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<br /> <br />bEy Cau nty Praiect <br />, mer 'd upplem€ntal water for 18,004 <br />C t Project provI es s t' ast <br />Emery oun y 'for 771 acres in Emery Coun y In e - <br />acres of land and a full supply f Huntington Castle Dale, and Orange- <br />central Uta:1 near the towns ~f the project'include Joes .valley Dam <br />ville, PrinClpal components d C kith a storage capaCIty of 62,500 <br />and Reservoir on Cotton:"_oo, re~a; located about 10 miles down- <br />acre-feet, the Swasey Dlver:IO~_mile Cottonwood-Huntington Canal <br />stream from Joes Valley, ~h , D the Huntington North Da,m <br />, th S asey DIversIOn am, d th 311 -mIle <br />headmg at ,e ~ 'of 5420 acre-feet, an ,e /2 <br />and ReserVOIr wIth a c~paclty 1 L' t rals and drains WIll be con- <br />h S ce Cana, a e , t <br />Huntington Nort erVl f f 'lities are provided at the pro)ec <br />structed as required, Recrea lOn aCl <br /> <br />storage sites, <br /> <br />Construction Activities <br />C ty proJ'ect was essentially completed in June <br />The Emery oun , J ul 7 <br />1966, and the project was dedlcateddonb th: ~ureau of Reclamation <br />f 'l't' constructe Y 1 <br />Irrigation aCll les. d' t nance status on January , <br />bon an mam e , th <br />v,ere transferred to opera d f" . s have been noted dunng e <br />1967 Several construction e lClenCle t' work is being accom- <br />. t' ~drorr~~ f <br />past three years of ~pera lOn, eration of the project. Transfer 0 <br />Plished concurrent wIth normal o~ t Emery Water Conservancy <br />1 't nance functIOns 0 . d <br />operation anc mam e f Tt" have been adequately seasone <br />District will be effected when aCI 1 leSt d <br />nd operational difficulties are correc e . '1 <br />a 'l't' '11 proceed as aval - <br />, f . ect drainage facl lIes WI <br />Construcbon 0 pro) <br />ability of funds will permit. <br /> <br />6. WYOMING <br /> <br />Lyman Proiect t <br />a. , U' ta County in southwes ern <br />The Lyman Project is located mTh m project will deliver supple- <br />Wyoming near the town of Lyma;~sent~y irrigated lands. Two dams <br />mental water to 42,674 acre~ of ~eadows _ will be built by the Bu' <br />- the Meeks Cabin and C~Ina ise the principal feature: of the <br />f R clamation and WIll compr <br />reau 0 e <br />project, <br /> <br />Construction Activities t' of the <br />. h been centered on construe IOn <br />Work on Lyman Project as h d of the water year 3,240," <br />k C b' Dam By teen d em- <br />174-foot-high ~ee, s ~,-11~_r1 M'"t- \"'''1 hp.p.n nlaced in the am <br /> <br /> <br />bankment, bringing it to 89 percent completion and a height of 143 <br />feet. The spillway stilling basin has been completed and concrete <br />placed for over 70 percent of the spillway conduit, Work will be con- <br />tinued on the dam embankment and spillway so long as the weather <br />permits. <br /> <br />An 8-mile segment of the access road to China Meadows Dam- <br />site was completed late in 1967. Construction of China Meadows Dam <br />and Reservoir is being deferred due to present money limitations. <br /> <br />Recreation facilities will be provided at the reservoirs, <br /> <br />b, Seedskadee Project <br /> <br />The Seedskadee Project will provide for the irrigation of 58,775 <br />acres of dry arable land along both sides of the Green River in an area <br />extending from 14 to 50 miles northwest of Green River, Wyoming. It <br />will also provide municipal and industrial water, <br /> <br />The Fontenelle Dam and Reservoir on Green River will be used <br />for storage of water to a total capacity of 345,000 acre-feet and for <br />diverting water from the river. The 10,000-kilowatt powerplant at the <br />toe of the dam began operation in May 1968. Development of a wild- <br />life refuge downstream from Fontenelle Dam is proceeding as an <br />adjunct to the Project under Section 8 of the Colorado River Storage <br />Project Act. <br /> <br />About 100 miles of canals and 160 miles of laterals will be con- <br />structed to convey water from the reservoir to farm units. <br /> <br />Construction Activities <br /> <br />Fontenelle Dam was completed during April 1964. On September <br />3, 1965, a serious leak developed through the right abutment of the <br />dam, necessitating an extensive repair program. Remedial work ap- <br />pears to have been successful. <br /> <br />The present Seedskadee Project program centers on the Develop- <br />ment Farm, which is completing its fifth full year of operation. The <br />"arm is being operated by the University of Wyoming under the <br />general supervision of an advisory committee, which includes repre- <br />sentation from the Bureau of Reclamation, Studies on the farm will <br />provide valuable and needed information on water management prac- <br />tices, crop production, and livestock-handling techniques and their <br />relationship to optimum size of family farm units for the Seedskadee <br />Project lands. Detailed records are being kept as a basis for initiation <br />of hydrologic and agricultural economic studies in the development <br />and plan report of the Seedskadee Project. Current information from <br />