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WWDC extends Alkali Creek design timeline and approves $1.575 million design supplement request
Summary
The commission approved a time extension for TriHydro’s Alkali Creek Reservoir design contract and authorized a request for roughly $1.575 million in additional design funds to address easement‑driven mitigation concepts and scope changes; commissioners debated escalating costs and landowner negotiations.
The Wyoming Water Development Commission approved a time extension for the TriHydro design contract on the Alkali Creek Reservoir project and authorized staff to seek a planning‑phase (level‑2 phase‑3) supplement of about $1,575,000 to finish detailed design of mitigation measures raised by landowner negotiations.
Director Mead outlined an integrated watershed approach adopted after meetings with landowners in Hyattville. That approach expands preconstruction design work to include ditch‑to‑pipe conversions, potential center‑pivot irrigation changes, livestock water improvements on adjacent BLM allotments and other easement‑based…
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