2026 Stewart Lake Water Delivery - Deliver up to 1, 000 acre-feet of water to St

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Background The Bureau of Reclamation is issuing a sole source contract for the delivery of water to the Stewart Lake Waterfowl Management Area. This initiative aims to flush the lake due to elevated selenium levels caused by Mancos shale formations in the Jensen Unit area. The project is supported by Public Law 102-250, which authorized the construction of a pipeline to serve the area during drought conditions, and Public Law 104-20, which allows funding for salinity control projects within the Colorado River Basin. Work Details The contractor will deliver up to 1,000 acre-feet of water from Red Fleet Reservoir to Stewart Lake WMA. Burns Bench Irrigation Co. is identified as the only source capable of providing this water through existing infrastructure. Alternative methods, such as trucking water, are deemed impractical due to the required volume (over 65,000 truckloads per season or approximately 175 per day) and the inability to maintain a continuous flow rate necessary for effective flushing. Place of Performance Stewart Lake Waterfowl Management Area, Jensen, Uintah County, Utah.