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Will PUMP” ' WATER ON LARGE * ‘ OKANOGANTRACT.Vf.OOO ACRES TO HE( El\ E MOIS-TI RE I ROM PI. \\T I II \T M il.! LIFT 2.1.000 (i A 1.1.0 NS PER I MIMTE 170 FEET.Tn order to provide a d«u» n• la 1Ilt;1 v atrr supply against tin* threatened ; dry season this year the land ownersunder the government project :n th • Okanotran Vallc an preparing to 1 stall one of the most powerful pump-j intr plants ever used foi* irrigation , purposes.Tt is proposed to lift sufficient wa or out of the Okanogan river to ii ligate 5300 acres of land now in bear mg orchards in the vicinity of Omak. This water will have tlt; he lifted *o. the total height of ITT! feet and pumps havinsr a capacity of 25.01 ingallons per minute will he requiredfor the work.So far as is known this is the biggest pumping plant installation fV • irrigation purposes in the history ofthis ronntrv.•The unusually dry winter following the same condition which prevailed last year has reduced the prohabh water sup]ly for the Okanogan protect far helow the minimum requirements. Even with the most copious spring rains there is Ftth* hop.- that the new reservoir could lie fill, d ir. time for this year.John S. Peterson. A. TT. McTVnnott and P. F. Hendrick of Oniak. representing the water users of tin- projee were in Wenatchee last we. k to c-»n-'idt with engineer P. C. Th nnv of Portland, one or the leading author -ties on irrigation and pumping plants with the 1 nited Stat* s TT-clamat ionService.The question of financing the pron osition is being considered and it i.~ expected that a plan will he worked out so that the contract may !.■ ’lt;•* within a very shoi*t time.Manufacturers of engimv andpumps have looked over the propoA‘ion and pronounce it Vasilde. :n fa '.they are willing to guarantee to d.1;\or the water required.
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Leavenworth Echo
Leavenworth, Washington, US
Fri, Feb 27, 1920
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