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<br />1975
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<br />Accumulated Actual
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<br />Harlan County
<br />Lovewell
<br />Kirwin
<br />Webster
<br />WacoZ1da
<br />Cedar Bluff
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<br />26,830
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<br />44,000
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<br />5,660
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<br />The accumulated flood control benefits for the years 1951 through 1975
<br />by the facilities covered in this report total $42,643,000. (See Table 5.)
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<br />The water requirements of three municipalities, two industrial companies, and
<br />a Federal fish hatchery were furnished from storage releases or natural flo\V's.
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<br />Water Servic~. There were 567,109 acre-feet of water diverted to irrigate
<br />245,813 acres of project lands in 13 irrigatioll districts. The project water
<br />supply 'das inadequate for 16,230 acres of lands irrigated in the r-1irage Flats
<br />and Alrnena Irrigation Districts. Arrangement.s were made in these two districts
<br />wi th 6\....n8r~ of private irrigation wells for a supplemental \vater supply to
<br />district lands. The project water supplies for the other units mentioned in
<br />this report were adequate in 1975.
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<br />Under a long-term contract, 32,045 acre-feet were diverted to irrigate 13,694
<br />acres of non-project lands in the Biddle LOl1p Public Power and Irrigat,ion
<br />District.
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<br />Irrigation Product.ion. The crop yields from project lands in 1975 were higher
<br />on the ave:t.-age than in 1974. Corn, the principal crop, rose from 107 bushel
<br />per acre average to III bushel per acre. In 1975, the unit pri.ces for all
<br />commodities were much lo\....er than those in 1974. The 1975 gross crop value of
<br />$65,660,125 was 85~ of the 1974 gross crop value, and the gross average de-
<br />creased from $324.58 per acre in 1974 to $267.12 per acre in 1975.
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<br />Fish and ~'1ildlife and Recreation Benefits. The operations in 1975 were favor-
<br />able for the recreation and fish and wildlife uses.
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<br />formed work on recreation and wildlife facilities which enhanced the visita-
<br />tions Clt Enders, S\V'anson, Hugh Butler, Norton, Cedar Bluff, Webster and Kirwin
<br />Public Use Areas.
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<br />land will be irrigated in 1976. The operation studies indicate that if 1976
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