[Monthly Report on Impending Programs of Land Drainage and Water Storage; No.31, September 1, 1938] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] MONTHLY REPORT ON IMPENDING PROGRAMS OF LAND DRAINAGE AND WATER STORAGE No. 31 September 1, 1938 NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, D. C. 35850 NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE Water Resources Committee MONTHLY REPORT ON IMPENDING- PROGRAMS OF LAND DRAINAGE AND WATER STORAGE Number 31 - September 1, 1938 ************************* CONTENTS Page I. Authorized programs of the Works Progress Administration. 2-6 II. Impending programs of other agencies 7-12 35850 J. Authorized, programs of the Works Progress Administration. This is a partial list of programs which have received. Presidential approval, and. are being undertaken at the discretion of the State Works Progress administrators. It is probable that not more than one quarter of all programs listed will reach the construction stage during the fiscal year 1939. The Washington office of WPA has no complete record of those projects which actually have been started. Inquiries concerning specific programs should be addressed to the Chief Engineer of the Works Progress Administration, Washington, who will secure the desired information from the appropriate State administrator. It has not been practicable to show the purpose of all programs, or the agencies with which they have been checked. The programs listed in this number include all malaria control, wild life conservation, water conservation, flood control, irrigation, hydroelectric and navigation programs authorized by the Works Progress Administration prior to August 1, 1938, and not included in previous reports. The greater number of malaria-control programs involve ditching operations, and most of the fish and game protection programs involve dam construction. 35850 MONTHLY REPORT ON IMPENDING PROGRAMS OF LAND DRAINAGE AND WATER STORAGE. No. 31 - September 1938. The programs of work listed herein have been reported to the National Resources Committee in accordance with the President’s memorandum of February 1, 1936. Listing of a program indicates that the program is receiving serious consideration by the sponsoring agency and may be undertaken within two years. It does not indicate that funds are available to begin work or that the sponsoring agency is committed to the program. Programs will be listed once only. Inquiries concerning the programs listed should be made directly to the field or Washington offices of the sponsoring agencies. The accompanying map, indicating the major drainage basins of the United States, shows the approximate location of the programs listed in the tabulation. The basin numbers in the tabulation correspond to the numbers on the map. The Federal and State agencies with which the respective programs have been checked are indicated by key letters as follows; A-Bureau of Agricultural Engineering B-Bureau of Biological Survey C-Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine D-Bureau of Fisheries E-Corps of Engineers F-State Department of Health G-State Engineer H-State Fish and Game Commission I-U.S. Public Health Service J-Geological Survey K-Soil Conservation Service L-Bureau of Reclamation . M-California Debris Commission N-Federal Power Commission 0-State Department of Public Works P-State Department of Agriculture Q-Bureau of Indian Affairs R-U.S. Department of Agriculture - Co-ordinator of Land Use Planning 2 TOC - LD&WS #31 - September 1, 1938 Calif ornia Connecticut Illinois Kansas Maine Information fumi shed, by Works Progress Administration County Name and. Drainage Basin No. . Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency California Alameda, - 106 Improvement of watersheds and Contra Costa-106 reservoir sites throughout East Bay Municipal counties $620,818 Water Storage Utility District Connecticut Fairfield - 5 Ditch and drain Shelter Mosquito erad- Rock Swamps at Danbury 25,108 ication Town of Danbury Fairfield - 7 Ditch and drain Shelter Rock Mosquito erad- on Pine Creek 11,283 ication Town of Fairfield Illinois Cook - 45-60 Drainage of marshes and Mosquito erad- North Shore Mos- swamps 101,008 ication quite Abatement District Cook - 45-60 Drainage of marshes, swamps, and shallow ponds, deepen pools, construction of dams, Des Plaines Valley levees, and catch basins, Mosquito erad- Mosquito Abate- etc. 342,791 ication ment District Du Page - 60 Drainage of marshes and Mosquito erad- Downers Grove swamps at Downers Grove 139,186 1 cation Township Kansas Washington - 73 Construction of water tank — at Hanover 8,847 Water storage City of Hanover Maine Franklin - 1 Construction of rearing pools Fish conserva- Inland Fisheries & at Oquossoc 24,445 tian Game Department 3 35850 WRC-LD&WS #31 - September 1, 1938 Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nev; Hampshire County Name and _Drainage Basin No Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency Massachusetts Berkshire - 50 Norfolk - 3 Worcester - 4 Improvement of Notch Reservoir and Williams Reservoir watersheds at North Adams$45,214 Drainage of swamp areas at Canton 17,903 Construction of waterholes at Blackstone 7,545 Water storage Mosquito eradication Water storage Department of Public Works -Board of Selectmen Pire Department Michigan Houghton - 44 Oakland - 47 Reservoir improvement at Houghton 3,228 Improve State fish hatchery near Drayton Plains, by riprapping channeIs, etc.169,216 Water storage Pish conservation Village of Houghton State Department of Conservation Minnesota Beltrami - 52 Construction of fish hatchery and spawning pens, river, riprapping, Waskish cleaning c u c. at 87,000 Pish conservation State Department of Conservation Missouri Cass - 74 Marion - 64 Improvement of reservoir near Harrisonville 27,937 Water storage Improvement of reservoir at Hannibal 27,197 Water storage City of Harrisonville Town of Rannibai Montana Ravalli - 111 Clear reservoir site near Darby 31,690 Water storage State Water Conservation Board New Hampshire Cheshire - 5 Merrimack - 2 Improvement of Keene waterworks, reservoirs, and watersheds 18,604 Construction of lakes at Sali sbury 5,144 Water Water storage storage City of Keene Board of Selectmen 4 35850 WRC - LD&WS #31 - September 1, 1938 Nev/ Jersey Pennsylvania Rhode Island. South Carolina Texas County Name and. Drainage Basin No . Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency New Jersey Bergen - 7 Development of waterholes-in Wyckoff Township $17.198 Water storage Township Committee Pennsylvania Butler - 33 Centre - 9 Mifflin - 9 Schuylkill - 9 Schuylkill - 9 Improvement of Bear and Silver Creeks in Parker and Pairview Townships 5,811 Construction of ponds along Spring Creek in Benner Township 28,862 Improvement of Dark Hollow Reservoir in Wayne Township 6,713 Construction of Black Creek Reservoir in Tremont Township 4,285 Improvement of trout nursery in Rahn Township by construction of retaining wall, riprapping, dam repair, etc. 19,113 Pish conservation Pish conservation Water storage Water storage Pish conservation State Department of Fisheries State Pish Commission Mount Union Boro Water Commission Pine Grove Boro Council State Pish Commission Rhode Island. Kent - 4 Providence - 4 Drainage of streams and swamps at Bast Greenwich 36,488 Ditching and draining swamp land at Cranston 57,938 Mosquito erad-i cat i on Mosquito eradication ■Town of East Greenwich •City of Cranston South Carolina Horry - 17 Clearing, grubbing, and draining at Myrtle Beach 7,840 Mosquito eradication •City of Myrtle Beach Texas Navarro - 95 Improvement of city water supply lake near Dawson 3,264 Water storage City of Dawson 5 35850 WRC - LD&WS #31 - September 1, 1938 Washington Wisconsin County Name and Drainage Basin No. Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Ag€ mey Washington Kittitas - 111 Improvement of near Cie Elum reservoirs $9,937 Water storage City of Elum Cie Wise onsin Milwaukee - 45 Construction of cisterns for fire protection at Milwaukee 14,818 Water storage City of kee ' Milwau- 6 35850 WRC - LD&WS #31 - September 1, 1938 Arizona Arkansas II. Impending programs of other agencies County Name, and Drainage Basin No • Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency Arizona Maricopa - 103 Maricopa - 103 Pinal - 103 Construction of 2 diversion dams, 16 miles of power canal, 7,000 kilowatt hydroelectric power plant, and power