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<br />COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />HAMMOND PARTICIPATING PROJECT <br />(Continued) <br /> <br />PROJECT WORKS: <br /> <br />Hammond Diversion Dam <br />Located 2 miles upstream from Blanco, New Mexico <br />Type Rock-fill Overflow Weir <br />Capacity of Headworks (cfs) 90 <br /> <br />Major Canals and Laterals <br /> <br />Main Canal <br />East Highline Lateral <br />West Highl1ne Lateral <br />Gravity Extension Lateral <br />Total <br /> <br />Length <br />(miles) <br />29.0 <br />2.7 <br />3.4 <br />-1.& <br />39.0 <br /> <br />Initial <br />Capacity <br />(cis) <br />90 <br />10 <br />15 <br />1.Q <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />, Pumping Plant <br />Pumps <br />Type <br />Number <br />L1ft (feet) <br />Combined Capacity (cfs) <br />Drive Units <br />Type <br />Number <br />Drop (feet) <br /> <br />Area <br />Served <br />Acres <br />2,750 <br />380 <br />420 <br />350 <br />3,900 <br /> <br />Vertica,l Celii~rifugal <br />2 <br />53 <br />22 <br /> <br />Hydraulic Turbine <br />2 <br />32 <br /> <br />HYDROLOGY: <br /> <br />Drainage Area <br />At Hammond Diversion Dam Site (Sq. Mi.) <br />At Gaging Station near Blanco (Sq. Mi.) <br /> <br />Annual Runoff at Blanco Gage <br />Average acre-feet (1928-55) <br />II/ax. acre-feet (1941) <br />JIlin. acre-feet (1951) <br /> <br />3,480 <br />~,500 <br /> <br />91.17,400 <br />2,55\,000 <br />326( 000 <br /> <br />REMARKS: <br />The Hammond Water Conservancy District was organized in April 1951.1 as <br />a general administrative and contracting agency for the project and shortly there- <br />after commenced negotiations with the Bureau of Reclamation on a draft qt a <br />I"!'lpayment contract. The Hammond Water Conservancy District signed the repay- <br />ment contract on ,October 20, 1959, to repay a total of $450,000. <br />The project has the active support of landowners in the area. The cOntracts for <br />construction of the first six miles of the Main Canal was awarded JUlie 29, 1960. <br />-33- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />J <br />