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1997 LEGISLATIVE REPORT
Active Projects
58. | PROJECT: | Midvale Sand Mesa Pipeline | | | | | |
| LEVEL: | III |
| SPONSOR: | Midvale Irrigation District |
| LOCATION: | Fremont County |
| PROGRAM: | Rehabilitation |
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| EXISTING LEGISLATION: |
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Purpose |
Chapter |
Session |
Account |
Appropriation |
Due Date |
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Level III |
206 |
1995 |
II |
$3,000,000* |
1997 |
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| *100% grant for invoiced materials. The sponsor is responsible for all other project costs. |
PROJECT INFORMATION:
The Midvale Irrigation District serves about 73,000 acres irrigated by
about 700 individual irrigators. There is one incorporated
municipality, Pavillion, within the district. The assessments range
from $14.50 to $16.05/acre depending on the class of the land.
Irrigators within the district typically grow high value crops such as
sugar beets, beans, barley, corn and alfalfa hay.
The project was one of the identified options in the Wind River planning
efforts that could reduce diversion requirements and increase efficiency
by saving water that presently exits the district as operational waste
or as flow from the drainage system. The project will conserve 22,000
acre-feet of water by constructing approximately 66,000 lineal feet of
pipe. The savings will be realized by delivering irrigation water
through gravity pressured pipelines rather than the traditional open
canals. The water will be applied to the fields through LEPA irrigation
systems designed to operate at low pressures. The increased cost of the
LEPA on farm systems to be paid by the irrigators will be more than
offset by the reduced pumping costs presently experienced by the area
irrigators. The water savings will provide increased carryover in Bull
Lake Reservoir or reduced direct flow diversions from the Wind River.
Construction of the project began in the fall of 1996 and should be
completed late in 1997.
RECOMMENDED LEGISLATIVE ACTION:
No legislative action is required on this project.
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