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<br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />HOoter Supply <br /> <br />Surface. The five independent surface wator dovelopmonts in this <br />arca are located as follows: three dcvelepmonts, with a tetal ef 129 acres <br />of irrigated land, aleng Greesbeck Creek in Hardenmn Ceunty; and two develop- <br />ments, tetalinG 75 acres ef irrigated land; along Ilonderers Creek. (See <br />}'ig. 1.) <br /> <br />All five ef these developments divert '<later by p\1lr.ping from the <br />unregulated flow of the two streams. Indicatiens are that the water supply <br />is not always sufficient for the lands new irrigated. <br />\ <br /> <br />Altheugh surfaco water supplios in this area are usually hoavily <br />minoralized, prelli,dnary investigations indicato that the water in Greesbeck <br />und Wanderers Creek is ef better quality and may be suitable for irrigatien <br />purpeses. <br /> <br />Some irrigation frem st~faco seurces has boon practiced in the <br />vicinity ef these developmonts at, different times in the past; hO'<lever, the <br />five develepments listed above were made in 1948 and 1949. <br /> <br />Four of the five independent surface water diversiens ebtain water <br />under tho follewing permits granted by the State Beard of Hater Engineers: <br />Permit Nos. 1458, 1499, 1500, and 1477. A permit number for the fifth <br />diversion is net listed in tho SUl1lJl1D.ry prepared by the State Board ef Water <br />Engineers. <br /> <br />Ground wator.~ The approximate location of the 14 individual <br />irrigation wells in this area is shown in Figure 1. The wator bearing <br />formations that these wol1s tap, de~th, yields, and water quality differ <br />threugheut the area. Generally, tho \Tells along the wostern side of the <br />area ure much deeper, have higher pumping lifts, and are highor-yielding <br />wells than those in HardGlIll\n and \-lilbarger Counties. These latter wells <br />have rather low yields for irrigation ~IOEs. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />The 14 '<Iells in this arca are equipped with deep-wcll turbine <br />pumps powered largely by automobile engines adapted for sta.cionary operation. <br />The well in Gray County has a pumping lift approaching 400 feot and is <br />pm,ered by El natural-gas-fueled Allison engine, built for 0. P-38 airplane. <br /> <br />So far as known, the quality ef the water is satisfactory for <br />irrigation. <br /> <br />The Innds where irrigation has been developed are generally coarse <br />to medium in texture. Lands irrigated by surface water are fairly smeotht <br />deep, and medium textured. The lands irrigated by crotUld wElter are <br />undulating uplands. <br /> <br />20 <br />