The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1921-04-20

as originally contemplated, of $780,
900 acre feet.
The means of the two streams, as
above given, of $4,000 acre feet
for the Carson river, at Empire, and
of 100000 acre feet for the Truck
ee river, between Vista and Derby,
comprise a 20-year period for the
Carson river, and 21-year period
for the Truekee river, and are ac-
cording to discharge measurements
kept and reported by the U. S. Geo
logical Survey and the U. s. Recla-
nation Service.
Reclamation Units, Truckee-Carson
| System
| The several reclamation units un-
der the Newlands Reclamation Pro-
ject, as originally contemplated, and
hereby proposed to be re-enlarged to
| include as a whole, but not in the
order of the succession of their act
ual or proposed completion, are as
| follows:
U-Upper Carson Unit
Storage system-Proposed Silver
King Reservoir, on the East Fork
and Hope Valley Reservoir, ON the
west fork of the Carson river, in
California; Long Valley Reservoir
and Horseshoe Bend Reservoir, up
per Carson Valley, Nevada; COM
bined storage capacities 10000
acre feet.
Ias. n a
Carson Valley, $4,000 acres;
Eagle Valley. 5000 acres; Dayton
Valley, 5000 acres: total 10000
acres. Estimated gross water re-
quirements for same, 10000 acre
feet. Lands above mentioned are of
exceptionally fertile character, of
even surface contour. requiring a
minimum of expenditure for level
ing, and would be speedily settled
when opened for occupancy. Seep-
age from the same would return 10
the river. Nearly all such lands are
In private ownership. Storage sys-
TENS have been surveyed by the U.
S. Reclamation Service with the
construction of the same in view as
unit of the Newlands Project, con-
ditioned on satisfactory agreements
being entered into with the private
land owners relative to the disposal
Of the lands to settlers. Such agree
ments have not been effected. Land
owners, in part, have organized as
the Carson Valley Irrigation Dis
trict. under state law. and have sub
mitted a counter proposal that the
Reclamation Service relinquish such
unit to private enterprise.
(2)-Churchil Unit
Storage System-Proposed Aka
II Flat Reservoir. west of Fort
Churchill, Lyon county, capacity
10000 acre feet.
Lands Commanded Churchill
valley, $4,000 acres, between Fort
Churchill and Lahontan Reservoir.
About 5000 or 5000 acres of such
lands are of excellent quality and
even surface; remainder of fair soil
and more expensive to level Esti-
mated water requirements $4,000
acre feet.
(3)--Fallon Unit
Storage System-Lahontan Reser-
voir (constructed) storage capaci-
ty, 100000 acre feet; intercepting
the entire flow of the Carson river
below Fort Churchill, supplemented
with the discharge, through the
Truckee Canal completely of
Truckee river waters; discharge ca
pacity 1900 second feet.
Lands Commanded-Fallon or
Carson Sink Valley, comprising
total of $4,000 acres, as estimated
in 1914 by the U. S. Reclamation
Service. Within such general area,
however. are lands not economically
profitable of reclamation, due to sur
face unevenness. difficulty of drain
age and excess of salts. Although
the net acreage subject to profitable
reclamation in this unit has been
placed as low as 1900 acres, the
subscribers to this report, with more
or less intimate and practical
knowledge of the same. place the
acreage ultimately profitable of rec
lamation at approximately 10000
acres. This estimate is based on
knowledge of the productivity of
similar soils in the unit to those
comprised in such unreclaimed area,
when leveled and drained, and the
belief that, with the Lahontan Res
eryoir already constructed and cap
BILE of serving such lands, the addi-
tional cost of such leveling and
drainage (even If done by the Recla-
nation Service and the cost added
to the water charge for such lands,
as hereinafter recommended) will
be found less than the water cost of
serving any other substituted lands
elsewhere within the general pro-
ject. The total ultimate water re-
quirements for this unit, is there
fore placed at 100000 acre feet
plus $4,000 acre feet evaporation
loss from the Lahontan Reservoir
or a total of $4,000 acre feet.
(4)-TruclSee Canal Unit
Storage-In part, Lake Tahoe
Proposed to be supplemented, 70