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<br />, . <br /> <br />001923 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />IRRIGATION DISTRICTS <br /> <br />Nine irrigation districts in the Kansas River Projects have con- <br />tracted with the Bureau of Reclamation for construction of irrigation <br />facilities. Table No.5 shows the status of the repayment and water <br />service contracts with the development periods, where appropriate. <br />Table 6 shows the planned ultimate acreage, the acres irrigated in <br />1963 and the acreage expected to be irrigated in 1964 for each <br />irrigation district. <br /> <br />Frenchman Valley Irrigation District and H&RW Irrigation District <br /> <br />Culbertson Diversion Dam and Canal were reconstructed and Culbertson <br />Extension Canal constructed to serve 9,600 acres in the Frenchman <br />Valley Irrigation District and 11,490 acres in the H&RW Irrigation <br />District. The lands in the Frenchman Valley Irrigation District have <br />been'irrigated since the 1890's. Supplemental storage was first <br />delivered to these lands under repayment contract in 1958. The <br />H&RW Irrigation District operated and maintained the Culbertson <br />Extension System for the first time in 1963. The lands in these <br />districts lie to the north of the Frenchman Creek and Republican River <br />from Palisade to approximately three miles east of McCook, Nebraska. <br />Enders Reservoir provides storage water for both districts. An erosion <br />control construction program will be started on Frenchman Creek <br />between Enders Dam and Culbertson Diversion Dam during 1964. <br /> <br />Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation District <br /> <br />This irrigation district has 43,190 acres in the Republican River <br />Valley from Swanson Lake to Harlan County Reservoir. Total service <br />will be available to these lands by June of this year when all of <br />the major construction will be completed. Swanson, Harry Strunk <br />snd Hugh Butler Lakes provide storage for these lands. The district <br />is operating Meeker-Driftwood, Red Willow, Bartley and Cambridge <br />systems. The Red Willow Canal is being operated by the district <br />for the Bureau of Reclamation, and complete operation and maintenance <br />will be turned over to the district on January 1, 1965. <br /> <br />Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska <br /> <br />Storage for the ultimate planned 24,240 seres in this irrigation <br />district is provided by Harlan County Reservoir. The Franklin, <br />Naponee, Franklin Pump, Superior and Courtland (Nebraska) Canals <br />have been constructed with service availsble to 22,755 acres in <br />Nebraska. These lands are in the Republican River Valley from Harlan <br />County Dam to Kansas-Nebraska State line. Courtland Canal was also <br />constructed to serve lands in the Kansas-Bostwick Irrigation District. <br />All of the major construction is completed. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2 <br />