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Show Advance Planning Preconstruction activities during the year included extensive geological studies and field surveys of Ruedi Dam and Reservoir site, and initiation of field surveys and collection studies on the headwaters of the Fryingpan River on the West Slope of the Continental Divide in the vicinity of the West Portal of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Divide Tunnel. Negotiations for aerial mapping contracts for several feature sites on the East Slope of the Continental Divide were under way at the end of the year. 2. NEW MEXICO a. Hammond Project Hammond Project is located in northwestern New Mexico along the south bank of the San Juan River opposite the towns of Blanco, Bloomfield, and Farmington. The project will provide irrigation water for 3,900 acres, of which 3,180 acres are not now irrigated. The remaining 720 acres are now irrigated by pumping water from the San Juan River. The pumps will not be used to deliver project water. The new lands will be divided into 20 to 30 full-time, family-sized farms. The project works consist of the Hammond Diversion Dam on the San Juan River, the main gravity canal, a hydraulic-turbine driven pumping plant, three main laterals, distribution laterals, and a drainage system. Construction Activities The Hammond Diversion Dam, pumping plant, main gravity canals, main laterals, and distribution system have been completed. Construction of drainage facilities has been deferred until the need for them develops. The project, operated and maintained by the Bureau of Reclamation through the 1963 irrigation season, supplied water to project lands on a rental basis. b. Navajo Indian Irrigation Project The Navajo Indian Irrigation project will be in Northwestern New Mexico along the south side of the San Juan River in the Farmington-Shiprock area on the Navajo Indian Reservation. It involves the development of 110,630 acres that will provide farms for 1,120 Indian families. Related service activities will support at least 2,240 additional families, thus raising the standard of living for more than 16,000 of our Navajo citizens. 60 |