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• <br />3. Stage III Project <br />2.03 Because demand for water is predicted to increase in the <br />Little Snake River basin, the legislature has determined that a <br />storage facility in the basin is necessary before the Cheyenne <br />Water Supply System Stage III transbasin diversion is <br />constructed.- The proposed Sandstone project proved to be the <br />most feasible of all alternatives defined, to meet the <br />legislature's requirements., The project would provide water for <br />the Savery Creek drainage as well as the Little Snake drainage. <br />Water provided by this, development would be available to meet <br />future municipal and industrial water needs and would provide <br />supplemental water supplies for irrigated lands within the Little <br />Snake River basin. <br />2.04 Thrpugh a series of investigations, the WWDC has <br />established that the construction of the proposed Sandstone <br />Reservoir on Savery Creek (figure 2-2) ,would provide the <br />opportunity to meet future water needs in the Little Snake River <br />basin and to develop unused water resources. The proposed <br />Sandstone Reservoir would have a total storage capacity of 52,000 <br />acre-feet and an average annual yield of 32,000 acre-feet per <br />year. It is projected that the proposed Sandstone Reservoir <br />would supply a firm annual industrial yield of 20,000 acre-feet <br />for potential users such. as coal-fired power plants, coal <br />gasification plants or other industrial facilities. In addition, <br />an average annual yield of 12,000 acre-feet would be available <br />for agricultural lands having a currently valid Wyoming- water <br />right. Approximately 5,400 acres of land along Savery Creek and <br />15,100 acres along the Little Snake River could be provided with <br />supplemental water supplies. Future municipal water requirements <br />in the Little Snake River basin are expected to reach 200 <br />L J <br />2-2 <br />