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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT <br />FLORIDA PARTICIPATING PROJECT <br />(Continued) <br /> <br />PROTECT FEATURES (continued) <br /> <br />Florida Farmers Ditch enlargement <br />Length (miles) 4.9 <br />Initial capacity (cis) 185 <br /> <br />Florida Farmers Ditch DiVersion Dam <br />H eight (feet) 6 .75 <br />Overflow crest length (feet) 60 <br /> <br />Florida Canal enlargement <br />Length (miles) 1.8 <br />Capacity (cfs) 150 <br /> <br />Laterals (miles) 14.1 <br /> <br />Rehabilitation and extension of eXisting ditches (miles) 23 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />HYDROLOGY <br />Florida River at Lemon Damsite <br />, Drainage area (square miles) <br />Estimated virgin runoff, 1928-56 (acre-feet) <br />Average <br />Maximum, 1941 <br />Minimum, 1934 <br />Peak discharge of record (cfs) <br />Minimum discharge of record (cfs) <br />Inflow design flood for Lemon Reservoir <br />Peak (cfs) <br />Maximum 48-hour volume (acre-feet) <br />Florida River at Florida Farmers Ditch Diversion Dam <br />Drainage area (square miles) <br />IOO-year peak flow (cfs) <br /> <br />67.6 <br /> <br />64/340 <br />143/870 <br />25/170 <br />1,880 <br />6 <br /> <br />13/300 <br />26/800 <br /> <br />108 <br />3/100 <br /> <br />REMARKS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The Florida Water Conservancy District was formed July 1948, and <br />will be the contracting and administrative agency for the project. <br />The proposed repayment contract has been reviewed by the Board of <br />Directors of the District and was approved as to form by the See,.. <br />retary of the Interior on September 26/ 1960. The District is nc>w <br />proceeding with arrangements for an election to authorize the l3c:>ard <br />of Directors to execute a repayment contract with the United States. <br />Execution of the contract by the Florida Water Conservancy District <br />is expected in December 1960. <br /> <br /> <br />-42- <br />