WYOMING WATER DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION - …

2017 LEGISLATIVE REPORT

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WYOMING WATER DEVELOPMENT

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2017 LEGISLATIVE REPORT WYOMING WATER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Wyoming Water Development Commission (029) (307) 777-7626 6920 Yellowtail Road Cheyenne, Wyoming

January 2017

Wyoming Water Development Commission, Staff and Advisors

Commissioners

Sheridan Little, Chairman Nick Bettas, Vice Chairman Todd L. Werbelow, Secretary Karen Budd-Falen Floyd Canfield David Evans Clinton W. Glick William B. Resor Jeanette Sekan Rodney K. Wagner

Water Division II Water Division IV Water Division III Member-at-Large Water Division II

Water Division I Wind River Indian Reservation

Water Division IV Water Division III

Water Division I

Staff

Harry C. LaBonde, Jr. Barry Lawrence Bryan Clerkin Jason Mead Jodee Pring Andrea Odell Dale Anderson Janet Belmonte Kevin Boyce Bill Brewer Keith Brookshire Nancy Casner Jeni Cederle Keith Clarey Peter Gill Keenan Hendon Andrew Linch Ken Mitchell Dave Myer Jodie Pavlica Tony Rutherford Brian Smith Katie Talbott Chace Tavelli Wade Verplancke

Director Administrator - Planning Administrator - Construction Administrator - Dams and Reservoirs Supervisor - River Basin Planning Administration/Fiscal Officer

Project Manager Accountant

Project Manager Project Manager Project Manager Office Support Specialist Project Manager Project Manager Project Manager Project Manager Project Manager Project Manager Project Manager Project Manager Project Manager High Savery Dam Facility Manager Outreach Coordinator Project Manager Project Manager

Abigail Boudewyns Pat Tyrrell Greg Kerr Shawn Reese

Advisors

Attorney General's Office State Engineer

University of Wyoming Wyoming Business Council

Select Water Committee

Senator Gerald Geis Chairman

Big Horn/Fremont/Hot Springs/Park/Washakie Counties

Representative Robert McKim Vice-Chairman Lincoln County

Representative Stan Blake Sweetwater County

Senator Stan Cooper Lincoln/Sublette/Sweetwater/ Uinta Counties

Senator Dan Dockstader Lincoln/Teton/Sublette Counties

Senator Ogden Driskill Crook/Weston/Campbell Counties

Representative John Eklund Laramie/Goshen County

Senator John Hastert Sweetwater County

Representative Hans Hunt Niobrara/Weston/Goshen Counties

Senator Curt Meier Goshen/Niobrara/Weston Counties

Representative David Northrup Park County

Representative Jerry Paxton Carbon/Albany/Sweetwater Counties

2017 LEGISLATIVE REPORT Table of Contents

Chapter 1 ? Wyoming Water Development Program

Page

I.

Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 1-1

II.

Duties and Responsibilities...................................................................................................1-1

III.

Program Funding .................................................................................................................. 1-5

IV.

Program Operations. ............................................................................................................1-7

V.

Program Evolution ................................................................................................................ 1-8

Chapter 2 ? 2017 Legislative Program .............................................................................................. 2-1

I.

Program Development Process ............................................................................................. 2-1

II.

2017 Funding Recommendations ......................................................................................... 2-2

III.

Financial Status Reports ....................................................................................................... 2-5

IV.

Anticipated Remaining Funding after the 2017 Session.......................................................2-8

Chapter 3 ? Active Project Report .................................................................................................... 3-1

Bold denotes legislative action is being requested during the 2017 Session.

1.

Alkali Creek Reservoir .......................................................................................................3-1

2.

Antelope Valley Regional Connection .................................................................................3-2

3.

Arapahoe Pipeline and Tank.................................................................................................3-2

4.

Arapahoe Water Supply 2016...............................................................................................3-3

5.

Austin-Wall Canal Rehabilitation - Phase 1 .........................................................................3-4

6.

Austin-Wall Reservoir Rehabilitation...................................................................................3-5

7.

Basin Planning: Environmental and Recreational Use Study ...............................................3-6

8.

Bear River Data Model Pilot Study ......................................................................................3-6

9.

Bear River Watershed Study.................................................................................................3-7

10.

Beaver Creek Watershed Study ........................................................................................3-8

11.

