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St. Ignatius Post
Saint Ignatius, Lake County, Montana
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Flathead and Mission Irrigation District Boards set 1954 water quota at 1.2 acre-feet per acre due to low reservoir storage; no non-quota water available, per Decker.
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At a meeting of the Flathead Irrigation District Board, June 4, and a meeting of the Mission Irrigation District Board June 5, the water quota was set at 1.2 acre-feet per acre for single duty lands for the 1954 irrigation season.
As near as can be ascertained, from water content in the snow pack, precipitation, storage data, and quantities of water available from pumping facilities, this is the amount that can be delivered and water users should apply their deliveries accordingly.
It is expected that no non-quota water will be available because of the small storage in project reservoirs caused by the heavy demand to date for irrigation water. Storage in project reservoirs which supply lands of the Mission Valley is 27,230 acre feet as compared to 46,103 acre feet as of the same date in 1953. Useable capacity of these reservoirs is 86,990 acre feet.
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Flathead Irrigation District And Mission Irrigation District
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June 4 And 5, 1954
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water quota set at 1.2 acre-feet per acre for single duty lands; no non-quota water available; storage in project reservoirs at 27,230 acre feet compared to 46,103 in 1953, with usable capacity of 86,990 acre feet
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At meetings of the Flathead Irrigation District Board on June 4 and the Mission Irrigation District Board on June 5, the water quota was set at 1.2 acre-feet per acre for single duty lands for the 1954 irrigation season, based on snow pack, precipitation, storage data, and pumping facilities. No non-quota water expected due to small storage in project reservoirs supplying Mission Valley lands.