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2002 LEGISLATIVE REPORT
Active Projects
48. | PROJECT: | Green River Groundwater Recharge and Alternate Storage | | | | | |
| LEVEL: | I |
| SPONSOR: | State of Wyoming |
| LOCATION: | Green River Basin, WY |
| PROGRAM: | New Development |
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| EXISTING LEGISLATION: |
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Purpose |
Chapter |
Session |
Account |
Appropriation |
Due Date |
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Level I |
36 |
2000 |
I |
$100,000 |
2002 |
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PROJECT INFORMATION:
The 2000 Legislature appropriated $100,000 for a Level I study in the Green River Basin to
investigate groundwater recharge and alternate storage for the basin's surplus water. With the help of
the Green River Basin Advisory Group, the WWDC developed a scope of services, and after
screening interested candidates, hired States West Water Resources Corporation as the engineering
firm to complete this study. This study used the Green River Basin Plan, completed in January 2001,
as a tool to begin an investigation on groundwater recharge potential and develop a comprehensive
list of potential reservoir locations within the basin. Potential reservoir sites listed in the Green
River Basin Plan were investigated on a reconnaissance level. A short list was then developed
containing the five selected sites that score highest in the ranking criteria developed for the Green
River Basin Plan. These five sites were be studied in greater detail and include conceptual designs
and preliminary cost estimates.
During the investigation of the five final sites an additional site was discovered that did not exist in
any of the literature, which would serve as an alternate to the East Fork and East Fork Gorge
reservoir sites. This alternate was titled Church Reservoir after the homesteading family that
originally settled the land. This site is thought to satisfy all of the need identified for the area with
potentially less environmental impact than the previously mentioned reservoir sites. The local
irrigators have requested that this study be continued to include further investigation of this potential
reservoir which was discovered at the end of the study when the time and budget constraints
prevented a more detailed investigation. The continuation of this study would be scheduled for
completion in November of 2002.
RECOMMENDED LEGISLATIVE ACTION:
The WWDC recommends the project be incorporated into the Rehabilitation Program at Level I with
an appropriation of $50,000.
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