WSP01881

• File Number: 8407.600
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Kansas General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 2/1/1964
• Author: BOR
• Title: Kansas River Projects - 1963 Operations - 1964 Outlook
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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1964 Plan

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Lovewell Reservoir

Lovewell conservation storage pool and 2.0 feet (6,000 acre-feet)
in the flood control pool were carried over into 1964 due to operation
explaineo in Harlan County 1964 Operation. The 6,000 acre-feet stored
in the flood control pool will be emptied this spring either by
irrigation demand or controlled spills under all three conditions.
The supply will be adequate to meet full irrigation demands, The
same operation criteria will be used this fall,

Normal operation of Lovewell Reservoir was planned for regulation of
Courtland Canal as well as the storage of natural flows of White Rock
Creek. The demands of 17,300 acres under the Courtland Canal below
Lovewell Reservoir will be met with water stored from White Rock Creek
flows and transfers of Republican River fl",<s and storage releases,
if required, from Harlan County Reservoir through the upper Courtland
Canal. During the periods of low water supply and when space is
available in Harlan County and Lovewell Reservoirs, Republican River
flows not required by Superior and Courtland Canals, and downstream
water rights will be diverted into Lovewell Reservoir. Under pro-
longed drought conditions, these diversions could continue through
all of the non-irrigation season except January and February. The
pool level is not expected to be below elevation 1577 at the end
of the irrigation season,

Kirwin Reservoir

The carryover storage and available inflow are more than adequate to
meet the irrigation demands of 9,000 acres served by the Kirwin Canal
in 1964. The reservoir is expected to spill if greater than minimum
inflows occur.

Webster Reservoir

The carryover storage and available inflow are more than adequate for
both the 7,500 acres under the Osborne Canal and the municipal demands
of Beloit, Kansas. The conservation pool will fill and controlled
releases will be made if greater than reasonable minimum inflows occur.

Cedar Bluff Reservoir

The carryover storage and available inflow will be more than adequate
to meet the demands of 3,000 acres expected to be irrigated in the
Cedar Bluff Irrigation District, supplement the municipal water supply
of Russell, Kansas, and furnish a water supply for certain functions
of the Cedar Bluff Fish Cultural Station. A well is used as a supply
of those functions requiring clear water,

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