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<br />I 0J2271 <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Two of these ditches, Riverside and Tetsel, are In the <br /> <br /> <br />process of implementing physical strategies of ground <br /> <br /> <br />water/surface water use which will provide adequate <br /> <br /> <br />irrigation supplies. <br /> <br />Problems incurred by Riverside and Weldon Valley have <br /> <br /> <br />principally related to a lack of ground water extraction <br /> <br /> <br />capability for cropland irrigated under the lower reaches <br /> <br />of these ditches. The alluvial aquifer does not <br /> <br /> <br />consistently extend under these reaches, precluding <br /> <br /> <br />use of wells as a supplemental supply source. Severity <br /> <br />of drought impact on Tetsel Ditch is primarily <br /> <br /> <br />attributable to the extremely junior nature of its <br /> <br /> <br />decreed diversion. <br /> <br />Water supply strategies developed by the Riverside Canal <br /> <br /> <br />are applicable to two different reaches of the ditch. <br /> <br /> <br />These plans address the upper two-thirds and the downstream <br /> <br /> <br />one-third of the system, respectively, a situation <br /> <br /> <br />necessitated by the physical amenability of these reacnes <br /> <br /> <br />to source water supply. <br /> <br />Eight wells of approximately 4.5 cfs capacity have been <br /> <br /> <br />installed on the periphery of Riverside Reservoir. These <br /> <br /> <br />wells possess the ability to pump directly into Riverside <br /> <br /> <br />Canal downstream from Riverside Reservoir. One additional <br /> <br /> <br />well has been permitted, but isn't yet drilled. This well <br /> <br /> <br />field, in conjunction with reservoir storage releases, will <br /> <br /> <br />assist in meeting irrigation requirements in the upper <br /> <br />two-thirds of the Riverside system. <br /> <br />vix <br /> <br /> <br />,{ <br /> <br />'--., <br /> <br />