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PART VI FUTURE DEVELOPMENT e made in 1974 indicate that annual deliveries average about 500 acre- feet. (2) Continental Divide Ditch Continental Divide Ditch diverts water from Little Sandy Creek to the Platte River Basin. Estimates made in 1974 indicate that annual deliveries average about 1,040 acre-feet. (3) North Fork of Little Snake River to Cheyenne Diversions from the North Fork of the Little Snake River to the city of Cheyenne were 5,027 acre-feet in 1983. Over the period 1971-83, however, deliveries averaged 6,616 acre-feet. The total dlversion in 1983 was estimated to be about 8,000 acre-feet. e In 1980 the State Engineer of Wyoming stated that he anticipated that out-of-basin diversions will increase to 50,000 acre- feet by 2030. The 20,000-acre-foot depletion to the Little Snake River will occur not only as a result of the Cheyenne-Laramie Diversion but also as a result of the development of Stage III of the proposed Little Snake River Management Project which would divert water over the Con- tinental Divide to the North Platte River for the use of downstream communities such as Casper, Glenrock, and Douglas. g. Industrial Uses The State of Wyoming feels that there is considerable potential for increased use of water for industrial purposes such as thermal-electric generation, trona mining and processing, coal gasifica- tion, coal coking, and oil shale development. Most of the water that is and will be used for industrial purposes will be provided by contracting with the State or Reclamation for water out of Fontenelle Reservoir. See the discussion for Seed- skadee Project on page 32. (I) Thermal Electric Power Major thermal-electric powerplants in operation in 1983 are as listed below. e Powerplant Naughton No. 1 Naughton No. 2 Naughton No. 3 Jim Bridger No. 1 Jim Bridger No. 2 Jim Bridger No. 3 Jim Bridger No. 4 Megawatt (MW) 160 220 330 500 500 500 500 34