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<br />., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />The estimated cost of the dam and reservoir is $4,092,000: based <br />on July 1950 prices. The distribution system is estimated to coat ,467~OOO. <br /> <br />Local Interest <br />- <br /> <br />Project investigations by. the Bureau of Reclamation were initiated <br />as a result of requests of a few local people whose chief interests were <br />recreation and flood control. The interest of those involved by project <br />development in regard to irrigation as well as flood control has not been <br />fully determined. <br /> <br />Conclusions <br /> <br />Development of Palo Duro Project is limited by Article 5 (a) of <br />the Canadian River Compact entered into by the States of Texas, New Mexico <br />and Oklahoma: <br /> <br />"The right of Texas to impound any of the waters <br />of North Canadian River shall be limited to storage on <br />tributaries of said River in Texas for municipal uses <br />for household and domestic uses, livestock watering, <br />and the irrigation of lands which are .cultivated solely <br />for the purpose of providing food and feed for the <br />households and domestic livestock actually living or <br />kept on the property." <br /> <br />Coldwater Creek Pro~ect <br />- <br /> <br />General <br /> <br />Coldwater Creek heads in a series of springs on the old X.I.T. <br />ranch on the High Plains of northwestern Dallam County, Texas. Its <br />course is almost due east to near the east boundary of Sherman County, <br />and then northeast across the northwest corner of Hansford County and the <br />southeast. corner of Texas County, Oklahoma, to its junction with the <br />North Canadian River 20 miles east of Guymon, Oklahoma. <br /> <br />Reconnaissance surveys for potential project development were <br />made of the basin in 1942. TW9 possibilities for storage were found on the <br />main stem of Coldwater Creek and consideration was given to developing <br />irrigation for narrow valley'lands below these reservoirs as well as to <br />storage for recreation and propagation and fish and wildlife. <br /> <br />Pro~ect Irlorks <br /> <br />Stratford dam and reservoir site is on the main stem of Coldwater <br />Creek, seven miles below the town of Stratford, Texas. The dam site con- <br />trols an active drainage area of 220 square miles. The dam would involve <br />about 560,000 cubic yards of material. <br /> <br />The reservoir site consists mostly of unimproved pasture land <br />with no relocation problems. At maximum elevation, the reservoir woUld <br />have an estimated capacity of 17,000 acre-feet. <br /> <br />37 <br />