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The Egin Lakes are ponds located near a Bureau of Land Management recreational site at the end of the Recharge Canal in southwestern Fremont County, approximately 11 miles west of the town of St. Anthony. A canal extends west of Egin Lakes approximately two more miles to a series of ephemeral ponds referred to in this report as the "West Recharge Area." Tibbitts Lake is located approximately one mile south of the West Recharge Area. Davis Lake is east of Egin Lakes near the confluence of the Last Chance Canal and the Recharge Canal. The subject area for the 2008 Recharge Experiment and the associated Monitoring Project includes all these locations, and in this report the collective area will be referred to as the "Egin Lakes area." Between October and December 2008 Fremont-Madison Irrigation District (FMID) diverted storage water from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River through the St. Anthony, Last Chance and Recharge Canals to the Egin Lakes for a lateseason recharge project. In this pilot project, approximately 4,860 acre-feet were recharged at Egin Lakes, the West Recharge Area, Tibbitts Lake, and the canals solely devoted to the recharge experiment. During the period of the experiment, additional water entered the aquifer in association with canal leakage from diversions for stockwater rights via the St. Anthony and Last Chance Canals. The Idaho Water Resource Board (IWRB) provided funding to compensate FMID for the cost of the storage water and related maintenance and operation costs of the project. In February 2009, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) and the Eastern Idaho Water Rights Coalition (EIWRC) to provide funding for the University of Idaho, acting through the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute (IWRRI) to provide technical assistance for conducting and evaluating recharge monitoring through spring 2009. It is likely this monitoring will continue either through a renewed agreement with IWRRI or involvement of IDWR personnel.

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Title:
Monitoring of Egin, Idaho Recharge Experiment. IWRRI Technical completion report 200901
Authors:
Contor, Bryce A.; Taylor, Stacey L.; Quinn, G.W. (Bill)
Date Created (ISO Standard):
2009-06
Description:
The Egin Lakes are ponds located near a Bureau of Land Management recreational site at the end of the Recharge Canal in southwestern Fremont County, approximately 11 miles west of the town of St. Anthony. A canal extends west of Egin Lakes approximately two more miles to a series of ephemeral ponds referred to in this report as the "West Recharge Area." Tibbitts Lake is located approximately one mile south of the West Recharge Area. Davis Lake is east of Egin Lakes near the confluence of the Last Chance Canal and the Recharge Canal. The subject area for the 2008 Recharge Experiment and the associated Monitoring Project includes all these locations, and in this report the collective area will be referred to as the "Egin Lakes area." Between October and December 2008 Fremont-Madison Irrigation District (FMID) diverted storage water from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River through the St. Anthony, Last Chance and Recharge Canals to the Egin Lakes for a lateseason recharge project. In this pilot project, approximately 4,860 acre-feet were recharged at Egin Lakes, the West Recharge Area, Tibbitts Lake, and the canals solely devoted to the recharge experiment. During the period of the experiment, additional water entered the aquifer in association with canal leakage from diversions for stockwater rights via the St. Anthony and Last Chance Canals. The Idaho Water Resource Board (IWRB) provided funding to compensate FMID for the cost of the storage water and related maintenance and operation costs of the project. In February 2009, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) and the Eastern Idaho Water Rights Coalition (EIWRC) to provide funding for the University of Idaho, acting through the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute (IWRRI) to provide technical assistance for conducting and evaluating recharge monitoring through spring 2009. It is likely this monitoring will continue either through a renewed agreement with IWRRI or involvement of IDWR personnel.
Subjects:
Aquifers Aquifer testing Groundwater recharge
Location:
Egin; Henrys Fork; Southeastern Idaho
Latitude:
43.94
Longitude:
-111.84
Collection:
Boise Basin
IWRRI number:
200901
Rights:
Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Publisher:
Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
KIT

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"Monitoring of Egin, Idaho Recharge Experiment. IWRRI Technical completion report 200901", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-200901.html
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Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
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