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<br />, <br /> <br />f <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'f <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />-001061 <br />086-41-91625 1m (2) <br />COLORADO ~ATER CONSBRVATION BOARD - Engineer Department <br /> <br />February, 1941 <br /> <br />LOWER ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />1. RUN-oFF - The run-off of the Arkansas River and its tributaries <br />from Garden City, Kansas to the Mississippi River is shown on the attached <br />tabulation for a 15 year period. <br /> <br />This tabulation was prepared by building up from stations whsrs the <br />run-off was known or could be estimated from partial records and can only be <br />considered approximate values where shown as estimates. Estimates of U. S. <br />Army Engineers on the major tributaries in the lower section were accepted and <br />used as noted, (r). <br /> <br />In Volume I, Army Engineer's Report H. D. ~08, 74th Congress, 1st <br />Session p. 52 appears the following statement on Run-off: <br />"- - - -In general, Arkansas River flows deorease from Colorado to <br />the vicinity of Hutchinson and increase from there to its mouth. Only <br />a small portion of the watershed above Hutchinson is effective in pro- <br />ducing strelU!l flow at this point. - - - -." <br /> <br />2~ WATER POWER - Volume I, Army Engineer's Report, H. D. 308, 74th <br />Congress, 1st Session, p. 66. Uater Power - - - -Conclusions. <br />It_ _ _ -it is conoluded that hydro-electric power cannot be produced <br />on the lower Arkansas River as ecoDemically at this time as with stelU!l <br />plants - - -except when such stelU!l plants are operated on a load factor <br />of less than 19.6 percent - - - -. Cheaper and better hydro power pos- <br />sibilities exist in the ,1hite River - - - - , <br /> <br />A summary of Water Power Possibilities in the Arkansas River Basin <br />appears in tabular form on page 64 of the above report and shows a cost per <br />kwh. at s\vitchboard of 14.4 and 19.3 mills at the Kawand Little Rock projects <br />respectively, on the main Arkansas River. A group of three projects on the <br />lower Grand (Neosha) River with a cost of 5.5 mills per kwh. are the only <br />prcjects listed as economically feasible. <br /> <br />3. IRRIGATION - A summary of Irrigation Data - Arkansas River <br />Basin, Census of 1930, is given in the Report on page 67. It shows: <br /> <br />Colorado <br />55tJ,O'r2 acres <br /> <br />346.178 acres in Colorado on ;lain Arkansas R. <br />211,755 acres in Colorado on Tributaries. <br />139 ac res in Colorado on Cimarron R. <br /> <br />Kansas <br />69,tJ7~ acres <br /> <br />52,988 acres in Kansas on main Arkansas R. <br />15,793 acreS in Kansas on minor Tributaries. <br />1,098 acres in Kansas on Cimarron R. <br /> <br />New Mexico <br />71,335 acres <br /> <br />68,665 acres in New Lexico in So. Canadian R. Basin. <br />2,670 acres in New Uexico in Cimarron R. Basin. <br /> <br />Oklahollla <br />954 acres <br /> <br />319 acres in Oklahoma in So. Canadian R. Basin. <br />293 acres in Oklahoma in Cimarron R. Basin <br />342 aores in Oklahoma in No. Canadian R. Basin <br /> <br />Arkansas <br />196,154 BClres <br /> <br />71,754 acres in Arkansas on Main Arkansas R. <br />125,000 aores in Arkansas between r~ite and Arkansas <br />River irrigated by pump <br />