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<br />0020~5 <br /> <br />Operating Plan 1966 (Contd.) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Norton Dam and Reservoir <br /> <br />Norton conservation pool is not expected to fill under "reasonable <br />minimwn" conditions. Reservoir storage viII be more than adequa.te <br />to meet the municipal water demands of Norton, Kansas. Irrigation <br />facilities for the Almena Irri~ation District are now under construc- <br />tion, but they will not be ready for diversions this year. Therefore, <br />it is contemplated that storage water will again be sold to the Almena <br />Irrigation District under Warren Act Contract, as was done in 1965. <br /> <br />Harlan County Dam and Reservoir <br /> <br />Storage and natural flow will meet the irrigation requirements for <br />20,000 acres in the Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska, <br />8,850 acres above Lovewell Dam, and the partial requirement of <br />16,650 acres below Lovewell Dam in the Kansas-Bostwick Irrigation <br />District. The reservoir conservation pool was full at the start of <br />1966; therefore, the carryover storage and available inflow will be <br />adequate to meet irrigation demands. The maximum expected dravdown <br />under "reasonable minimum" conditions will be about R.4 feet (98,260 <br />acre-feet) below the top of the conservation pool. <br /> <br />Lovewell Dam and Reservoir <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The reservoir conservation pool was full at the start o~ 1966; therefore, <br />normal operation of Lovewell Reservoir is planned for regulation of <br />the Courtland Canal as well as the storage of natural flows of White <br />Rock Creek. The irrigation requirements-of 16,650 acres under the <br />Courtland Canal below Lovewell Reservoir will be met with water stored <br />from White Rock Creek flows and transfers of Republican River flows and <br />storage releases, if required, from Harlan County Reservoir through <br />the upper Courtland Canal. <br /> <br />During periods of low water supply and when space is available in Lovewell <br />Reservoir, Republican River flows not required bv Superior and Courtland <br />Canals and downstream water rights will be diverted into Lovewell Reser- <br />voir. Under prolonged drought conditions, these diversions could continue <br />through all of the non-irrigation season except January and February. <br />The pool level is not expected to be below elevation 1574 (20,900 acre- <br />feet) at the end of the 1966 irrigation season, <br /> <br />Kirwin Dam and Reservoir <br /> <br />Kirwin conservation pool was full at the start of 19661 therefore, the <br />inflow and carryover storage will be adequate to meet the irrigation <br />requirements of 9,000 acres expected to be irri~ated under the Kirwin <br />Canal system in 1966. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />14 <br />