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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES
Table 8-29 Evaluated Short List: Wind/Bighorn River Basin
Project Type Need
Water
Availability
Financial
Feasibility
Project Evaluation Criteria
Public
Acceptance
No. of
Sponsors/
Beneficiaries
Legal/
Institutional
Environmental/
Recreation
Benefits
Weighting 8 7 7 6 6 5 7
Municipal
Groundwater Development
TOTAL
SCORE Framework
(AVG) 1 Total Score 2
Madison Aquifer (Lander) 6 7 6 7 10 5 5 6.6 301
Madison Aquifer (Southern Bighorn Basin) 5 7 8 8 10 7 5 7.1 323
Distribution/Storage Opportunities
Big Horn Regional Joint Powers Board 4 7 8 8 10 7 5 7.0 315
Town of Tensleep Regionalization 8 8 6 5 6 7 5 6.4 298
Conjunctive Use
Recharge of Alluvial System Along Upper Wind River 7 8 5 5 4 4 7 5.7 270
Water Conservation
Leak Detection Program 7 8 5 5 5 9 5 6.3 287
Reclaimed Water for Irrigation 6 7 3 4 5 5 5 5.0 232
Agricultural
New Source (none)
Storage Opportunities
Bull Lake Dam Enlargement - 48,000 AF (Bighorn) 5 7.3 10 3 10 3 6 6.3 296
Dinwoody Lake Enlargement - 82,580 AF (Bighorn) 5.5 4.3 9.7 3 10 3 6 6.0 277
Steamboat - 36,000 AF (Bighorn) 5 8.5 9.9 3 10 3 6 6.5 304
Wind River East Fork No. 1 - 103,000 AF 5.9 1.9 9.2 3 10 3 6 5.6 260
Little Wind River North Fork No. 3 9.1 4.7 8.4 3 0 3 6 4.9 240
Ray Lake Enlargement - 41,650 AF (Little Wind) 9.1 2.1 8.4 5 10 6 7 6.8 315
Moraine Creek No. 1 - 1,150 AF (Shell Cr) 5 10 8.4 5 0 6 7 5.9 278
Pumpkin Draw - 2,000 AF (Owl Cr) 5 10 8.4 5 4.7 6 7 6.6 306
Lake Creek - 5,100 AF (Clarks Fork) 0 5.3 8.4 5 0 6 7 4.5 205
Distribution
Popo Agie River Master Plan 7 5 8 7 7 6 7 6.7 310
Kirby Creek Master Plan 7 5 5 7 5 7 8 6.3 289
New Lands
Westside Irrigation Project 8 6 6 7 9 5 5 6.6 304
Riverton East 8 5 6 7 9 5 5 6.4 297
Water Conservation
Line Ditches to Reduce Seepage Loss 8 8 5 8 5 5 4 6.1 286
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