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<br />0,019:: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />SYNOPSIS <br /> <br />ANNUAL OPERATING PLAN - KANSAS RIVER PROJECTS <br /> <br />1963 OPERATIONS - 1964 OUTLOOK <br /> <br />GENERAL <br /> <br />This is the eleventh Annual Operating Plan for irrigation units in the <br />Kansas River Projects area. The facilities that are completed or <br />under construction are featured as Exhibit 32 which can be folded out <br />for easy reference. The prime purpose of this report is to describe <br />the irrigation operations and define the responsibilities of the <br />Bureau of Reclamation in relation to the Federally constructed and <br />rehabilitated irrigation facilities in the Republican, Solomon, and <br />Smoky Hill River drainage areas. Harlan County Reservoir on the <br />Republican River is operated by the Corps of Engineers. The following <br />reservoirs are operated by the Bureau of Reclamation: <br /> <br />(a) Bonny, Enders, Norton and Lovewell Reservoirs; Swanson. <br />Hugh Butler and Harry Strunk Lakes in the Republican <br />River Basin. <br /> <br />(b) Kirwin and Webster Reservoirs in the Solomon River Basin. <br /> <br />(c) Cedar Bluff Reservoir on the Smoky Hill River. <br /> <br />Kanopolis Reservoir on the Smoky Hill River and Tuttle Creek Reservoir <br />on the Big Blue River were constructed and operated by the Corps of <br />Engineers and as there are no irrigation facilities completed at the <br />present time are not considered in the scope of this report. <br /> <br />Chapter I, the introduction, gives a description of the irrigation <br />facilities in the Kansas River Projects area. Chapter II summarizea <br />the 1963 Operations and Chapter III presents the plan of operation <br />for 1964. <br /> <br />1963 OPERATIONS <br /> <br />The water supply waS adequate to meet the 1963 irrigation requirements <br />of 115,640 acres served by the Kansas River Project. The annual <br />precipitation for 1963 was near normal but the distribution was such <br />thst the average diversion rate per acre (2.60 acre-feet) and fsrm <br />delivery rate per acre (1.1 to 1.7 acre-feet) were well above normal. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />i <br />