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Central's irrigation system serves a total of more than 105,000 acres in Gosper, Phelps and <br /> Kearney counties and another 7,500 acres receive service directly from the Supply Canal in <br /> Lincoln and Dawson counties. The system also provides documented ground water recharge <br /> benefits to more than 310,000 acres in and adjacent to the Project area. These recharge benefits <br /> are recognized within the District's U-2 and U-12 incidental underground storage water rights. <br /> As water travels through the Supply Canal, it produces power at the Jeffrey,Johnson No. 1 <br /> _ and Johnson No. 2 hydroplants, each with an electrical generation capacity of 18,000 kilowatts. <br /> The three hydroplants are unmanned and remotely operated from the Gothenburg Control Center. <br /> With the addition of the 50,000-kilowatt Kingsley Hydro in 1984, also operated from Gothen- <br /> burg, water flowing through Central's system can generate up to 104,000 kilowatts of electricity. <br /> In addition to the hydroplants, the Control Center maintains remote supervisory control over <br /> NPPD's Keystone Dam and supply canal headgates, all control structures on Central's Supply <br /> Canal, the headgates of the main irrigation canals and control structures on the E65 and Phelps <br /> irrigation systems. A control operator operates all of these facilities from a computer. <br /> The Supply Canal also provides a wide variety of recreational opportunities and habitat for <br /> wildlife. Twenty-six lakes, ranging in size from less than one acre to more than 2,500 acres, are <br /> located along the Supply Canal. These lakes provide a wide variety of recreational opportunities <br /> and wildlife habitat. Recreation areas,managed by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, <br /> are available to the public at Gallagher and Johnson lakes and wildlife management areas are <br /> located near Box Elder, Cottonwood,Jeffrey, Midway and East Phillips lakes. <br /> The NGPC also manages State Recreation Areas around Lake McConaughy and Lake <br /> Ogallala. Abundant recreational opportunities at these sites attract vacationers and tourists who <br /> spend approximately 750,000 visitor-days annually at the lakes. • <br /> Central's lakes also provide benefits to owners of approximately 1,100 private homes and <br /> cabins which are situated on District property around McConaughy,Jeffrey,Midway,Plum Creek <br /> and Johnson lakes. <br />