|
<br />.'.
<br />
<br />0063
<br />
<br />-5-
<br />
<br />Fort j~organ. Here, howe"ler, thero 1-1ould have to be 2 miles of pipeline: .md a
<br />very large lift mi1l:in~ the costs prohibi tivcl~r high.
<br />
<br />An evaluation of llllat the proposed r~rrol1s D<lm could do for us 1.::1 0011 T,lade.
<br />
<br />~, '
<br />
<br />If is uas built, He C<lJ1I1ot :ru:i1 by Gravit~r into our 5~r.stom. At tines there
<br />uould 'be ;>';'1 cpportunit:? loo c.~,:h~I1Cc a little uater to our llcarlgatcs as noint"cd
<br />out in the diSCl's~;i0n of ll:ltC":' (1..::crccsw The itcr.1. of oriGL1<.ll co:::t of t:',-..: .:;torcd
<br />Hator tIould Cilt..C"I:" into the pi~tU1"c ':-cS pcntiancd ''.ndcr -:":10 ant..:.cij.D.tc:d C:::2.i"lCrcd
<br />costs oi :lrr~.'I'llc"r,)sr-.li ',i("l.t,C~ [,lld J.ll of 'I/I1c..t c.':lUIJ b~_ c^cbc.:.l1c(~ l/uvlL1 ho:'.'c ~o bo
<br />run fr::lm th~ riv..;r .Jia....c He lnvc D.lrca:-:}- cxha~lst:::c.1 -:::-tc -J"olllm0. tl1~_t lfJ can
<br />opel'ate the c....'(cl-..J.J1G~ p~ OC('33 .L':rC:.l O..l.!' rcscr'lfo.ir .,r::..t,l. aU!' :L;.lC:- i'hI)]'lpC;e;,l ;lLtrc:l<l3C,
<br />'.lha~cvor CO'it '-T.:..3 s;;t f'JT.' tl-LC l"a.;."ro..1S \;a-l->(.":, \1,.) "',A'l":" ;-;<.LVr> ',:,n j'11.11...iplj l)y h times
<br />to Get the f;J.:;:'r.': dclLvc~'crt CI"'SC, At t!lC t.ijnC's U:J 1'0,::dr;c[ it r.~0~~ lje wO\~lu be un..
<br />able to C:~C'J...lC:C 11p thL :!"ivcr sa ....'> C! SO".l!"'::: of ::;r.~1:)1}' b~" Gl'2.vi ~~3' ~i.Ol~ the
<br />proposed ija':"ro~Ts D.:JJl1 'rTvuld r:.ot do us '.'e1;,." much c;oci.
<br />
<br />It would be phyfiica21y possihlo to install a pUf.lpin[; plant at the [lropos-cd
<br />l!arrmis nosoI''\'oir and JOOCJ f'cet of 5 foot d::amctcr pipe uhich l1ot1.1d deli-..rcr
<br />into our canal about lac., so.,:ond fCCT, of uater. To co this \:0 woulL.! havc to
<br />have about It;OG hcrs(;)Q'W'Qr r,~otor~. He couid de15.vcr ;;0 tl1~ f<lll.l about 6S~~ of
<br />the \iater th~t \Ins p~ne..:,.. This w~uld cost about. .,1.BO an acre foot for po\-rcr.
<br />A t'our:,h cst..J...I:1.8.te of the installation Gosts is ...25G,OnrJ ,00. '..later abtai.lcd. by
<br />this W:'!tilOd uitn pO'..lcr custs, anl0rtization, a"ld d.epreciation uou~d b7 2.bout
<br />.'3.10 for e'lCI'3' acre fl)otJ plus the cost of t:1C ztored Hater tirK'S 1-;,:- to allon
<br />for scC'p~~c 1,:)tisc5 bcfcrc -}clivc:-y at tiw fun;}. If the price set on the stored.
<br />water uas ,'1.50 per acre foot. it wol'ld :od:'J the deliv.::r..:d f.:u'jjJ foot cost ..6.90
<br />per acre foot" Thi:- ri~'.r~ i3 il littJo hi:;hcr than by !;l'u'lity met-bod but \filter
<br />lIould 'oc <.:.vailable "hen it lIas ncedcd~
<br />
<br />If the I:arrows nescrvoir Has b"J.ilt and proper arranccr.lcnts could be Illade
<br />the .ciG-Thompson \later cOt!ld "oe llandlcd a lit~t.lc easier.
<br />
<br />There arc m.:oJl3.- t1r,lCS, hO\TeVcT} that t:lCrc is !.lora ll.:tter in t:1C SOl,.th Platte
<br />:avcr t;lat l1cith,:;r lIa nor other users ca.i. T.la!~c use ofJ bccal~sc it js there at a
<br />tll-,C ',Alan citilcr flll :1tora[;:e facili~ics are full or it is such a litI'Gc .n_O'Il that
<br />Ire arc u!laiJlc t'J ha.ndle it. The freq\.'!.c:1cj' of suel, cOi1~li tions arc too "j;-lcertain
<br />and Sor,lC..f-....i..iCS \",\:l.1')~r "c:}.:rs apart that '\1S: nor a..T\~~ Qile else: couJ.c.'. ever r~cc.'::o,..icall"f
<br />build facilities to~ 1.'.til1'l.c thcr,l. A.dditio,w.l" stor.2.f-"c either on tho SQl!th I'latto.
