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HEART RIVER UN IT Description: Heart River Unit, located in southwest North Dakota, involves construction of two reservoirs and a system of pumping plants and canals. Heart Butte Reservoir, about 60 miles above the mouth of the Heart River at Bismarck and Mandan,will store water for irrigation of 13,100 acres of land. The dam will be an earthfill structure 124 feet above stream bed. The reservoir will have a total storage capac- ity of 428,000 acre-feet of which 6,800 acre-feet are for silt storage, 63,200 acre-feet for irrigation and 358,000 acre-feet are for flood control. Irrigation of the lands below Heart Butte Dam will be accomplished by means of 49 small pumping plants. Dickinson Reservoir will provide water for municipal use and for irrigation of 915 acres of land. It will have a total storage capac- ity of 16,500 acre-feet including 3,000 acre-feet for silt, 4,000 acre- feet for irrigation and municipal water and 9,500 acre-feet for flood control. The dam will be an earthfill structure 45 feet high. .) The entire Heart River Unit is estimated to cost $7,645,000. The contract for Heart Butte Dam was awarded to C. F. Lytle & Green Construction Company December 3, 1947 for $2,360,743. As of June 30, 1949 a total of $3,257,101 had been spent on Heart River Unit. Of the $1,666,696 spent during fiscal year 1949, $1,338,361 or 80 percent was in the form" of contractor1s earnings. The following is a brief comparison of the fiscal year 1949 pro- gram vs. accomplishments. A graphic portrayal of progress during the year is shown on the opposite page. ProRram FY49 Funds available - ~p2,477,283. Construction of Heart Butte Dam was to be 70 percent com- plete on June 30, 1949, accord- ing to the contractor's sched- ule. Clearing of the reservoir ai te was to be completed. The Government camp vIas to be com- pleted. Construction of Dick- inson Dam was scheduled to start in March 1949. Accomplishments FY49 Costs to June 30, 1949 - $1,666,696. Construction Heart Butte Dam was 61 percent complete on June 30, 1949 i-lith 42 percent of con- tract time elapsed. Contract for clearing reservoir was awarded April 20, 1949. The Government camp was completed. A contract was avlarded for Dickinson Dam on December 15, 1948 and work was 13 percent complete on June 30. . ! I 20