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OOD~;-j I The lands in the Franklin and Superior-Courtland Units a~e i~ ~he Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska. The lands in the Courtland Unit are in the Kansas-Bostwick Irrigation District. As recommended by the Kansas State Board of Health, the Nebraska State Department of Health, and the U. S. Public Health Service, it is desirable for the sanitary quality of the stream to maintain daily flows of 40 cubic feet per second in the Republican River below Superior, Nebraska, from June through September. During normal years when the Superior Canal and Courtland Canal (in Nebraska) are in operation, the return flows of seepage and surface irrigation runoff plus the natural flow pickup in the Republican River below the Superior-Courtland Diversion Dam will m~et this recommended flow. If it is possible through normal reservoir operations to comply with the above reconunendations, the Bureau, as it has done in the past, will do so; however, during dry years when the forecasted reasonable minimum inflows will not fill Harlan County Lake before the start of the next irriga- tion season, the available flows in the Republican River below Harlan County Dam plus a minimum release of 10 cubic feet per second from Harlan County Lake are diverted into the Courtland Canal to be stored in Lovewell Reservoir. When this condition exists, the flo~ in the Republican River below Superio~, Nebraska, will be less than the 40 cubic feet per second thqt was recommended. At the request of the Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission, the Kansas- Bost~ick Irrigation District and the Bureau of Reclamation maintain, when it is possible, a flow of 20 cubic feet per second int.o Lovewell R2servoir when the Courtland Canal is in operation and the conservation .!?ool is D~low capacity. This reconrnended inflow provides excellenc fishing arOW1Q the cdnal inlet to the reservoir. The seepage below Lovewell Dam into h'hi te Roc};: Creek maintains a small live stream throughout the year. "1 1974 SL'!-lHARY - BOST\HCK DIVISION HARLAN COIY.ITY OPERATIONS The precipitation at Harlan County Dam was 85 percent of normal, while the annual inflow was between the dry and normal year forecasts. The conser- vation capacity of Harlan County Lake was full at the beginning of the 1974 irrigation season. The 29,812 irrigated acres in the Bostwick Division in Nebraska and Ransas above Lovewell Dam were furnish€d a full water supply. Also 41,447 acre-feet were delivered to Lovew121l Reservoir through Courtland Canal. -;:-.;:.{:-:' .". .':, During the irrigation season, the mean daily flows in the Republican River below Superior, Nebraska, were greater than the 40 CublC feet per second recommended by various State and Federal health agencies. The Corps of Engineers re-surveyed determine scdime~t accumulations. Harlan County Lake <luring About 17,100 acre-feet in 1974 to the active 20