<br />Rivcr or t:l0 u~)l)cr tr2.butarics 'I1Duld be of ir.u:lC,1Se bcnefit j10t onl:," to 129 but
<br />to all users J prO'."ic!eQ. tho ~ocation of the storaL;:e f:lcili tics l1crc located at a
<br />point t..h~t \lO'l'lcl SC1"'T~ t:1C r,\ajorit~. of tho USc..TS~ ~:i::i!1G all of tile ul(').\cnts 1
<br />into cc.nsidcration the.; ~livors-t"d(: Irri:;:,ntion Jistrict should uend ever:: cfi'ort to
<br />have at lcn~y a :portion uf ai1~.. ndm.tional .sto~.'J.C';c at. a POiT!:. above vr:lerc He
<br />divert or could divert from the river, .\t 11r'cscmt 'de o'btaii'. c.ur ;-1[\tor sup!,lieB
<br />f'roJ:l the 1-r:..il tor .rIou al.d above; nnri,lr'.l flo\{j ia t.h<J Sl'..i.1T.l:::ll'". If i t co~'_lcl be
<br />brouGht about that uo \lOull~ havc a ~ure source of S'Up}ll~' ;or ndclit.ioilnll1ntcr in
<br />the s~u.tncr, Q"o.lr position l1ould1JC r.1.uch more favoral)lc,
<br />
<br />There is a Good rcservoir sit(;! at Iiardin H'hich Ca..l be J'.lade to i.J.lpound
<br /><lbout 500,,000 acre feet that ~lil1 do .:15 r.lUch to rc1i~'e flo(lds dmm thlJ mnin
<br />l'l<:ltte ;-{iver as the JiarrolTs site \rill ilJ1d fnr enouGh upstream tilat \le could di-
<br />vert b~' Gravity flo\1 into the Jistrict C2..i1al. If it 11.:\5 bHilt He lTQuId have to
<br />bl'.ild .:l nO\1 :lcadc;ate nnd abO\.lt 4 miles of neli ditch in order .to full:" utilize
<br />the nC~f stl)r.'J.~c arc:).. In the event and lil1ich tn.ll hapi-,CI1 sOT71etiP1o the river flow
<br />lias 1m-I for n series cf :"c.'lrs C,j1 m'ra.!1Gcment c01:1d be r;Jo.dc: thnt t:10 u.:-.tcr avail-
<br />able on our decrees could be stored in the nau reser.roir, thus sa.vinG tlIe heavy
<br />scepa:c losses in our mm during the sllort ~r3.tcr years ::ti1d \1e \lOnlcl have 2. S1-lre
<br />suppl}' in even the driest of :'c:ars. It W"Ollld cost us about .>75,000.00 to do t:1e
<br />i1ccessnry constructiOl": Hor;:.
<br />
<br />'i
<br />
<br />,
<br />I
<br />,
<br />\
<br />,
<br />'r
<br />i
<br />~
<br />
<br />This lower diversion POL1t h~ been considered i,l the past to cut do\-m on
<br />the seepaGe losses in t;:.c reservoir i;1t<1~:e and across the rcsen-oir for thQ
<br />lInter \1C drau direct frow. t~lC river. liQJ1~r tines it WC'uld ;wve been of vc~r r:ru.ch
<br />benefit. Thc infrequency of ~sc, however, rendered the costs as co~pared to
<br />benefits of qnc:"tion.J.ble vtllue anc1. it IT.:lS never done. It co\"_ld bc tha.t in order
<br />to m.-:lkc a direct diversion of .sic-Thompson '\t~tcr eeonor-dcnl it will be necded in
<br />tile future '\-lith or \d.thout <:\..r."'1:" additional rcscI""..roirs.
<br />
<br />If it can bc brour;ht <lbout that the i:ardin sit..::: or an~r other site ore
<br />selected nbovc Ql..1.l~ \i:J.ter supply problc:i1.5 ',To,,-ld vcr::, ))C.;:u'ly" be at .311 e:ld. Thc
<br />stal~cs u.re VC!"'] larGe and [,reD.t effort should br- o:->rcrtcd to brine it about. l/ith
<br />this arrnnGcmcnt \10 Cil'Url. ji..l.;C :-'C:-:OS" to ir.cr;::.2::-;:::~ l-nLr :\.l~J;.11'Js 2~> ['. co:-:t clc-
<br />liv.crcd to the farm of :', as 'lUcr. as .~:r .:m:' o~_hcr I.\c.thod..
<br />
|