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2000 LEGISLATIVE REPORT
Active Projects
110. | PROJECT: | Upper Wind River Storage | | | | | |
| LEVEL: | New Application |
| SPONSOR: | State/Tribes |
| LOCATION: | Fremont County |
| PROGRAM: | New Development |
PROJECT INFORMATION:
The Division 3 general adjudication has effectively increased the
competition for water in the Wind River drainage. This study effort
will look at storage potential to alleviate the anticipated future
storages that will occur when the Tribes fully activate their decreed
award. Over the years numerous storage sites have been identified in
the Wind River drainage. This study will screen the previously identified
sites and determine the least environmentally damaging potential reservoir
development that will provided the supplemental water needed in the Wind
River drainage.
RECOMMENDED LEGISLATIVE ACTION:
The WWDC recommends the project be incorporated in the New Development
Program at Level I with an appropriation of $200,000.
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