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<br />l1iHl9?::\ <br /> <br />Constructed and operat~d by the Corps of En~ineers: <br /> <br />(a) H~rlan County Dam in the Kansas River Basin. <br /> <br />IRRIGATION DISTRICTS <br /> <br />Thirteen irrigation dis~ricts in the Niobrara, Lower Platte, and KansuS <br />River Basins have contracted with the Bureau of Reclamation for "vater . '..1 <br />Sll[)pl.y and irl-igation facilities. Sa.rycnt and Far.'Jell IrrigiJ.tion Dis- <br />tricts have contracted their oper,:1tion a;1d maintenance to the LOup Basin <br />H.t2cla..mation District. <br /> <br />The no~al irrigation season for Mirage Flats Irrigation District is April <br />t.h"cough September. The contracted i-rr igation 3l2:o.son for Fr2flcnman Valley, <br />II & HW, Frenchman-Cambridge,' anu Cedar Bluff Irrigation Districts is from <br />[\1ay 1 to October 15, and for all other districts, t-lay 1 to September 30. <br /> <br />HUl1ICIPAL AND INDUSTRJiIL (^lATER <br /> <br />Three municipal i ties and t<....o oil companies have executed \\Ia"ter service <br />contracts fo1.- full or supplemental \....ater supplies ~ <br /> <br />FISH HATCHERY <br /> <br />i\ United States Fish and ~'1ildlif8 Scr'/ice wa.rm-\';ater fish !latclH~ry .i.8 in <br />opcrat:ion below Cedar Bluff Rcservoil-. <br /> <br />,I <br /> <br />ErNI RmIME:NTi',L CONS IDEMTIONS <br /> <br />A "St.atement of Operational Objectives" for HaL"l.:ui County Reservaii:.." sets <br />fo~tll the gellerQ! oper~lional objectives and tile specific re5~rvoir uses <br />COIlsidered desiral)lc, such as that fish ~nd wiJ.dlife j~te~csts will be <br />bf!st sl2r"ved by high peal levels with minimum fluctuatIons a;lc1 regula.",:..i.ol1 <br />of outflow ill excess of millimunl rcquiremeI1Ls i.nsofar as f(~asiblc. Tll8 <br />statement rp-cognizes th<1 t to assure .Leal izatior:. of the greatest public <br />b211Cfits, operation plans should be sufficiently comprehensiiJE: to permit <br />the maximum integration of the seco!ldary uses consistent t-lith the prim<1.ry <br />purposes of flood Gont.l.ol and irrigation. <br /> <br />.'. <br />'..,' <br />-"-:..:' <br />..... <br /> <br />. .:.~ <br /> <br />Insofar as p:ca.cticahle, the above mentioned objectives are also cOf"lsidered <br />in the operation of all' reservoirs in the Kansas River Basin, l.1e.c!:"it:t and <br />Box Butte Rcservoiro in the Niobrara Rive.r nasin, and Sherm.J.n Reservoir in <br />the Lov-:er Platte River Basin. The regulated Glltflow will also be. of ad- <br />vantage to farmers, ranchers, indus tr les, ci ties, and at:l.:!!:" in ten~sts <br />below all reservoirs. <br /> <br />6 <br />