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ufJ;.n31 by Red Willow Canal. There were an estimated 500 acre-feet of Red willow Creek flows used downstream from Red Willow Dam for irrigation of non-pro- ject lands under senior water rights. The annual precipitation was 84 percent of normal at Medicine Creek Darn while the inflow was slightly above the dry-year forecast. The water sup- ply was adequate for the diversion of 38,995 acre-feet for 16,628 acres served by the Cambridge Canal. The 1974 gross crop value from the lands served by Meeker-Driftwood, Bartley, Red Willow, and Cambridge Canals was $17,012,026, as co~pared to $11,778,196 in 1973. There were 388 acre-feet of storage from Hugh Butler and Harry Strunk Lakes sold under temporary contracts to private irrigators in Red Willow and Medicine Creek valleys. 1975 OUTLOOK The carryover storage and 1975 flows are forecasted to turnish an adequate water supply to irrigate 43,850 acres in"the Frencrunan-C~ridge Irrigation District. It is estimated that 16,160 acres will be served f~om the Meeker- Driftwood Canal, 16,630 acres from the Cambridge Canal, 4,780 acres from Red Willow Canal, and 6,280 acres from Bartley Canal. AUlENA UNIT, KANASKA DIVISIOn IN KANSAS GENERAL There are 5,350 acres with service available in the Almena Irrigation Dis- trict. The 1[oject water supply is provided by Prairie Dog Creck flo~s and Norton Reservoir storage. The water service contract for the city of }Jorton, Kansas, provides for a maximum annual use of 1,600 acre-feet from Norton Reservoir. ....-....;. 1974 SumlARY j'--"'\' The annual precipitation .at Norton Dam was 83 percent of nOrH'''l. The total 1974 inflow of 6,164 acre-feet was below the dry-yea~ forecast. Of the 1.32 acre-feet per acre of farm delivery to 5,207 acres of Almena Irrigation District land, only 0.33 acre-feet per acre was available from project water supply and the balance from private irrigation wells. 16