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<br />0019~4 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Kansas-Bostwick Irrigation District No.2 <br /> <br />This District was originally planned for 49,000 acres. Construction <br />work has been completed with service available for 36,413 acres. <br />Storage water for these will be provided by Harlan County and Lovewell <br />Reservoirs. Lovewell Reservoir serves as a regulating and storage <br />reservoir. The Courtland system above Lovewell Dam is constructed <br />to serve 11,498 acres of land as well as to transport Republican <br />River flows and Harlan County storage releases as required to Lovewell <br />Reservoir. The Courtland system below Lovewell Dam serves an additional <br />24,915 acres of land. The Kansas-Bostwick Irrigation District lands <br />are in the Republican River and White Rock Creek Basins from the <br />Nebraska-Kansas State line south of Superior, Nebraska to five miles <br />south of Courtland, Kansas. <br /> <br />Kirwin Irrigation District No.1 <br /> <br />Kirwin Reservoir provides storage for 11,500 acres of land served by <br />the Kirwin Main, North and South Canals, The project area of 11,500 <br />acres is 1,500 acres larger than the area originally planned for <br />irrigation with the available water supply, and successful irrigation <br />operation will be dependent upon several years of carryover reservoir <br />storage. These lands are in the North Fork of the Solomon River Valley <br />between Kirwin and Portis, Kansas. All of the major construction is <br />completed. <br /> <br />Webster Irrigation District No.4 <br /> <br />Webster Reservoir provides storage for the 8,500 acres served by the <br />Osborne Canal. These lands are on the north side of the South Fork <br />of the Solomon River Valley from Woods ton to approximately five miles <br />east of Osborne, Kansas. All of the major construction is completed. <br /> <br />Almena Irrigation District No.5 <br /> <br />Norton Reservoir will provide storage for the irrigation of 5,350 <br />acres of land in the Almena Irrigation District. The construction <br />of Norton Dam is expected to be completed in 1964. Construction <br />of the Almena Diversion Dam and irrigation facilities has been <br />indefinitely deferred. <br /> <br />Cedar Bluff Irrigation District No.6 <br /> <br />Cedar Bluff Reservoir provides storage for 6,600 acres in the Smoky <br />Hill Basin served by the Cedar Bluff Canal. All of the major construct- <br />ion has been completed and the system will be turned over to the <br />district for operation and maintenance on January 1, 1965. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3 <br />