2017 Legislative Report Wyoming Water Development Program
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2017 LEGISLATIVE REPORT Tie Hack Dam in Johnson County WYOMING WATER DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 2017 LEGISLATIVE REPORT WYOMING WATER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Wyoming Water Development Commission (029) http://wwdc.state.wy.us (307) 777-7626 6920 Yellowtail Road Cheyenne, Wyoming January 2017 Wyoming Water Development Commission, Staff and Advisors Commissioners Sheridan Little, Chairman Water Division II Nick Bettas, Vice Chairman Water Division IV Todd L. Werbelow, Secretary Water Division III Karen Budd-Falen Member-at-Large Floyd Canfield Water Division II David Evans Water Division I Clinton W. Glick Wind River Indian Reservation William B. Resor Water Division IV Jeanette Sekan Water Division III Rodney K. Wagner Water Division I Staff Harry C. LaBonde, Jr. Director Barry Lawrence Administrator - Planning Bryan Clerkin Administrator - Construction Jason Mead Administrator - Dams and Reservoirs Jodee Pring Supervisor - River Basin Planning Andrea Odell Administration/Fiscal Officer Dale Anderson Project Manager Janet Belmonte Accountant Kevin Boyce Project Manager Bill Brewer Project Manager Keith Brookshire Project Manager Nancy Casner Office Support Specialist Jeni Cederle Project Manager Keith Clarey Project Manager Peter Gill Project Manager Keenan Hendon Project Manager Andrew Linch Project Manager Ken Mitchell Project Manager Dave Myer Project Manager Jodie Pavlica Project Manager Tony Rutherford Project Manager Brian Smith High Savery Dam Facility Manager Katie Talbott Outreach Coordinator Chace Tavelli Project Manager Wade Verplancke Project Manager Advisors Abigail Boudewyns Attorney General's Office Pat Tyrrell State Engineer Greg Kerr University of Wyoming Shawn Reese 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 i 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