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<br />18 <br /> <br />370 SRUEDI DAM AND <br /> <br />HESER\'OIR, COLO. <br /> <br />Authoritv to Il1l1ke t.his report and supporting investig-atiolls is ~)ro- <br />vided in the Fedenlll'ech\lllation laws (:lct. of .Tune 17, 1902, :32 .::stat. <br />388! and acts aJllendatol'Y thereuf or stlpplemeJ1t,tjl'Y thereto). <br /> <br />l'URl'nSE ()F ImpORT <br /> <br />This report is lilllitecl to nnalyse!'; of Rnedi Dam ll.lId Reservoir :u~d <br />appraisal of potential western slope lIses of w;lte~' from the 1:e..~e!'volI'. <br />It is not. within the scope of t.he r~pol't t? l'eeXalllllle the feaslhl,hty of <br />the Fl'yillgpan-Al'kullSaS JJI'o]ect. ]It the light of ClllT~nt tost estlTllat~s, <br />present policies 11llcl proce.Lllll'es. HlId _,the latest av.nI1nbl~ hyclrologlc, <br />engineel'lIlg, and econOI1lH.': dat.a. ~uch evaluat.lOIl wIll be made <br />se.pamtely. ,.. . ,.. ' <br />Because of lUTIlt,atlOlls of t.une. and 1Il\"estlgnt1on funcis, t.he st.w.:hes <br />and estimates llllderJyillg the report.. are of reCOn!lllisstl1~~e 7r.H1e; <br />Should Lhe Fryillgpall-Arkansas project be Huthol'lzed wIth Ruedl <br />Dam and Reseryoir as an integral featl1re~ it will be necessar:y to pro- <br />gram and conduct. furt.her studies of all potential uses to det'(~l'l1Iille <br />the 1I10SL benctici,ll HIle} desi~'.'lble operating plnll fur t.}l€,. T"f'seryoir. <br /> <br />.\CKNOWLEI>GE~n;NTS <br /> <br />ThrOlwh t,he- Colorndo 'Vllter Conservation Board, t.h€', Stute of <br />Colorad;llas contributed funds for investigations required for this <br />report a.ncl for the reexaminat.ion of t.he Fryingpan-Arkansas project, <br />the r-esults of wJlidl will be presented to committees of Congress next <br />year. Responsible field offices of the Corps of Engineers, Department <br />of the Army, and the National Park SelTice and Fish and 'Vildlife <br />Servire, hot.h of the Depart.ment. of t.he Interior, have conducted re- <br />connaissance in the fields of flood control, reereation. and fish a.nd <br />wildlife, respectively. The Forest Service, Department of Agricul- <br />ture, was consulted by the National Park Service on recreation aspec.ts <br />of (,he Ruedi Dam and Rescr,oir. The Colorado Department of <br />Game a,nd Fish has collaborated with t,he Fish and Wildlife Service <br />in studies for this report. <br />The. Col.orudo 'Vater Conser\"fition District has prel~ared materia I <br />on lrngatlOn of the potentIal Basalt project (CaW" Creek Ulllt and <br />part of Mount Sopris unit both of the Fellern! Cliffs-Di,ide project). <br />The Burea.u of Reclamation has not had the funds and time to review <br />01' evalaate this material on the Basalt project. <br />RegIOn 4 of the Bureau of Reclamation in Salt Lake City aud its <br />project, office in Grand .function, ColD" ha\~e re\'iewe.d and SlII'ill1l1u'.ized <br />the mlmicipal and industrial water studies of the St,ate of Colorado <br />and have prepared seetions of this report on alternative uses of wat.er <br />for irrigation. <br />HI~TORY ..\ND HACKGROUND <br /> <br />During the. original feasibi1it~ investigations of t.he Fl'ying'}Jan- <br />~rka.~lsas pro)eet the. Colorado "Water Conservat.ion Boa.rd organized <br />a polIcy and :review committee to study and review plans anti reports <br />OIl the project.. On .JllllUUTY 19, 19!H, t.he committee completed 11 rec- <br />ommende.cl d,'nft of pl'o.ied-operating principles whidl was incor- <br />porated III Honse Document No. 187. Those princ.iples reA~cterl <br />