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<br /> <br />Pr~sem 3,'70 Fu!...re Deve.lcpmenr <br /> <br />",. <br />....j <br />-J <br />N <br /> <br />Lyman Prujl'ct-Thc L~rnan ProJccl prO\lde:,> ..uppkmentallrngatlon v.ater for approximately <br />J6,OfJO acre\ 1I1lhe Smllh Fork and Bbd.s Fork an:::b. Reser\olr .'>torJ.ge IS pro\lded by ~teek<. <br />Cabm Jnd St;Jtdinl." Rescrvoir" Deplellons from the proJecl J.rc C\tlllutcd to J\ l'rage <br />10.JOO acre-fect annuall~ <br /> <br />Sa\l'Q Pot Ilook Project-The Savel') Pot HlIO\.. Projcct wa'i authorllcd as a paniclpat1l1g project <br />of the Colorado Ri\er Storage Projecl b) Public Law 88-568. The deiimtc plan repon dated <br />~L1) 1977 idcntlfied J. plan v.hich would result 111 11.900 acrc-fecl and 10,500 Jcre-feet of <br />deplelion~ annuall~ In Colorado and Wyommg, re:-pecti\cly. The Pre"ldent's Water Projcct <br />Re\iew 111 1977 rcsu1\cd In rcduccd fundmg for thc project. and no constru.:tion fundmg has been <br />provided. The project ha" not been deauthorized and j.. considered on J. ddcrred .,latus for <br />plann1l1g purpo\e~. <br /> <br />La Baq~e Project-The La Barge ProJcct v.a\ authorlled as a par1lcipalrng proJcct of the <br />Colorado Ri....er Storage Project by Publi.: Lay. 88-568. A defimte plan repon. compleled in <br />June 1961. e"umatcd that con'iumpti\e u<,e would be 3,700 acn:::.feet (rounded to ~.OOO). :-';0 <br />project comtruction has begun. and no immediate pi am are contemplated. The project ha" not <br />been dcauthoflled and i~ considered on deferred <oilatus for planning purposes. <br /> <br />Transmountain Diu'rsions-- Three diversions presently cI\pon water out of the ColorJ.do River <br />Ba"in III Wyoming.. The Ranger Ditch divens about 500 acrc.feel of water from :'\orth Sa\ery <br />Creek for ddiwl')' 10 Willow Creek in the ~onh Pbtle River Basin. The Cominental Divide Ditch <br />divens about 1.()(x) acre. feel of waler from Little Sandy Creek to the ;';onh Pbtte River BaslIl_ <br />The city of Cheyenne receIves diversions from the ~onh Fork of the Little Snake River. <br /> <br />Industrial Cses- The Slate of Wyommg recognizes the considerJble pOlential that e'lsts for <br />incn:ased indusmal use of water for thcnnal electric generation. minmg and proces'illlg, coal <br />gaSIficatIOn, coal co\..ing, natural gas chemICal extraction, and 011 shak de\'dopment It is <br />expected that mosl of this water will be provided through contracts with the State for water out of <br />Fontenelle Re:'oer,mf. Sce the diSCUSSIon for the Seedskadee Project. <br /> <br />Thermal Electric Power-The Viva :-';aughton :'\0. 1 umt was 111 ope-rail on in 1965, and ItS water <br />u:'oe l~ included in the Comprehensive Framework Study value for thenTlJI electric power. Records <br />supplied by Ctah Pov.er & Light Company show an average annual net use (di\'emon kss return <br />110w) of 5.670 Jcre.feel over a 7-year period (1977.83) for all three units at Viva :'\aughlOn. <br />About ~.OOO acre-feet of thiS amount are used by unit Sos. ~ and 3. Records provided by Pacific <br />Po\\cr & Light Company (now PacifiCorp) indicate a level of use of J.bout ~5.000 acre-feet for all <br />four units at the JIm Bridger Poy.erplant. <br /> <br />The Wyoming Slate Engmeer e!'>t1mates that water uses for new thennal electric power generation <br />will1l1crea.se b~ 7,000 acre.feet 111 ~01O. Also. an additional 10,000 acre.feet of deplellon will <br />de\e1op at the 11m Bndger Powerplam when transmission restrictions are lifted. Water for thc <br />Jim Bridger Po\\.erplant is provided out of Fonlendle Resef\'oir under a conlrJ.ct with the Stale of <br />Wyommg for up 10 35.000 acre-feet per year. Water for the Viva SJ.ughton Powerplant is <br />developed from a private WJter right. <br /> <br />27 <br /> <br />. <br />