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l N C> rtl, w..,q,-e.-. -1.-a- ~•ty ~ THE 1936 No. 4 -- 1250 .... ~r lf WORKS r '7 l?ROGR.A.M Works Progress Administra t i on For Release in Morning Newspape rs Friday, July 24, 1936. WPA Makes Swift Advance in History of Water Conse rva tion in Drought Ar eas. Swift advMce in the development of water conservation was indica t e d today in r eports from the Dakotas , h eart of the Central Wes t drought ar ea , to Deputy Works Progr e ss .Administra tor ,Aubrey Willillffis and .Assistant .Administrator Howard o. Hunter in char ge c.,f drought operations. In thr 0e days North l:akot a has a dded 40 water conserva tion proj e cts to its list of tho se r eady to st nrt operatio ns , Thomas H. Moodi e , St a t e Administr a tor r eported, making t he tot 'l.l no w 127. During the s :::-.me period South Dakota hn,s i ncrv,se d its water conservation and supply program from 162 projects to 209 , in cluding mor e than 40 small oper a tions to provide water for both huma n and live stock needs in village s and rur a l ar en s which were without funds v1hen community we lls r ru1 dry. Two hundred of these sr1all projects will b e started by the Works Progre cs .A.dmin istr rction in South Dako t a by the e nd of the week , a ccording to M. A. Kennedy, St a t e .Aaministr,ctor. The majority of conserva ti on dnm s i n South Dr..kot a , Mr. Kennedy said, ar e designed to provide a r eservoir or nrtifi cial l nke covering an ave rnge of 10 to 20 acres, although the h,rge st of this 'type, in Lawr ence County~ will store water in a Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY No. 4 -- 1250 - 2 - 300-acre area. He estimated the total cost of the wat er conservation progrr:un in this drought-stricken state at $1,500,000. Approximately 1 2,500 f a rme rs have b een employed by the Works Pro gress Administration to da te in the de vast ate d a r eas of South Dakota. North Dakota exp ects to provide at l e::>,st one drim in eve ry township of the drought counties b e fore it completes its program, Administrator Moodie s a id. This St a t e is now providing jobs for 12,000 drought victims. Alt hough, as in South Dakot a , most of the w11,ter cons e rvrttion proj ects of North DPkot a ar e small, the Epp ing Drun in Williams County, is one of the l ar ges t clay core dams in the world. This deu1n, begun b efor e the present emer gency, is now nE: aring ~ompletion~ It will crente a lake mor e th~ 12 mil es long and r each ing a width of two miles. Water alre n,dy is being stored by the structure and a limit ed amount is avail able for irrigat ion. 11 This proj ect alone will pro ve of the utmost s ervice to a great live-stock area, 11 Mr. Moodi e s a id. - - - 0 - - - Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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