WSP00914

• File Number: 8407.600
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Kansas General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 2/1/1966
• Author: BOR
• Title: Kansas River Projects - 1965 Operations - 1966 Outlook
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Introduction (cont4)

for irrigation, flood control, municipal water supply, recreation,
fish and wildlife, stream pollution abatement and other usea. Eleven
storage facilities, constructed and operated by the Bureau of Reclama-
tion or the Corps of Engineers which serve the irrigation systema
covered in this report are aa follows:

Constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation:

(8) Bonny, Enders, Norton and Lovewell Reservoirs; Swanson,
Hugh Butler and Harry Strunk Lakes in the Republican River
Basin,

(b) Kirwin and Webster Reservoir. in the Solomon River Basin.

(c) Cedar Bluff Reservoir on the Smoky Hill River.

Constructed by the Corps of Engineers:

(a) Harlan County Reservoir in the Republican River Basin.

Fifteen canal systems and six diversion dams served by the above
storage facilities are now in operation in the Kansas River Projects
area, All cansls, laters1s and diversion dsms will be operated and
maintained by the irrigation districts in 1966.

The Bureau of Reclamation started construction of the Almena irrigs-
tion system in 1965, snd construction will be continued in 1966,
Construction of the Glen Elder Dam, rsilroad relocation and the protec-
tive facilities was stsrted by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1964, high-
way relocation work in 1965. These construction sctivities will be
continued in 1966,

Capacity allocations for the eleven reservoirs presently serving irriga-
ted areas are shown in Tsble 1. Tables 2, 3 snd 4 show the forecasted
inflows, 1965 operations snd a comparison of 1965 precipation with prior
years. The reservoirs and main irrigation canals of the Kanaas River
Projecta are shown on the general map of the Kansas River Projects,

IRRIGATION DISTRICTS

Nine irrigation districts in the Kansas River Projecta have contracted
with the Bureau of Reclamation for a water supply and repayment of the
conatruction of irrigation facilities, Table No, 5 shows the status
of the repayment and water service contracts. Table No.6 shows the
acres irrigated iQ 1965 and the acreage expected to be irrigated in
1966 for each irrigation district.

Frenchman Valley Irrigation District and H & RW Irrigation District

Culbertson Diversion Dsm and Canal were reconstructed and Culbertson
Extension system constructed to serve 9,600 Bcres in the Frenchman
Valley Irrigstion District snd 11,490 acres in the H & RW Irrigation

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