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<br />State
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<br />Inv"'''tigation
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<br />Type and Scope of Invelltiption
<br />and Project purpose
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<br />New Me,,;ico
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<br />Mora Project
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<br />Apprainl investigations to develop a plan
<br />forrivtlrregulationandrehabilitstionof
<br />thepresentirriptionsystematoalleviate
<br />the water shortages "':q>erienced on about
<br />11,000 acres in the Mora River drainage basin.
<br />The predominantly agricultural economy of the
<br />Mora River Ba91n has long been fully developed
<br />to the lilllit of available water supplies.
<br />Rarrever.thereexistsanopportunitytoimprove
<br />the economy by more efUcient use of available
<br />water supplies an:! by salvaging water now lost
<br />by lack of regulation or nonbeneUcial conaumption.
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<br />N",w Mexico
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<br />New Mexico State Water Plan
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<br />For narrativc description see Western United
<br />State.W.terPlan$heetl.
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<br />New lkxico
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<br />W",aternUl'litedStateeWater
<br />Plan
<br />(COi'orado-NewMexicc)
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<br />Fornarrativedeacr1pt1onaeeaheet1.
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<br />Feaaibilit) appraisal of tllewaterreaonrcea of
<br />t.....re.and of the potentialities fordevelop1ll8nt
<br />of municipal and 1ndustr1a1 water suppl1es.
<br />pollntionabate11lOnt. recreation, fUhandwildl1fe,
<br />and Uood control purposes.
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<br />Criner HiUS
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<br />Investi~tiontoappr91setheavailablewater
<br />resources ofa segment of theWashita River
<br />Basin in Carter, Murra)", and G8.rv~n Counties,
<br />andlettbllnktributariesofthe-RedR1ver1n
<br />Love Connt)". Conaiderttion will be g1vetl
<br />pr1mar11)" to needs f~r lllun1c1pal and industrial
<br />wateralthouR" othernteru.e and control need.
<br />wll1beevalllated. inclUdiJIglrrlgation, USh,
<br />andwildlUe, recreation, waterq....lity control,
<br />and Uoodpreve\'ltion.
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<br />McGee Creek
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<br />Feaaibilit) 1nve.tigatiol\llofpotenUal
<br />IIIl\'llc1pal and induatrlalwatersuppl1es for
<br />the cit) of Atoka. Atoka County, Souther\'l
<br />Oklahoma DevelOplllent Ae.oc1ation T>:'\Iat, .nd
<br />Oklall_Cit,", C0ll81dertUO\'lw111al.obe
<br />Il'1ven to oth~r nter Ilae and control need.B.
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<br />Okla~OOla State Water Plan
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<br />Appraisal inve.tir:tation to evaluate the
<br />opportunitie.for......twardtranaf.rofwater
<br />frOOlwate.....llrplu..re..to...ate....deficient
<br />are.. and ot',,"",i.e provide for optimum
<br />develop_nt of the St.te'.water auppUes
<br />al'ldrel.tedlandreaource..
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<br />Cona1dera.blework wa. done on thi. proposal in tile early 1950'., but the
<br />study.....s .Buspended in 1955 when it beCIllDl! apparent thet additional
<br />hydrologic d.ta were \'le08ssary in order to avalllll.te the water supply
<br />s!t....tion. Sincethe\'laatreamgagingprogramwsaconductedandtlle
<br />needed data collected and analyzed and sUlIlllIIlrized ina Hydrology
<br />supplement (19$6) to the October 1955 recOllna1ssance report.
<br />Appraisal .Btudies to develop a plan Were 1tlitiated in li'.Y. 1970
<br />ut111z:ingtheaddit1ona.lhydrologicdata. progrlllllrescheduledfor
<br />cOlll]lletion F.Y. 1974.
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<br />Areconnaiuance-levelstudy,cOlll]lleted1971.provided: anappra1.s1
<br />of the water resource., COIII]lar1.01I of alternative developmant sitea,
<br />and the economic a\'ld financial IlIIpectll of the development selected
<br />as the lllost favorable. South...estern OklahOllla is the moat critical
<br />ares in the State from the atandpoint of thedeveloplll8nt of adequate
<br />qllant1ties of suitable q....lity water to meet requirelllflnts. State
<br />andloealofUcial.l\avee:q>renedintere8tinobtaininga<iditional
<br />suppl1es from Cache Creek at the earl1e.tpOlsible date. Investigtl.tion
<br />achedll1edfor eompletionfi.cal year 1977.
