distribution system for this projeot. . o. Optll18 Reservoir NothiIll; has been done toward the d"sign or construction of this reservoir. It is disoussed later under the North Canadian River. . d. Fort Supply Reservoir This dam is located on -'olf Creek: about 3 miles above its confluenoe with the North Canadian RiVEtr', one nile south of the town of Sup?ly, Okla.., and 14 miles northwest of i"Joodward. This reservoir will 2409