Big Horn Canal Rehabilitation 2012.....................................................................................3-8

12.

Big Horn Canal Underway....................................................................................................3-9

13.

Big Horn Regional Southern Water Supply.....................................................................3-9

14.

Big Sandy Reservoir Enlargement ..................................................................................3-10

15.

Big Wind River Storage Study, Phase II ........................................................................3-11

16.

Bighorn Mountains Instream Flows....................................................................................3-12

17.

Bitter Creek/East Flaming Gorge Watershed Study .....................................................3-13

18.

Broken Wheel Ranch Master Plan......................................................................................3-13

19.

Broken Wheel Ranch Water Supply 2017 ......................................................................3-14

20.

Buckskin Extension Master Plan/Gillette Regional............................................................3-15

21.

Buffalo Groundwater Supply...........................................................................................3-15

22.

Buffalo Main Street Pipeline ..............................................................................................3-16

23.

Buffalo Northwest Pipeline.................................................................................................3-16

24.

Buffalo South Loop Pipeline ..............................................................................................3-17

25.

Buffalo Tank Valve ...........................................................................................................3-18

26.

Burns Well Connection.......................................................................................................3-18

27.

Byron Master Plan ..............................................................................................................3-19

28.

Cambria Tank .....................................................................................................................3-20

29.

Casper Alcova Rehabilitation 2015 ....................................................................................3-20

30.

Casper Alcova Underdrain 2016.........................................................................................3-21

31.

Casper CY Booster Station Replacement 2017 ..............................................................3-21

32.

Casper Poplar Transmission Pipeline .................................................................................3-22

33.

Casper Raw Water Supply II ..............................................................................................3-23

34.

Casper Zone II 2015 ...........................................................................................................3-24

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35.

Casper Zone 3 Improvements ............................................................................................3-24

36.

Centennial Well and Master Plan .......................................................................................3-25

37.

Central Wyoming Regional Elevated Tank ........................................................................3-25

38.

Cheyenne Southern Pipeline-Phase III ...............................................................................3-26

39.

Clear Creek Storage ............................................................................................................3-27

40.

Clearmont Test Well Study.................................................................................................3-29

41.

Cody Canal Laterals.........................................................................................................3-29

42.

Cody Tank 2017 ................................................................................................................3-30

43.

Cokeville Tri-Diversion Structure ......................................................................................3-31

44.

Cottonwood/Grass Creek Storage.......................................................................................3-31

45.

Cottonwood Irrigation District Master Plan ....................................................................... 3-32

46.

Cowley Master Plan............................................................................................................3-33

47.

Cowley Tank 2017.............................................................................................................3-34

48.

Cowley Transmission Pipeline ...........................................................................................3-34

49.

Deaver Irrigation District Flume Replacement/Laterals 2017 .....................................3-35

50.

Deaver Irrigation District Master Plan Update ...................................................................3-36

51.

Deaver Rehabilitation 2009 ...............................................................................................3-36

52.

Deaver Transmission Pipeline ............................................................................................3-37

53.

Douglas Box Elder Spring ..................................................................................................3-37

54.

Douglas Test Well Study ..................................................................................................3-38

55.

Dry Creek Irrigation District Master Plan ..........................................................................3-39

56.

Dry Creek Irrigation District Pipeline Replacement 2017............................................3-39

57.

Dubois Well Acquisition ....................................................................................................3-40

58.

Dull Knife Reservoir Spillway Rehabilitation ................................................................3-40

59.

Eastern Shoshone Boulder Flats Well Field .......................................................................3-41

60.

Eden Valley Farson Lateral Rehabilitation.........................................................................3-41

61.

Eden Valley Irrigation District Master Plan .......................................................................3-42

62.

Eden Valley Rehabilitation 2009 ........................................................................................3-43

63.

Ethete Water Supply ...........................................................................................................3-44

64.

Evansville Emergency Connection .....................................................................................3-45

65.

Fayette Irrigation Rehabilitation .........................................................................................3-46

66.

Fontenelle Dam and Outworks Infrastructure Completion.................................................3-47

67.

Fontenelle Pipeline .............................................................................................................3-48

68.

Fox Ridge Extension Master Plan/Gillette Regional ..........................................................3-48

69.

