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Week Ending July 13, 2006

H.R.1337 To provide for a feasibility study of alternatives to augment the water supplies of the Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District and cities served by the District.

Thunderbird Lake on central Oklahoma’s Little River was built in 1965 for flood control, water supply, recreation and fish and wildlife purposes. The Lake yields water to Okalahoma’s master conservatory district and is then sent to municipal and industrial water supplies in Norman, Midwest City and Del City.

Predicted growth indicates a need for more wells, a seasonal plan for distribution of water, a new storage for overflow and importing water from sources outside Thunderbird Lake. This bill authorizes a study of the feasibility of alternatives to augment the water supplies for the master conservancy.

Sponsor:  Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK-4^th)

Vote: the bill was not passed by a vote of 208 to 211 RC 616

Cost to the taxpayers: $300,000

Earmark Certification:   Not applicable to this bill.

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Findings- Congress finds that--

(1) Thunderbird Lake, located on Little River in central Oklahoma, was constructed in 1965 by the Bureau of Reclamation for flood control, water supply, recreation, and fish and wildlife purposes;

(2) the available yield of Thunderbird Lake is allocated to the Central Oklahoma Master Conservatory District, which supplies municipal and industrial water supplies to the cities of Norman, Midwest City, and Del City, Oklahoma; and

(3) studies conducted by the Bureau during fiscal year 2003 indicate that the District will require additional water supplies to meet the future needs of the District, including through--

(A) the drilling of additional wells;

(B) the implementation of a seasonal pool plan at Thunderbird Lake;

(C) the construction of terminal storage to hold wet-weather yield from Thunderbird Lake;

(D) a reallocation of water storage; and

(E) the importation of surplus water from sources outside the basin of Thunderbird Lake.

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