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8.0 OPPORTUNITIES
Table 8-30 Framework Scoring Matrix, Wind/Bighorn River Basin
Storage
Irrigated
Lands
Project ac-ft acres
Project
Yield
2007
Project
Cost
Storage
Cost
Sponsor
Cost per
Acre*
Sponsor
Cost per
Acre-Foot*
ac-ft per
year $M $ per ac-ft $ per acre $ per ac-ft Comments
Steamboat Off-Channel Reservoir 44,800 138,863 40,000 56.7 1,266 10 35 Tribal lands; estimated yield
Bull Lake Enlargement 48,300 138,863 30,000 42.7 884 8 35 Tribal and USBR lands; estimated yield
Ray Lake Enlargement 27,000 13,691 11,000 53.5 1,981 96 119
Dinwoody Lake Enlargement 39,300 138,863 25,000 40.4 1,028 7 40 Estimated yield
Tribal lands; resevoir includes 10,000 AF
recreation pool; supply limitations
North Fork Little Wind River No. 3
Reservoir 38,600 45,536 25,000 88.3 2,288 48 87 Tribal lands; estimated yield
Wind River East Fork No. 1 Reservoir 70,600 NA 12,000 94.4 1,338 NA 193 Tribal lands; estimated yield
Neff Park - Sawmill Creek 6,440 NA 4,000 13.5 2,096 NA 83
Middle Popo Agie drainage; located on
USFS lands; estimated yield
* Assumed WWDC Standard Funding Package of two-thirds grant and one-third loan at four percent interest rate.
Table 8-31 Framework Selection Scoring, Non-Monetary Factors, Wind/Bighorn River Basin
Project Need
Water
Availability
Ability to
Meet Need
Multiple Use
Potential
Geotech
Feasibility
Land
Ownership
Cultural
Resources
Environ.
Impacts
Ability to
Permit Cost
Weight: 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 Total
Steamboat Off-
Channel Reservoir 10 10 10 6 8 6 6 10 9 8 1,200
Bull Lake
Enlargement 10 8 10 6 8 4 4 8 9 8 1,100
Ray Lake
Enlargement 10 5 8 8 8 4 8 8 10 4 1,050
Dinwoody Lake
Enlargement 10 8 10 6 6 4 0 8 8 8 1,020
North Fork Little
Wind River No. 3
Reservoir 10 7 8 6 6 6 5 8 8 4 980
Wind River East
Fork No. 1
Reservoir 10 5 10 6 7 0 5 4 2 2 690
Neff Park - Sawmill
Creek 10 6 4 10 NA 2 NA NA NA 4 NA
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