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<br />. <br /> <br />Plan of Development <br /> <br />1. (' t' '.) <br />J;;..... <br /> <br />Sterling Pumping Plant <br /> <br />The existing North Sterling Irrigation District lands are <br />included in the South Platte Water Conservancy District, The land <br />classification survey for the Narrows Unit disclosed that in 1956 <br />the North Sterling Irrigation District contained 31,410 acres of <br />irrigated irrigable land and 4,648 acres of class 6w land or <br />36,058 acres in service, The district also contained 14,684 acres <br />of irrigable dry land. <br /> <br />After the Narrows Unit is in operation, approximately 30,000 <br />acre-feet of surplus flows will continue to accrue to the stream <br />below Narrows Dam. In an effort to provide a use for these flows <br />in COlorado, a study was made of the potential Sterling Pumping <br />Plant. The plant would be located about 5 miles north of Sterling, <br />Colo. The plant would divert about 170 c,f.s, of water for storage <br />in the North Sterling Reservoir. Through exchange procedures an <br />equivalent quantity of water would be stored in the Narrows Reservoir <br />for use by the entire Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In addition to a 5-unit pumping plant and 6,400 feet of <br />54-inch discharge pipe the installation would require rehabilitation <br />of the headworks and the initial 1-1/2 miles of the existing Lowline <br />Canal, 3-1/2 miles of new canal leading to the plant and 2 miles of <br />new canal leading away from the discharge line to the North Sterling <br />inlet canal. <br /> <br />Power from the Bureau of Reclamation's Sterling-Sidney 115 kv, <br />line would be transmitted to the pumping plant by construction of a <br />1/2-mile transmission line and a substation to be located adjacent <br />to the pumping plant. <br /> <br />Due to apparent high investment and operating costs and the <br />lack of storage capacity in the North Sterling and Narrows Reservoirs, <br />the plan appears to be infeasible. If additional storage capacity <br />could be developed economically in the lower basin, further studies <br />might be warranted, <br /> <br />Riverside Pumping Plant <br /> <br />The computed shortage for the 22,909-acre service area of the <br />Riverside system averages 35,500 acre-feet per year. In an effort <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />33 <br />