C150379 Feasibility Study

• Contract/PO #: C150379
• Contractor Name: Wadley Farms Filing No. 3 Homeowner's Association
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 7
• County: Adams
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

Water Yield
Diversion records for FHL are maintained by the State Engineer's Office (SEO) and are
available for the period from 1950 to 2012. FHL total annual headgate diversions for
each water year (November 1 to October 31) are shown in Figure 6 and Table 3. A
summary of total diversions at the FHL headgate from 1950 to 2012 is included in
Appendix D. Average monthly flows at the FHL headgate from 1950 to 2012 are shown
in Figure 7.
Figure 6: Farmers High Line Annual Headgate Diversions
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■ Reservoir Diversions (Nov -Apr) ' FHL Share Diversions (May -Oct)
The SEO has not recorded diversions made at the FHL headgate attributable to individual
reservoir rights, such as those for the Wadley reservoirs. Total diversions to storage
reservoirs fed by the FHL Canal were recorded separately from 1970 to 1975 and again
from 1980 to 1987, but storage diversions have typically occurred every year even when
not tabulated separately. The Bishop - Brogden report references documentation regarding
the historic practice of the FHL Company of running water into the small reservoirs
owned by individual shareholders in the late fall after direct irrigation demands ended
and in the early spring before the end of April and prior to the beginning of direct
irrigation demands. Beginning about May, all FHL diversions were generally divided
among shareholders based on pro -rata share ownership for direct irrigation use.
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