lines and substations Construction of a dam to impound 110,000 acre-feet, and canals and power houses, and lining canals and laterals Construction of rock fill dam to impound 174,000 acre-feet at the ’’Buttes” site on Gila River Power and irrigation E,L, N, Q,R Power and irrigation E,L,N,Q,R Flood control, power, irrigation and silt control E,L, Q,R Roosevelt Water Conservation District (P.W.A. Project No. 1103-P) Municipal Water Conservation District (P.W.A. Project No. 1198-P) San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District (P.W.A. Project No. 1128) Arkansas Jackson - 90 Mississippi - 90 Mississippi - 90 Purchase of rights of way for flood protection project Purchase of rights of way for flood protection project Widening and deepening ditches, canals and laterals Flood control Flood control Drainage E,R R.F.C. R.F.C. Drainage District No. 17 (P.W.A. Project No. 1243) Grassy Lake and Tyronza Drainage District No. 9 (P.W.A. Projects Nos. 1248, 1249, and 1250); Carson Lake Drainage District No. 8 (P.W.A. Project No. 1251); and Osceola Drainage District No. 12 (P.W.A. Project No. 1254) 7 35850 WRC - LD&WS #31 - September 1, 1938 California Idaho County Name and Drainage Basin No. Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency California Kern - 106 Mono - 104b Orange - 108 Sacramento - 106 San Joaquin - 106 Santa Barbara - 108 Tuolumne - 106 Repairing and strengthening of Blood con-levees on Buena Vista Lake trol E,L,R Extensions to water system, including construction of dams, Water reservoirs, conduits, and storage boron control facilities E,L,Q,R Construction of earthen channel by deepening and widening Coyote and Fullerton Creeks, Blood con- and construction of channels, trol culverts and protective works E,R Installation of new pumping plant and drainage facilities of Reclamation District No. 1000, in connection with P.W.A. grant Drainage Construction of water storage works, consisting mainly of a diversion dam on Calaveras River, a diversion conduit to Duck Creek, a reservoir on Irrigation Duck Creek, etc. E,L,R Construction of three steel piling and wire mesh jetties and Blood con-earth levees on Santa Maria trol River E Construction of curved gravity type concrete dam on Middle Bork of Stanislaus River to provide storage for 100,000' acre-feet, clearing reservoir Irrigation site. etc. E.L.R Buena Vista Water Storage District (P.W.A. Project No. 2071) Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (P.W.A. Project No. 1853) Orange County Blood Control District (P.W.A. Project No. 1957) R.B.C. Stockton and East San Joaquin Water Conservation District (P.W.A. Project No. 1959) Santa Barbara County (P.W.A. Project No. 2153) Oakdale Irrigation District (P.W.A. Project No. 2030) Idaho Washington - 110 Reconstruction of old diversion dam and flume, repair old and construct new canals, tunnels, Irrigation gates, etc. E,L,R Weiser Cove Irrigation District (P.W.A. Project No. 1181) 8 35850 WRC - LD&WS #31 - September 1, 1938 Illinois Iowa ¿ansas Louisiana Massachusetts County Name and. Sponsoring Drainage Basin No. Description of Program Purpose Agency Illinois Henderson - 60 Henderson - 60 Improvement of pumping plant of Henderson County Drainage District No. 1, in connection with P.W.A. grant Improvement of pumping plant of Henderson County Drainage District No. 2, in connection with P.W.A. grant Drainage Drainage R.F.C. R.y.c. Iowa Madison - 63 Construction of earth fill dam, water treatment plant, mains and accessories, a power line, etc. Water st orage E City of Winterset, Iowa (P.W.A. Project No. 1535) Kansas Dickinson - 73 Construction of extensions and improvements to water supply system, including earth dam, spillway, intake tower, etc. Water storage E.R City of Herington, Kansas (P.W.A. Project No. 1439) Louisiana Bossier - 87 Construction of earth fill dam, concrete spillway and abutments Recreation. E,R Conservation Commission of Louisiana (P.W.A. Project No. 1116) Massachusetts Worcester - 3 Construction of a dam on Charle River near Milford, deepening of channel, and filling and grading Mosquito control E.R City of Milford (P.W.A. Project No. 1446) 9 35850 WBC - LD&WS #31 - September 1, 1938 Michigan Montana Nebraska New Jersey-New York County Name and Drainage Basin No. Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency Michigan Kent - 45 Extensions and improvements to waterworks system Water storage E City of Grand Bapids (P.W.A. Project No. 1587) Montana Bavalli - 111 Construction of earth fill dam on Bitter Boot Biver, with appurtenant structures, to impound approximately 32,000 acre-feet Irrigation L State Water Conservation Board (P.W.A. Project No. 1053) Nebraska Lancaster - 72 Drainage improvements on Salt Creek, by changing channel of the creek, and construction of culverts, headwalls, riprapping Drainage i E,B Sanitary District No. 1 of Lancaster County (P.W.A. Project No. 1380) New Jersey Atlantic - 7 Camden - 8 Cape May - 7-8 Cumberland - 8 Essex - 7 Monmouth - 7 Ocean - 7 Dredging and maintenance dredging of State Inland Waterways Navigation E State of Now Jersey, acting through Board of Commerce and Navigation (P.W.A. Project No. 1372) Nev; York Herkimer - 48 Tompkins - 48 Construction of Panther Mountain Beservoir on South Branch of Flood Moose Biver, including earth control dam, tunnel and spillway, etc. E,B Construction of earth dam on Six Mile Creek, and enlargement of Water filtration plant and distribu- storage tion systems E,B Black Biver Begu-lating District (P.W.A. Project No. 1008) City of Ithaca (P.W.A. Project No. 1935) IO 35850 wrc - LD&WS #31 - September 1, 1938 Ohio South Dakota Tennessee Toxas County Name and. Drainage Basin No. Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency __ Ohio Clark - 38 Hamilton - 38 Lucas - 47 Extend, and. improve waterworks system by construction of a dam, pumping and. treatment plant, conduits, etc. Extend, and. improve waterworks system, including flood walls, bulkheads, etc. Extend and improve waterworks system, including rock-filled crib submerged off shore from Reno Beach, and concrete-lined tunnel Water storage E Water storage E,I Water storage E City of Springfield (P.W.A. Project No. 1965) City of Cincinnati (P.W.A. Project No. 1952) City of Toledo (P.W.A. Project No. 1934) South Dakota Pennington - 69 Construction of a dam, riprap, reservoir, spillway, tunnels, etc. Water storage E,L City of Rapid City (P.W.A. Project No. 1206) Tennessee Shelby - 89 Shelby - 89 Construction of reservoirs, pumping stations, levees, flood walls, etc. in and near Memphi s Construction of pumping station, reservoir, ditches, discharge conduits, sewers, etc. in and near Memphis Flood control E Flood, control E Shelby County (P.W.A. Project No. 1306) Shelby County (P.W.A. Project No., 1339) Texas Cameron - 100 Chambers - 94 Extend and improve irrigation system by construction of pumping plant and intake on the Rio Grande, main and lateral canals, etc. Construction of levee, pumps, pump house, gates, etc. at Turtle Bay Irrigation E,L,R Irrigation L,R Cameron County Water Control & Improvement District No. 19 (P.W.A. Project No. 2356) Trinity River Irrigation District (P.W.A. Project No. 2353) 11 358 50 WC - LD&WS #31 - September 1, 1938 Texas (Cont’d) Washington Wisconsin County Name and Drainage Basin No. Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency Texas (Cont’d) Palo Pinto - 96 Hood - 96 Bosque - 96 Johnson - 94 Bell - 96 Ped River - 87 Construction of Turkey Creek Dan, powerhouse, reservoir, etc.; Inspiration Point Dam, powerhouse, reservoir, etc.; De Cordova Bend Dam, powerhouse, reservoir, etc.; Bee Mountain Dam, powerhouse, reservoir, etc.; Whitney Dam, powerhouse, reservoir, etc.; Leon Dam and reser- Plood voir; transmission lines, and control, improvements for Possum Kingdom Power Dam E, L, N, R Improvement of levees of Red River County Levee Improvement Blood District No. 1 control Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District (P.W.A. Project No. 2143-P) R.E.C. Washington King - 114. Construction of addition to Ruby Power Dam, transmission lines, etc. E,N City of Seattle (P.W.A. Project No. 1626-P) Wisconsin Columbia Juneau Marathon - 58 Construction of dams and reservoirs on Little Eau Pleine River, power development at Knowlton, Petonwell, and Germantown, and diversion canal Power at Portage E,N State of Wisconsin, through Wisconsin Hydro Authority (P.W.A. Project No. 1394-P) 12 35850