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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I. <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />,~ .. ." ..., <br />) I.. ) I , C' <br />... ....,' <br /> <br />Plan of Development <br /> <br />requirement to the 33,900 acres of irrigable land served by the <br />system. These lands are not a part of the Lower South Platte Water <br />Conservancy District. <br /> <br />Ovid Well Field <br /> <br />A field of eight wells located about 5 miles west of Julesburg, <br />Colo., could be constructed to provide supplemental water for the <br />Julesburg Irrigation District. The wells would be constructed in <br />two rows of four wells each. The rows would be one-half mile apart, <br />and the wells within the rows would be spaced at 1,000-foot intervals. <br /> <br />The depths of the wells would average approximately 180 feet, <br />and their casings, constructed of heavyweight material, would be <br />18 inches in diameter. The pumps would be set at an average depth <br />of 160 feet, and would be driven by 40-horsepower electric motors. <br />Water from the wells would be collected and conveyed to the Peterson <br />Canal in precast concrete pipelines. <br /> <br />Yields averaging about 1,800 gallons per. minute, or 4 cubic <br />feet per second, could probably be obtained from each well. Total <br />pumpage during the 4-month irrigation season, June through September, <br />would be approximately 7,700 acre-feet, <br /> <br />Through the development of this well field, greater use could <br />be made of the ground-water supplies available in the lower part of <br />the basin. However, further study would be required to determine <br />the probable effects on surface supplies for ditches that divert <br />in Nebraska. <br /> <br />Bijou Creek Diversion Channel <br /> <br />The 1951 plan for the Narrows Unit included provlslons for <br />the diversion of Bijou Creek into the Narrows Reservoir for <br />flood control, This potentiality was again analyzed following the <br />flood of June 1965. However, residents of the Bijou Valley are <br />interested also in upstream control and flood protection if this <br />alternative is at all possible. The Corps of Engineers currently <br />is studying the feasibility of such control; the Soil Conservation <br />Service is also conducting a concurrent study. In the event that <br />the cooperating agencies and the State of Colorado complete their <br />findings without formulating a more economical alternative plan <br />for control of Bijou floods in the South Platte River Valley, <br /> <br />35 <br />