Gillette Madison Pipeline Joint Bonding............................................................................3-49

70.

Gillette Madison Water Project ..........................................................................................3-50

71.

Gillette Regional Extensions...............................................................................................3-51

72.

Gillette Regional Extensions-Phase II.............................................................................3-53

73.

Gillette Regional Extensions 2017 ...................................................................................3-54

74.

Glendo Reservoir Full Utilization Project ..........................................................................3-55

75.

Glenrock Transmission Pipeline .........................................................................................3-56

76.

Glenrock Transmission Pipeline 2017.............................................................................3-57

77.

Goose Creek Watershed Study ...........................................................................................3-58

78.

Goshen Irrigation District-Guernsey Spillway Rehabilitation............................................3-58

79.

Goshen Irrigation District Rehabilitation 2013...................................................................3-59

80.

Goshen Irrigation District Rehabilitation 2017..............................................................3-60

81.

Grace Land Extension Master Plan/Gillette Regional ........................................................ 3-61

82.

Green River/Rock Springs/Sweetwater County Joint Powers Water Board

Pipeline Feasibility Study ...................................................................................................3-61

83.

GR/RS/SC JPWB Wind River Zone Study ....................................................................3-62

84.

GR/RS/SC Raw Water Reservoir....................................................................................3-63

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Greybull River Watershed Study ....................................................................................3-63

86.

Greybull Transmission Pipeline..........................................................................................3-64

87.

Greybull Valley ID Storage Enlargement, Phase II.......................................................3-65

88.

Groundwater Studies...........................................................................................................3-66

89.

Hanover ID Master Plan, Phase II ..................................................................................3-67

90.

Heart Mountain Canal Rehabilitation .................................................................................3-67

91.

Heart Mountain Irrigation District Rehabilitation 2017...............................................3-68

92.

Heart Mountain Rehabilitation 2010 ..................................................................................3-69

93.

High Meadow Ranch Level II.............................................................................................3-70

94.

High Meadow Ranch Well, Tank, & Pipeline 2017 .......................................................3-71

95.

Hill Irrigation District-Guernsey Spillway Rehabilitation..................................................3-71

96.

Hog Island Water Master Plan........................................................................................3-72

97.

Horse Creek Watershed Study ........................................................................................3-72

98.

Indian Paintbrush Water Supply .........................................................................................3-73

99.

Jamestown/Rio Vista Water Supply ..................................................................................3-73

100. Jeffrey City Water System Improvements .........................................................................3-74

101. Kaycee Replacement Tank .................................................................................................3-75

102. Kemmerer-Diamondville Water System.............................................................................3-75

103. Kemmerer Transmission Pipeline 2016..............................................................................3-76

104. Kirby Ditch Rehabilitation...............................................................................................3-77

105. Kirby Rehabilitation 2011...................................................................................................3-77

106. LaBarge Water Supply........................................................................................................3-78

107. Lake DeSmet Facilities Acquisition.................................................................................3-79

108. Lakeview Irrigation District Rehabilitation 2014 ...............................................................3-80

109. Lakeview Irrigation District Rehabilitation 2016 ...............................................................3-80

110. Lance Creek Well Connection ............................................................................................3-81

111. Lander Transmission Pipeline 2016....................................................................................3-82

112. Lander Water Supply ..........................................................................................................3-82

113. LaPrele Irrigation District Master Plan .........................................................................3-83

114. Laramie North Side Tank ................................................................................................3-83

115. Leavitt Reservoir Expansion............................................................................................3-84

116. LeClair Irrigation District Master Plan ...............................................................................3-85

117. LeClair Irrigation District Rehabilitation 2016 .............................................................3-85

118. LeClair Irrigation District Rehabilitation 2017 .............................................................3-86

119. Little Snake Rehabilitation 2011 ........................................................................................3-86

120. Little Wind River Storage Study, Phase II.....................................................................3-87

121. Lovell Canal Rehabilitation 2014 .......................................................................................3-88

122. Lovell ID Master Plan.........................................................................................................3-89

123. Lovell Tank/Zone 2 Improvements ....................................................................................3-89

124. Lovell Transmission Pipeline .............................................................................................3-90

