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<br />WATER RESOlJRCRS <br /> <br />C'? <br />M <br />C\l <br />...-i <br /> <br />Water Shortage <br /> <br />1. Question - What are the annual.water shortages in the project area? <br /> <br />Answer <br /> <br />- Bureau studies show the following annual shortages on <br />presently irrigated lands: <br /> <br /> Maximum Average <br /> shortage shortage <br /> (percent) (percent) <br />Savery Creek area 56 30 <br />Little Snake River above Dixon 36 16 <br />Little Snake River below Dixon 70 46 <br />Willow Creek and Putt Creek 63 53 <br />Slater Creek area 67 39 <br /> <br />The project would also provide water for an additional <br />14,410 acres. <br /> <br />2. Question - What effect would the project have on availabl~ water in <br />a drought year such as this year? <br /> <br />Answer <br /> <br />- In this drought year the two reservoirs would not fill, <br />and carryover storage would be negligible for Sandstone <br />Reservoir and considerably reduced in Pot Hook Reservoir, <br /> <br />This year, had the project been constructed, shortages on <br />project land would have approached 30% for about 29,000 <br />acres of supplemental and full service land. Without the <br />project, 'shortages will probably approach 50% for presently <br />irrigated land. <br />