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. . !'!?tel'...Bight..!! This project has sterage rights for 444,168 acre-feet of water granted under Application No. 516, Permit No. 504, Texas state BOal'd of Hater Engineers. Project vJorks The physical works of the district consist of two reservoirs: Lake Kemp, capacity 438,200 a. f. at spillway level; and Diversion Reser- voir, capacity 40,000 acro-feet, and 212.14 miles of main canals and la.terals. LaJ[e Kemp, the storage reservoir, is located about 50 miles south- west of vlichita. Fans. Hater from Lal:e Kemp is discharged into the stream chmIDel where it flows dmmstreum some 20 miles to Diversion LaJm. At Diversion Lako, the water is gravity diverted into the main canE~ for transmission to the projoct proper. The main canal runs on the south side of the river to a point southwest of I01~ Park where it divides. from the division point, one branch of the canal continues on along the south side of the river to the vicinity of Wichita Falls. The other branch of the canal passes tL"1der the river to tilO north side and follows the lowlands in a COUTse eeneraJJ.y parallol to the ri..ver .and terminates at or about the eastern edge of Hichita COtL'lty. Genorally the irriGated lands lies between the canals and the river. Construction of the physica.l works of the district lias financed through the sale of bonds. On September 7, 1920, District No. I, tho district organized for nn.micipal water supply purposes, a.uth06zed a bond is::me of ~;4,500,OOO. On lJay 26, 1923, District NO.2, the district organized for irrication purposes, authorized a bond iss110 of ('.1,5~5,OOO. The bonds of District No. 2 were turned over to District 110. 1 in payment for n 33.87 percont intorest in tho works to bo constructed. The total construction charges for the physical \10rks of tho districts was a little loss than ~5,OOO,OOO. Dro.ino.go Although the need fer drainago was pointod out bofore tho projoct was eonstructod, it was not includod in the construction program. By 1930, only 5 years aft or the project began operation, wator logging and suIt accumulation was beginnin,~ to curtail crop yields and to I'emove seme land fro~m cultivation. A draina2e district encowpassin~ pa.rt of the irrigation project was formed to capo lIith tho drainage situation. This drainage district und its functions were taken ovor by District 110. 2 and oxpandod to cever the ontire district. District No. 2 has constructod ap-,:>roximately 165 miles of drainage cana.ls since the drainago proGram e;ot wlder way. W w Annual Report, lJichita. County Uater Improvement District NO.2, 1950. Gp. cit. 15