| Table 1. | |
| WATER STORAGE PROJECT SUMMARY GOVERNOR’S REPORT 1999 |
Full Report |
|
Name/Use |
County/Owner |
Background |
Plan |
Cost** |
Status |
Complete |
|
Tongue River Dam Rehabilitation |
Big Horn State-owned |
Built 1937-39; damage 1978, |
Increase cap.; new spillways, |
$16.5MSt. $32MFed. |
Last phase 70% complete |
April, 1999 |
|
Deadman’s Basin Water Quality Improvement Project |
Wheatland/Golden Valley/DBWUA* |
Built 1934-40 Sedimentation Careless Creek |
Re-routing of stored water |
$500K RRGL 1999 Leg. |
Nearly complete Last Phase remains |
December, 2000 |
|
North Fork Smith River Dam Rehabilitation |
Meagher State-owned |
Built 1936 Unsafe 1980 |
Rehab. pend new spill std. |
$1.04M authzd. |
Draft design complete Hold |
N/A |
|
East Fork of Rock Creek Dam Repair and Rehabilitation |
Granite State-owned |
Built 1930 Sinkhole 6/96 Unsafe |
Emer. rpr. outlet wrk. dam toe berm |
$1.9M |
Complete |
June, 1997 |
|
Tin Cup Lake Dam Repair and Rehabilitation |
Ravalli Tin Cup County Water Dist. |
Built 1906 Unsafe 1980 New leak, 1998 |
Dam core; Spillway repair |
$423K RRGL 1999 Leg. |
storage restriction |
1997 outlet rpr. 1998 leak rpr. rehab. pending funding |
|
Willow Creek Dam Repair |
Lewis and Clark U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
Built 1911 Mod. 1917,’41 Sinkholes ’96 |
embnkmnt, oulet repair found. grout |
$1.9M |
Complete |
October, 1997 |
|
Fred Burr Lake Dam Rehabilitation |
Granite / Town of Philipsburg |
1997 seepage increase |
Outlt replcd. Spllwy recon |
$284K |
Complete |
October, 1998 |
|
Storm Lake Dam Rehabilitation |
Deer Lodge/Cnty Butte/Slvr. Bow |
Built 1898 Rehab. needed |
Spllwy, valves |
N/A |
Complete |
October, 1998 |
|
Silver Lake Dams Rehabilitation |
DeerLodge / Cnty. Butte/Slvr. Bow |
Built 1902 Rehab. needed |
Spllwy, seep. control |
N/A |
Complete |
August, 1997 |
|
Isaacs Creek Dam Repair |
Missoula / private |
Unsafe, irrig. stock, fishry. |
Outlet pipe replcment. |
$50K |
Complete, Safety complies |
Spring, 1997 |
|
Northern Pacific Reservoir Dam Rehabilitation |
Jefferson / ASARCO |
Unsafe, High hazard |
Rehab.Tent. By yr. 2000 |
N/A |
Storage restrcition |
Unknown |
|
Big Sky County Wastewater Storage Pond Dam Rehab. |
Gallatin / Big Sky Water and Sewer District |
High Hazard Ponds leaking |
New Ponds built |
N/A |
Complete |
November, 1997 |
|
Wallace Creek Dam Removal |
Missoula / private Irrig., stock water |
Built 1922 High Hazard |
Removal |
N/A |
Complete |
Summer, 1997 |
|
Bair Dam Rehabilitation Analysis |
Meagher / State-owned |
High Hazard, Spllwy. Unsafe |
Rehab./ Dev. Eng. Specs. |
$250K 1999 Leg. |
Storage restricition ‘97 |
Fund Request 1999 Legislature |
|
Nevada Creek Dam Rehabilitation Analysis |
Powell / State-owned |
High Hazard, Spllwy. Unsafe |
Rehab./ Dev. Eng. Specs. |
$300K 1999 Leg. |
Leakage spllwy. unsafe |
Fund Request 1999 Legislature |
|
Big Lake Creek Reservoir Study |
Beaverhead / N/A |
Big HoleWshed Comm. Study |
Drilling, Geo-Tech |
$73K to drill, rpt |
Pending funding |
N/A |
|
Ruby Creek Water Storage Study |
Beaverhead / N/A |
Wat. avail. stdy 1994-‘97 |
N/A |
Est’96@ $1.2M |
Inactive |
N/A |
* Deadman’s Basin Water Users Association
** Cost estimates are rounded up; funding typically from variety of sources-see project summaries
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