The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-10-05
.PESHASTIN GROWERS
IRRIGATION SCHEME
May Take Water from Chewawa River
and Deliver it Into the ChumstiCk BY
Tunnel Thru Beaver Greek Hill
Cost SIPS, 900

/ A committee appointed Oy the re-
shastin water users, Grant Patton, H.
w. Otis and Archie Smith, after giving
consideration to several methods oil
supplementing their present water sup
ply, which has proved insufficient, rec
! commended taking water from the
Chewawa river in a ditch and bringing
it to Beaver creek hill and then by
tunnel thru the hill and deliver it into
Little Chumstick creek, and by ditch
from the Chumstick deliver it into Pc
shastin creek. Following is the recon-
mendation OF the committee.
"A ditch has been surveyed which
takes water from the Chewawa river
about one half mile above the mouth
OF Deep creek and turns it into the
Chumstick Just above Appleton. The
water is then diverted from the Chum-
stick just above Eagle creek and car
ried to Peshastin creek at an elevation
sufficient to supply the Peshastin, Pho
neer and Gibbs bitches and other dit
ches below this level The higher level
bitches would be supplied directly from
Peshastin creek. This project has only
800 feet of flume in its entire length
and this can be eliminated by using
concrete construction. The location
is in good ditching ground and when
once constructed there would be little
danger OF breaks or damages. The
maintenance and cost OF future improve
raents are the least on this. projct Of
any we have investigated. While the
actual distance the water is conveyed
lis longer in this project than in any Of
the others the cost in the end is the
least making it the most economical
and most satisfactory, project. There
are ten miles of dirt ditch on the Che
wawa division of which nine miles are
in the very best Of ditching ground and
one mile OF side hill work. The Chum-
stick tunnel is 1900 feet long. The
water is carried in the natural channel
of the Chumstick from Appleton to the
point OF diversion about 800 feet above
Eagle creek. 1t is then diverted into
canal which delivers the water into
Peshastin creek. This division will
have ten miles OF ditch including a
1,700 foot pipe across the Wenatchee
and 500 foot tunnel at the rock cut
near Stages. The cost Of this project
is estimated at s125, 900 There is a
possibility Of obtaining a part OF this
from the Chumttick water users and Of
selling other water rights along the
canal. At least s25.000 could prob
ably be realized on the start with a
possibility of additional revenue in the
future.
This project has the advantage Of
providing revenue in the future ir-
stead OF replacement costs as in the
other projects. The only replacement
cost on this project would be the We
natchee river pipe line as there would
be no fumes nor other temporary
structures. It also has the advantage
OF being flexible in the amount OF
water that can be delivered. II
additional water is wanted for any
particular dry season the ditch can be
crowded or slightly enlarged to furnish
any quantity of water desired. There
is ample water at the source. The
ditch has been estimated with con-
siderable margin Of capacity so that
additional water can be provided if
needed. The normal capacity Of the
ditch would be IS cubic feet per
second or 1850 inches. This would
furnish all Of the bitches all Of the
water they can carry even in the ex-
treme low water season. In contrast
with the Icicle project, work on this
project could be prosecuted contin-
uously from the time work is started in
the early Spring until its completion,
which would probably be by August /,
1918. The tunnel work could be
carried on during the winter and
finished by the time the ditch work is
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