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<br />In September 1951 a balitl stlldy of the WashitBRiverwas completed. Thia$tlldy
<br />evaluated the Purdy reservoir site on RIl.b creek, the Hennepin .ite on WUdhorse
<br />Creek, and the Caddo .ite on Caddo Creek in the Criner lI111s area. Al.o
<br />evahated were the Arbuckle aite on Rock Creek and lII&i11llte.. reservoir. at the
<br />Dougherty and Du",ODd sitee. None were "'lected for developlltltlt in the 1951
<br />report beCBIl.e otl'er sites farthsr up.trealll were more favorably 10CBted with
<br />reapect to the balin'. needa at that tillle. Alao,an1nterilllappra1eaIOf
<br />OklahOlllll State Water Plan studies completed in F.Y. 1967 further considered
<br />thepotentialPllrdy, Hannapin, and Caddo.itea and pre.ented preUminary <1a'ta
<br />for reaervoir sites at Bu:rnayvUle and Courtney on walnut Bayou and Mud creek,
<br />re.pectively. However, the apprai.al waa not of .ufficiant detail to,provide
<br />eonomicandfinanClala.pectaofobtainingwaterfrOlltlle..aourees. Also,
<br />prolP"'aaiOll of the Oklahoma State Water plan from the physical plan to individual
<br />projac;lr".tudieswill likely reqll1re a period of several yaara. The need for
<br />water sllpply aourcea in the area reqllireathe invelltigationbe carriadout aa
<br />an independant .tlld)". Studie. ...eN initiated in V.Y. 1971. Progralll dalayed
<br />andre.chedllledforcompletionF.Y.I974..
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<br />The project haa been previonsly atudied by the Corp. of En(1neera. Tile Bureau
<br />of Reclamation ha. baen authoriz:ed to atudy tile project, at fe..ibllitylevel,
<br />fl:'Olll the ltandpoint of developing .dditional lIlunicipal and industrial water
<br />suppUae. Inv..tigaUOlI.ara acheduled forcompletiCft fi.cal year 1977.
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<br />The Arka\'ls..-Wl>1te-Red 8uill8 interagency inve.tigation inclllded a COllprehen.ive
<br />invantor~ of the ba.ina' w.ter re.ourees .nd an overall plan for developlll8nt of
<br />thOle reaoureel. Tha water u.. developmenta proposed in the AWRBlAC report are
<br />a.aenti.11ybaeedonwater...e.i_di.lIIllyadjoiningthapropOledreservoira.
<br />Develop....ntofthaplandidnotincluda.tudyofth.potel1tial1tie.forl.rge-
<br />lcaleweatw.rdtranaferofwaterto_tthaneed.aofthecentraland....stern
<br />portionaoftIleStatewllichcannotbe.ati.t1edwitbwateraupplieSlocal.ly
<br />.vail.ble. In February 1967, an il1terilll .pprai.al of the OIclaboma State Water"
<br />Pla\'l.tudie.wa.publiabedul1dartlletiUe ''w.ter, tlle iCey to Qklahoma'. Futllre."
<br />It w.. con.idared tllat ttw atatewide appraieal of water re.ouree. and need.,
<br />ueing information nOlI" av.il.bla. would ba of v.l". to provide infOr'lllltiOlland
<br />altemate plana foru.e of Stata and Federal agenciea ill chartina' future
<br />inve.Uit&tiona le.ding to tile ultimate.doption of a.tatewida plan.. direct ed
<br />byt'\819(j3Oklahomaleri81ature. Tha1'aportil1now.Yllake.Urmpropoaal.for
<br />conatrllction nordne. it propoee to.erva.. the baah forauthoriAUOft. Tbe
<br />concaptof...atartrall8farfroll.urplu.todeUc1ant.ra..naapartOfhe.ringa
<br />haldbytha OklahomaWatarRa.oureea Board 1nthallftpona intowhlchtha board
<br />ha. divided the Stata, The current iDva.tiptioftwillevaluata the opportunitial
<br />for reaul.tion of .urface waten .Urplu. to for....ble local D8ad. .nd delivary of
<br />thoaewateratO..ti.fytherequirelll8JlUofw.ter-dllficiantartaelnthe.outh-
<br />weatarn 'action of tbe State.
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<br />F.Y. 1974 Program
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<br />Completion of the apprais.l invesUgaU01l,
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<br />Initiation o~ investigation.
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<br />COlllPletionofapprai.atinvtl.t1gatiOll.
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<br />IDitiat1onof inve.tiption.
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<br />ContillUation of appral..1 lnveetiga"t1ona. Cantin"","
<br />coordlr18Uon.t field level toinaurethatthe.tudies
<br />fllllyrecog:nizatheplanaoftheva.r1oueSute.ndother
<br />Federal.geDcie..ndthatthltp:rop~alaadva.l1cad.re
<br />fully IlUltiple-purpoae in acope. Due to fundinfC
<br />Ullitation, the stlldy i. .cbaduled to be completed at
<br />the end of F.Y, 1974..
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