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<br />M <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I ' <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />M <br /> <br />CU0192 <br /> <br />Tom DeSoto- - - Peoples (Farmers) Ditch <br />Tom Frame - - - - - - - Red Lion Supply Ditch <br />Marvin Gardner- Tamarack Ditch <br />John Held - - - - - Bravo Ditch <br />William Huey- - - Iliff and Platte Valley Ditch <br />Alfred Leckler- - Spring dale Ditch <br />Don Liddle- - - - Liddle Ditch <br />David Littler - - - Pawnee Ditch <br />Bob Littler - - - - - - Water Commissioner <br />George Meyerholz- - Sterling No. 1 Canal <br />Alex Michel - - - - North Sterling System <br />Hub Reichelt- - - - Carlson Ditch <br />Scalva Bros.- - Henderson & Smith Ditch <br />Albert Workman- - Lowline Ditch <br /> <br />The following paragraphs summarize information about the individual <br /> <br /> <br />ditch and reservoir companies in the study reach obtained from those inter- <br /> <br /> <br />viewed plus other sources. <br /> <br />North Sterling Irrigation System, The North Sterling Reservoir inlet <br /> <br /> <br />canal diverts from the South Platte River at a point 3 miles upstream from <br /> <br /> <br />the Balzac gaging station. The system lies north of the river and consists <br /> <br /> <br />of the inlet canal of about 56 miles in length, the North Sterling Reservoir <br /> <br />(also known as the Point of Rocks Reservoir) and an outlet canal of also <br /> <br /> <br />about 56 miles in length, The outlet canal delivers water to over 40,000 <br /> <br /> <br />acres of irrigated land, much of which is served from several privately <br /> <br /> <br />owned and operated laterals. The North Sterling outlet canal is the highest <br /> <br /> <br />canal on the north side of the study reach, paralleling the river at a dis- <br /> <br /> <br />tance of 6 to 7 miles. The average annual diversion by the North Sterling <br /> <br /> <br />inlet canal during the l5-year study period was 92,400 acre-feet, varying <br /> <br /> <br />from a low of 50,200 acre-feet in 1956 to a high of 165,300 acre-feet in <br /> <br /> <br />1957 (USBR, 1965). Releases from the North Sterling Reservoir during the <br /> <br /> <br />same period average 67,100 acre-feet (USBR, 1965). On the surface, these <br /> <br /> <br />figures indicate an average efficiency of water delivery to the outlet of <br /> <br /> <br />the North Sterling Reservoir compared to the river diversions of about 73 <br /> <br /> <br />percent. However, another factor which needs to be considered in this cal- <br /> <br /> <br />culation is the difference in the amount of water stored in the North Sterling <br /> <br /> <br />Reservoir between the beginning of the period and the end. Records indicate <br /> <br /> <br />that 32,700 acre-feet more water was in the reservoir on January 1, 1962, <br /> <br /> <br />as compared to January 1, 1947. Cranking this value into an efficiency <br /> <br />-35- <br />