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<br />Annual Report for 1968 <br /> <br />The Great P/a;ns Reservoir And Canals <br /> <br />Another open winter with nearly constant winter irri~tion above <br />John Martin caused storage water to be in short supply. All of the small <br />amount available was placed in Queen Reservoirs. The carry-over storage <br />from 1965 . 66 in Nee No She Reservoir proved once again to be of great <br />value to the Amity System. B,r comparing the table of Comanche Canal <br />diversions with the AmitJ' Headgate diversion one can see how reservoir <br />water was used to supplement the sometimes erratic river now. Reservoir <br />water comprised one-fourth the total Amit~' diversion and made up nearl,}' all <br />the water available in May, September and October. <br /> <br />The large dragline and dozer were used extensivel,y on the lUcking <br />Bird Canal. The area which requires the most frequent maintenance work <br />is the first 4 miles of this canal. This is caused partly because of the slow <br />grade of the canal (about 6 inches per mile) and partly because of the trash <br />sent down the Kicking Bird simply to remove it from the Fort Lyon Canal. <br />We took more than 15,000. Cu. Yd. of silt from the first 6,000 feet of this <br />canal. <br /> <br />The cut between upper and lower Queen Reservoirs was cleaned in an <br />effort to obtain more l\'ater [rom the upper lake. This operation necessitated <br />the use of mats for the Bantam dragline. This is time - consuming and <br />expensive. <br /> <br />The Pawnee Canal was cleaned with dragline and dozer. The dozer <br />was also used in the Satanta and Comanche Canals. <br /> <br />WATER DIVERTED FROM THE FT. LYON CANAL <br />TO THE KICKING BIRD CANAL <br />From November I, 1967 to October 31, 1968 <br /> <br />November . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . <br />I>ecember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />January . . ................... <br />February . . . . ................... <br />March. . . . ................. '.. <br />April. . . .. ...................... <br />May..... . ....................... <br />June . . . . . . . ......... ........ '" <br />July. . . . . . . ... . ...... . ..... ... .... <br />August.. ..... .................... <br />September . . . . . . . .................. <br />October . . . . . . . .................... <br /> <br />Kicking Bird Canal <br />Acre Feet <br />o <br />75 <br />1,549 <br />o <br />o <br />o <br />o <br />1,457 <br />o <br />1,922 <br />o <br />o <br /> <br />TOTAL ACRE FEET . . <br /> <br />Page 20 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />5,003 <br />