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<br />federal reclamation project would be feasible. PRC Engineering <br /> <br /> <br />Consultants, Inc., prepared the feasibility study, which study <br /> <br /> <br />was co-funded by the CWCB. It was completed in October, 1980. <br /> <br />PROBLEM <br /> <br />The irrigators in the district are consistently faced with <br />water shortages during the latter part of each water season. On <br />an annual basis the shortage is approximately 33 percent for the <br />6,310 acres currently being irrigated in the study area. Part of <br />this shortage could be eliminated by re-routing the existing <br />water supplies. However, to reduce the shortage by over 50 <br />percent would require increasing the storage capacity of the <br />existing Gould Reservoir. <br /> <br />CURRENT STATUS <br /> <br />In order to eliminate most of the current shortages, one of <br /> <br /> <br />two alternatives costing either $4,350,000 or $6,680,000 would be <br /> <br /> <br />required. The lower cost (Case I) alternative would reduce <br /> <br /> <br />current shortages by 69 percent, whereas the higher cost (Case <br /> <br /> <br />II) alternative would reduce them by 80 percent. <br /> <br />Both of the alternatives would increase the capacity of <br />Gould Reservoir from the present 8,000 acre-feet to 12,000 <br />acre-feet. In addition, both alternatives would include <br />construction of certain new diversion and control structures. <br /> <br />-2- <br />