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<blockquote data-quote="lunkerslayer" data-source="post: 261787" data-attributes="member: 217"><p>Yes Dean is correct that if you want to find out how all you have to do is search for it </p><p><a href="https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=457" target="_blank">https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=457</a></p><p>[ATTACH]35595[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]35596[/ATTACH]</p><p>The plan was to allow farmers to drain the thousands of small wetlands north of devils lake back in the 60s to make more suitable farmland. When you drain pot holes you also drain the water table which helps to prevent alkali spots. The channel A was supposed to help with getting rid of the high salinity levels in the water runoffs from the spring that deposits all that salt into the devils lake basin. If you look at all the old photos of lake Alice it was riddled with holding ponds for irrigation. Lake Irvine was was actually irrigated with pumps from the lake alice holding ponds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lunkerslayer, post: 261787, member: 217"] Yes Dean is correct that if you want to find out how all you have to do is search for it [url]https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=457[/url] [ATTACH=CONFIG]35595._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]35596._xfImport[/ATTACH] The plan was to allow farmers to drain the thousands of small wetlands north of devils lake back in the 60s to make more suitable farmland. When you drain pot holes you also drain the water table which helps to prevent alkali spots. The channel A was supposed to help with getting rid of the high salinity levels in the water runoffs from the spring that deposits all that salt into the devils lake basin. If you look at all the old photos of lake Alice it was riddled with holding ponds for irrigation. Lake Irvine was was actually irrigated with pumps from the lake alice holding ponds. [/QUOTE]
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