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<br />Fort Lc.rc.mie Cc.no.l Wo.stes
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<br />There Yloro no mo.in eo.no.l or mo.jor lc.tcrC\l broaks on tho Fort
<br />Lc,rnmio Division during tl1e per~od of study, All meoin cc.no.l rmsto
<br />during this period vms, therefore, c:::,u3od either -oy suddon rc.instorms
<br />on tho division "Ihich reduccd tile need for He.ter ',lrcr..dy di vorted r,t
<br />'ahc.len, by f'\Ulty judgement in the '.mol:nt erdered diverted, or by
<br />imperfect epore.tioll. In evant of e. gcr.er"l r2,in o.t the 10rler end of
<br />the Ft. Lurnmie Division over t~rer. doys elo.pso, c.ssurning ~ velocity
<br />of flo':1 in the cf.n~l 0::' 2.5 feet pcr second, beforo n docrease in the
<br />1'lhr.lell divorsio!l can result in decreased 1'10'" 'It the 10rler end of tho
<br />c~n~l. The resultant flow, Ul1e.voidc.bly in eoocess of irrigntion
<br />requirements during this three dc.y Feriod, must at present be wc.sted
<br />to the North '"'lC\tte Rive!". Rnins aveC' other pn.rts of' the Ft, Larc.mie
<br />Division ceuse wnste of wnter in proportion to the time of trc.nsit
<br />between Wl1l\.:.en Dam "-nd the (\re~ covered by the rc.in, A le.rge propor-
<br />tion of the Ft, Laro.mie C"-nnl ,estes, both o.voidrcble nnd Ul1n.voidnble,
<br />could be stored in Braziel Reservoir.
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<br />The Goshen Irrigc.tion Dist~ict's main c"nnl w,,-stes c.re tc.bulnted
<br />in T"ble 7, These were obtnined from North Platte Project Histeries
<br />~nd ,.veraged 1,9 thousend c.cre-feet Fer yec.r, Bnsio records ~re from
<br />dc,ily ree.dings of stnff gc.ges ~t the w"stew"ys tr,ken by ditch..riders,
<br />c.nd are of fair o.ccur"-cy, All t;~ ~c.ste recorded for the Goshen
<br />Irrigation Dis~rict was oonsidered storable in Braziel Reservoir as it
<br />occurred above the reservoir and could have been run in the cnnnl to
<br />the Dry Creek wasteway,
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<br />T~1e Gering &. Ft, Lnrc.mie Irrige.tion District I s main canc.l waste
<br />is tabule.ted in Table 70 This wo.s obte.ined in the sc,me mc.n01er as
<br />for the Goshen Irrigation District, and averaged 4.3 thousc.nd acre-
<br />feet per yer.r. As 30 percent of the Ft, Lnrr.mie Cr.'.nal is be 10'"
<br />Mile 88.3 wasteway, ~nd no wnste occurring below thc.t point cc.n be
<br />stored in Braziel, 70 percent or 3,0 thOUSC.i1d nore-feet per year" ';JUS
<br />considered storable in Brn~iel Reservoir,
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<br />Operating pe:sonnel stnte thcct most of th"J w,"-ste occurring on
<br />the Horse Creek Lcternl is e,ctu[\lly Ft. Lccramie Cc.n[\l "mste thc,t h,<s
<br />been cnrried through Horse Creek LO.ternl on the c'"mce thc,t it might
<br />be partially used. There nre no records [\vailnble on which to base
<br />~ nccurc.te division of the waste between normal Horse Creek L"terc.l
<br />operationo.l waste, "-nd Ft, Lo.ramie Canal wastes using Horse Creek
<br />Lo.teral as r, ,.,,,steway channel. It 'IUS estimated that 50 percent of
<br />the Horse Croek Lateral wnsto is Ft. Laramie C~nnl wo.ste c.nd storable
<br />in Braziel Reservoir vi" Mile 88,3 wc.s-ceway. Horse Creek Laterc.l
<br />vlo.stes as te,oulated in To.ble 7, were obtained from the Gering &. F't.
<br />L'lrc.mie Irrigc.tion District's records "1hic hare bnsed on daily stc.ff
<br />gc.ge readings. The e.verage total waste is s11O\'1I1 as 0.7 thousrill<1. ccre-
<br />foe-c per yec.r, of YJhicn 0.4 thOUS:l.lld ":'.'~1~8...i:2-:.J. ..1<.....; r.<":':""'.lJ'1.-:-.~ +1") "f)
<br />storable in Lr~~i31 nAservoir~
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