WSP07140

• File Number: 8111.600
• Description: ARCA Annual Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Date: 12/13/1977
• Author: ARCA
• Title: Twenty-Ninth Annual Report Arkansas River Compact Administration for the Year 1977
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

PROPOSED BUDGET

Fiscal Year July I, 1978-June 30, 1979

Personal Services . .
Secretary's Salary. . ..
Social Security. . . . . . . . .
Professional Services. . . . . . .

. $ 3,540.00

. . $2,400.00
140.00
1,000.00

U.S. Geological SlD'Vey . . . .
Cooperative Agreement .
Flood Routing Study. . . . . . .

. . $4,800.00
5,000.00

....$ 100.00
.........$ 100.00

9,800.00

Capital Outlay ..... ..........
orfice Equipment. . . . . . . .

Maintenance and Operation . .
Bond (Treasurer) .. .. .
Printing.. ...........
Travel and Meeting .
Telephone and Telegraph
orfice Supplies. . . . .
Contingency. .............

.... 5,175.00

........ .$

25.00
850.00
1,350.00
650.00
300.00
2,000.00

. . $18,615.00
250.00

TOTAL BUDGET 1978-1979 .'
Estimated Carryover June 30, 1978.

To Be Approprialed . . . . $18,365.00
Colorado (60%)...... . . .......... . . . $11,019.00
Kansas (40%) ........... 7,346.00
(g) Pursuant to provisions of the Compact (Article VIII-E(3)) and
of the By-Laws of the Administration (Article VII (5)), the
receipts and disbursements of the Administration during the
compact year have been audiled, and the report of the audit is
hereto attached as Appendix .. A."

6. Facts about Jo/ljl Martin Project:
The John Martin Reservoir Project was built by the Corps of
Engineers, Uniled States Army. The project ,was authorized by
Congress in the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936, when the federal
responsibility lor flood control throughout the COWltry was asoigned to
the Corps of Engineers. It is located on the Arkansas River, S8 miles
upstream from the Colorado-Kansas statetine and 18 miles upstream
from the city of Lamar, Colorado. Construction 01 the project began in
the lall of 1939, but work was suspended by World War II from the
spring 01 1943 to the spring of 1946. The project was completed in
October 1948 at a cost of about 515 million. The War Department Civil
Appropriation Act 01 June 24, 1940, changed the name of the project
from Caddoa Reservoir Project to Jobn Marlin Reservoir Project. in
honor or the tate Congressman John A. Martin of Colorado. It is
operated by the United States Army Engineer District, Albuquerque,
New Mexico. Mr. Russell Smith has been the resident superintendent of
the project since October, 1976.
The John Martin Reservoir Project is part of the comprehensive

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