The Wind River Irrigation Rehab Project began in 2007 to address the deferred maintenance needs of the project.
The Wind River Water Resource Control Board and the Office of the Tribal Water Engineer appreciates this opportunity to give an up-date on water related issues on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Wind River Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
The Wind River Water Resource Control Board and the Office of the Tribal Water Engineer, on behalf of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes received funding from the State of Wyoming thru the Wyoming Water Development Commission as follows:
Phase I - 2004 - $3.5M 50:50 matching grant ($3.72M Federal matching funds)
Phase II - 2015 - $1.48M 67:33 matching grant ($7.3K Federal matching funds)
Phase III - 2018 - $9.3K 50:50 matching grant ($9.3K Federal matching funds)
During Phase I the following rehabilitation project structures were completed:
Coolidge – Trout Creek Diversion Structure
Johnstown Diversion Structure
Lefthand Ditch Diversion and Waste Way Structures
Ray Canal – Mill Creek Crossing Structure
Ray Canal Diversion Structure
Coolidge Canal Diversion Structure
Ray Canal Fish Screen Structure
Structures: 39-C, 11-C, 59-C, and 14-B
North Fork Chute
Willow Creek Diversion Structure
Meadow Creek Diversion Structure
Sub-agency Diversion Structure
Total cost of the rehabilitation of these structures: $7,713,694
It should be noted that the rehabilitation project has provided an economic boost to Fremont County, the State of Wyoming and the Wind River Indian Reservation to the order of $10,033,885. State and local contractors and sub-contractors have been utilized primarily during the construction projects. These contractors include:
Inberg-Miller Engineers (Riverton)
Lowham Walsh LLC (Lander)
Dowl HKM (Lander)
High Country Construction (Lander)
71 Construction (Riverton)
HDR Engineering, Inc. (Lander)
Reiman Corp. (Cheyenne)
JR Civil, LLC (Sheridan)
Sage Civil Engineering (Cody)
LCI Trucking and Construction, LLC (Pavillion)
Phase I and Phase II of the Irrigation Rehab Project have barely scratched the surface of the overall needs of the Wind River Irrigation Project. The deferred maintenance of the Wind River Irrigation Project has been estimated to be in the $90M range.
Phase III of the Wind River Irrigation Rehabilitation Project is current in the design and bid phase for:
Ray Canal Later 37 C and 10C Projects
Sub-agency Canal Lateral 41A-3 and Maximo 84840 Projects
Coolidge Canal Station 460 and Lateral 14B-44 Projects
It is hoped that these projects will go to construction during the fall and winter of 2019-20.