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<br />0:01 9 2 2 <br /> <br />ANNUAL OPERATING PLAN - KANSAS RIVER PROJECTS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1963 OPERATIONS - 1964 OUTLOOK <br /> <br />CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />PURPOSE OF THE REPORT <br /> <br />The purpose of this eleventh Annual Operating Plan is to advise water <br />users, cooperating agencies, and other interested groups or persons <br />of the actual operations during 1963 and of the plan of operations <br />for 1964 in the Kansas River Projects area. <br /> <br />OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES <br /> <br />The Bureau of Reclamation is responsible for irrigation operations <br />at all Federal reservoirs in the Kansas River Basin. The Corps of <br />Engineers holds like responsibility for flood control operations. <br />The constructing agency is solely responsible for the accomplishment <br />of all other project functions such ss: recreation, municipal and <br />industrial sanitation, water quality control and project safety. <br /> <br />LOCATION AND MAJOR FEATURES <br /> <br />The Kansas River Projects is a part of the Missouri River Basin <br />Project and includes multipurpose reservoirs which provide storage <br />for irrigation, flood control, municipal water supply, recreational <br />purposes, stream pollution abatement, and other uses. These dams <br />and reservoirs, constructed and operated by the Bureau of Reclamation <br />or Corps of Engineers, serve the irrigation systems which are within <br />the scope of this report. The canals and diversion dams which have <br />been constructed or rehabilitated by the Bureau of Reclamation and are <br />operated by the Irrigation Districts with the exception of Cedar Bluff <br />Canal which is being operated by the Bureau of Reclamation. <br /> <br />Twelve reservoirs, fifteen canal systems, and six diversion dams <br />are in operation, Red Willow Canal construction will be completed in <br />1964. Norton Dam on Prairie Dog Creek is under construction by <br />the Bureau of Reclamation and is expected to be finished by December <br />of this year. Construction of the irrigation facilities to serve <br />the Almena Irrigation District has been deferred. Glen Elder Dam <br />on the Solomon River is under construction by the Bureau of Reclama- <br />tion. Milford Dam on the Republican River, Wilson Dam on the Saline <br />Riv'er, and Perry Dam on the Delaware River are under construction <br />by the Corps of Engineers. As Tuttle Creek and Kanopolis Reservoirs, <br />operated by the Corps of Engineers, do not serve irrigation systems <br />at the present time, they are not considered in this report. Storage <br />allocations for the eleven reservoirs presently serving irrigated <br />areas are shown in Table 1. The reservoirs and main irrigation canals <br />are shown in Exhibit 32. <br /> <br />. <br />