125. Lower Bighorn and Nowood Basin Instream Flows...........................................................3-91

126. Lower Clear Creek Irrigation District Leiter Ditch Rehabilitation 2016............................3-92

127. Lower Laramie River Watershed Study.........................................................................3-92

128. Lower Nowood Rural Water Supply ..................................................................................3-93

129. Lusk Water Supply Study ..................................................................................................3-94

130. Manderson Water Master Plan............................................................................................3-94

131. Manville Well Connection..................................................................................................3-95

132. Medicine Bow River Watershed Study...............................................................................3-96

133. Medicine Bow Transmission Pipeline ...............................................................................3-96

134. Meeks Cabin Dam Enlargement .........................................................................................3-97

135. Meeteetse Tank/SCADA/Retrofit ......................................................................................3-98

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136. Melody Ranch Water Supply Study ...................................................................................3-98 137. Middle Big Horn River Watershed Study ......................................................................3-99 138. Middle North Platte-Glendo Watershed Study .................................................................3-100 139. Middle Piney Reservoir ..................................................................................................3-100 140. Midvale Bull Lake Rehabilitation 2015............................................................................3-101 141. Midvale Irrigation District Hydropower Study.................................................................3-102 142. Midvale Pilot 27.0 A Lateral 2017 .................................................................................3-102 143. Midvale Rehabilitation 2013.............................................................................................3-103 144. Midvale Sand Butte 2 Lateral ...........................................................................................3-103 145. Mountain View Acres Connection....................................................................................3-104 146. New Fork Lake Dam Enlargement, Phase II ...............................................................3-104 147. New Fork River Watershed Study ....................................................................................3-105 148. Newcastle 2015.................................................................................................................3-106 149. Newcastle Madison Well ..................................................................................................3-106 150. Niobrara/Lower North Platte Rivers Watershed Study..............................................3-107 151. Northwest Rural Water Master Plan .................................................................................3-107 152. Nowood River Storage-Alkali Creek Reservoir ...............................................................3-108 153. Nowood River Storage-Meadowlark Lake .......................................................................3-109 154. Opal Master Plan ..............................................................................................................3-110 155. Opal Well Improvements 2017 ......................................................................................3-111 156. Owl Creek Watershed Study.............................................................................................3-111 157. Pavillion East Water Supply .............................................................................................3-112 158. Pine Bluffs North Well Field ............................................................................................3-112 159. Pine Haven Well and Tank ...............................................................................................3-113 160. Pineview Tank & Booster Pump 2017 ..........................................................................3-114 161. Piney & Cruse Canal Piping .............................................................................................3-114 162. Piney Cruse Diversion ......................................................................................................3-115 163. Pioneer Transmission Pipeline 2017..............................................................................3-115 164. Platte Alliance Water Supply (PAWS) Study...................................................................3-116 165. Platte River Basin Plan Update.........................................................................................3-117 166. Powder/Tongue Northeast Groundwater Analysis ...........................................................3-117 167. Powder/Tongue Northeast River Basin Plan Update........................................................3-118 168. Riverton Valley Rehabilitation 2013 ................................................................................3-119 169. Riverton Valley Rehabilitation 2014 ................................................................................3-119 170. Riverton Water Supply ..................................................................................................3-120 171. Rock River Transmission Line Replacement....................................................................3-121 172. Rock River Water Master Plan .........................................................................................3-121 173. Rolling Hills Groundwater Supply................................................................................3-122 174. Rolling Hills Water Supply...............................................................................................3-122 175. Savery Creek Diversions Phase II.....................................................................................3-123 176. Savery-Little Snake Battle Creek Diversions ...................................................................3-124 177. Shell Valley Storage-Leavitt Reservoir Expansion ..........................................................3-124 178. Shell Water Master Plan ...................................................................................................3-124 179. Sheridan 4MG WTP Tank ................................................................................................3-125 180. Sheridan Leopard Street Pipeline......................................................................................3-126 181. Sheridan Supplemental Storage Level III .........................................................................3-126 182. Shoshone Irrigation District Rehabilitation 2015 .............................................................3-128 183. Shoshone Irrigation District Rehabilitation 2017 ........................................................3-128 184. Shoshone Transmission Pipeline 2016 .............................................................................3-129 185. Sidon Irrigation District Rehabilitation 2014 ...................................................................3-129 186. Sidon Irrigation District Rehabilitation 2016 ...................................................................3-130

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