WSP08564

• File Number: 8147
• Description: Gunnison-Arkansas Project
• State: CO
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 2/27/1951
• Author: CWCB
• Title: Report of Policy and Review Committee with Proposed Principles of Operation
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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J. A copy of the above referrec1 to letter from the Jirector of
R.egion 7 to the Direct0r "f the Colorado Department of Game and Fish

4. COpj' of the January ~3. 1951. l.r,,+,,"r to you from the Acting
Commissioner of Reclamation

.Th," enclosed dr'-lft of Opera tine I riJ1Ci ;>18S has been careful:!)' cloecked '-/i th
::e[;ion 7 of tr.e Bureau of, Reclacation. I a'l advised th:lt upon the formal
approval of the modified Operatine lr~nc~plcs by the Colorado Water Conservation
Board, the Bureau of Heclamati.Jn Trill expedite the submission of its report on
the F~!in:pan~~rl~ansas Project.

Very tr'J.ly yours,

Jean 5. Rreitenstein
Chaiman of Dra~ti"E Commit,'oee

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cc - C. J. Beise
Frank Delaney
Cleland N. Feast
Avery A. Batson
J. R. Riter
Harold Christy

OP:ldTli~G ml;:CIFL~S

Tl18 construction and oper2tion of t:le project involve the diversion
01' water from the ~.1eadwaters of the -"ryinc:,an J.iver a!ld other tributaries of
the Roaring Fork Hiver to tile Arkansas Jiv8r 0asin. The project contemplates

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(a) 711e r,axiwUI'! conserv,~.tion -:.l1d use of tOle diverted Y/aters;

(b) T,le ,'rotection ai' :'Jestern Colorac1o ,'.'ater uses, both existing
and potent.ial, in accordm ce ,'ri th t:18 declared policy of the State of
Colorado; and

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(c) T"e preservation of recre:1tional values.

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