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<br />000184 <br /> <br />71 <br /> <br />contemplates that delivery of ~lllvH.g('d wHters would be 1Il11dc to the <br />AlnmOSll Refuge for wildlirl' pllrpo~es with 11 frsultllnt nn>rugc 11l11luul <br />th'pletion of 5,300 l~crl'-(e(.t with f('sultnnt Rverage llIlBlIn) delivery to <br />t.he Rio Grande of 96,400 neTt'-feet. The e:-;tillllllP of potentinl slllvuge <br />llssunws nil inflow to t.he ~lishak l.llkes Refugl! will be utiliz('d for <br />rdugt. pllrposl's. The Bureau of Sport Fislwries and \Vildlife has indi- <br />l'llted that there would be outflows from the refugr to the salvage <br />Uft'!1 lIIH!PI' tlwir proposl'd plan of refuge operation. These would <br />iTu'n'll.'W hy 11 minor tlll10unt the i'stimnted wulel' snlnlge. <br /> <br />PROJECT FEATUH}o;S <br /> <br />The principtll project fcnt.nres llf(, indit,tlt.ed on drawings 253-504- <br />1824 und 182.~. Tlwv consist of the ~1i~hllk Lukes l\ntionlll \Vildlife <br />Rt'fuge ndjoining th;' west.erly houndnry of the ttdopted wut.er suI \tage <br />llreu; well field works, indmling the wells, pnmpmg plants, lateral <br />etlnnls, llnd electric tfltn~mis:o:.inTl flleilitit's; main conveyance channel <br />from tlH' {'llslC'rly bOlludnry of thf' ~lislHlk Lukes Refuge to the Rio <br />Grnnde; cust side conveyance chnnrwl; channell'oHllt'cting the main <br />convt'yance cllllllllellllld SUIl Luis Luke; IIlOllSUn'~ provide{1 for ueru- <br />tinn of pumped wutt'rs Hnd improvl'ment, of fish hllhitnt in convt'Ylln('C <br />('hnIlllels; !lnd recreutionul fllcilitit's ut Sllll Luis Lukt'. <br /> <br />.\fislurk LakeR National Wildlife lIejuge <br /> <br />This rduge would be den'loped by th(-' Bureuu of Sport Fisheries <br />llllll \Yildlifc ill u('('onlnll(,f' with the plan presented ill the llttuched <br />report of thnt ngenC'y. It would inH)ln' the llcquisition of 8,000 ncres <br />of tnud and ('onstructioll of 1H'('('s:o:.nry fencing, UCCt'SS rouds, dikes, <br />wllter struetUf('s. wells, nnll II refuge Iwuclquarters. <br /> <br />Well.fieM, <br /> <br />B(,cllu~e of the complex gl.ologiclll llnd ground-wllter conditions in <br />the Clo~pd Bu~in, dt~\"C'lopment of n detlliled plnn for the well system <br />und Intends to d{'lin'r the pumpc>d ground Willers to t.he conveyanco <br />chaTlIwls would r('quire drilling and pump testing of experimental wells <br />on u ::;cule IIOt dl'eml'll required to l'stablish for fCllsibility report pur- <br />POSI'S, the probable costs or wtl,tf'r salvage under the plan of <br />den~.lopnll'nt.. <br />It WllS l'oncludl'd thut, for the purposes of this report, the cost of the <br />well-fh.ld works rl'<}llirl.d to m!lintuin the groun(l-wntl'r le\'els a mini- <br />mum of .s ft'l't below tlll' ground surfatl\ largely throughout the salvage <br />ureus could be r{>lI~on!lbly ('stimlltl'd by dl'\"('lo\)in~ Sllll1ple \vell-field <br />layouts for cllch potentinl ur('ll. 'I'll(' well-field !IYOllts schematically <br />indil'ut('d on dmwing 253-504-1824 and rC'tleeh~d oy the cost est.imates <br />prt'st'utl'd lH'rf'in \\'1'1'(' prep!lretl on this basis, <br />The snmple layout for ('nch !Irt'n WllS ba~.tl on broud assumptions as <br />to nquifer characteristics of ('Hch nI'l'fl llnd the eXlwrinlPntlll w(,II tests <br />liS di:,;cusst'u in Chllpter YI-Closed Basin Hydro ogy. It is recognized <br />thllt tilt' nquifl'r nnd ground-water l'onditions throughout each area <br />will \"nry l'on:;idembly from t1IO:oiC pre\"uiling at the experimental wells. <br />Tlw stllllple well-fit'ld Iuyoub den'loped for cost t'stimating' purposes <br />('on template the instnIhltion of 129 \\"t.lls and pumping installations as <br />sumlllarized in the following tnble: <br />