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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />for roughly 15,000 acre-feet of water. The dRm site at the forks would <br />control about 286 square miles of drainage area and with about 120,000 cubic <br />yards of embankment would provide storage for roughly 10,000 acre-feet of <br />water. <br /> <br />Lands lying below the above sites are on the 18ft bank of the <br />stream and 30 to 40 feet above streambed. The irrigable area amounts to <br />roughly 1,300 acres. There is a question whether sufficient head exists <br />between either of the two dEJscribEJd sites and the irrigo.ble landS to insure <br />total gravity flow for serving the lands. <br /> <br />One local farmer stated his interest in development of storage at <br />a site about 2t miles downstream from State Highway 283 near the present <br />location of the West Texas Utilities Companw pumping plant, It is understood <br />the aforementioned company made a survey of a dam and reservoir site in this <br />vicinity for their use in connection with studies made for supplying Lake <br />Pauline with supplemental water. Storage development in this vicinity would <br />definitely require pumping to serve the irrigable lands although they lie <br />downstream from the site. <br /> <br />~Io. ter Supply <br /> <br />No <br />gation use. <br />five samples <br /> <br />studies have been made of the available water supply for irri- <br />Quality of the water is indicated by preliminary analysis of <br />taken at various points along the stream during low flow. <br /> <br />Average total dissolved solids <br />Average chlorides <br /> <br />3110 ppm <br />344 ppm <br /> <br />A sample taken of the stream at Highway No. 283 indicated the <br />follolling: <br /> <br />Total dissolved solids <br />Chloride~ <br /> <br />3450 ppm <br />355 ppm <br /> <br />These waters appear to be characteristic of those of the Upper Red River <br />Basin in being highly mineralized. <br /> <br />Local Interest <br /> <br />Extent of local interest in pessible project development has not <br />been determined. Several independent operators irrigate by pumping from the <br />natural stream flow and at least one operator, in the lower reaches ef the <br />valley, and several in the upper reaches, irrigate by pumping from ground <br />water. So some degree of interest in irrigation is in evidence. One <br />operator in the lower reaches of the valley, whose land would probably be <br />classed as irrigable, expressed a desire for storage development on the <br />stream. <br /> <br />Conclusions <br /> <br />Groesbeck Creek has possibilities for small project development <br />contingent upon more detailed studies of water and lands. Streamflow is <br /> <br />43 <br />