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<br />I . exam:triedthe pro~osals for v~s al~ nate re6e:rvoi.:" '.
<br />To be etfective these alternates I/111r;top;-ovide' approximately the same
<br />storage of water and l!ll\st!wa::rt;.e, a ,litUe'w~ter as possible. The latter
<br />is extremely importantf9rthe aV ilablew!l-ter for consumptive uses in
<br />the Upper Colorado Ri,yer '?a!iin.is ,tar le!1s.than will be needed. ;['01." the
<br />full econoiDyo;['thisrt\gion.,
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<br />. , , ' . ,Iba ve baeIl' ;[,urnished w th infol'1Ua tio:J.o."'l the W.ejV' .~Qap J Dewey,
<br />Desolation dam sitesp and have cO\1sidered thepossibUity o;f'lncreasing
<br />tile height of the proposel! Glen C~nyon Dam,;;r.'am'.P~rt:;!,'i,tilarlY ~ressed.
<br />with the showing that any of thelle aHernate dam and reservoir sites
<br />would result in a net loss of wat~r ;['rolllevapQrat~:ont;J7,!m a:ppr,l?,~l1IS-tely
<br />100,000 to 200,000 acre feet per rear. Even the lower figure 'is . enough
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<br />"'placed at any cos'\; and the ultimafe ,regional. eCQnolW Yfould,lIave, t() be
<br />I'edut;edaceordi:ngly.., :"j',i ' ' '.,"" ""
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<br />" There has beel]. some qy~t:l:on as', to tl).e accuracy 0;[' t,he esti-
<br />mates of evapo~'ation anI! the appl cation o:!. 'vhe ,fomulall,; USfild 'AO compute
<br />i 'l.os,ses.. I l?ve r~:viewed ~bis ma~ el;' and, while there '!/llll.,be some error
<br />, dUEj! to a shortage of elf;pe~1mentll. cl.eta,_ I am conv;;\.nlled tfu\-y the Clllcu.1.a-
<br />, P.,.: t~ons are' rea,sonable and any erX'9,' tbat existe is eq1f!l-lly appJ;1cable to
<br />~liecalculationstQI'a:L1. ;res,emroiws" . The;re!;O:re,' thlOerror, i~Ilet di1'-
<br />,; .farenees in c\l1.ciUl,a1;edlO/ilSllsbet,lVeenany,;l;woreservoir;3 m~.t1:ltl"llmall.
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<br />:,ifanyone 6~ ,the ,alternate site,w.ere selected,i~hile this.is a matter
<br />,', ';' '. of ,economic J.l1Ipol)1;ance, :[, do",tl()tai;.1;.aci'l afJlll1lChYlIO;\.gli-y.;to it as to the
<br />',loss o,f water., 'I'll, e, P,ow,' er"."lO,S,""""c,J,,~,l,db'lre,Pl,p.,.;Q, el!b,,',y,:,',.s, ~ija"m po"we"r, ",.t some
<br />increased cost. ',,', .' "',' ",' " j, , '.
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<br />, 'o~', the.!li:n6sall.tNati9~1 ;14on~n~'Jj;tl'M.le)\ory p:reMl!t '~;\(>>ra.l. 'if't/fl::\jEj!op. but
<br />"as:1:ietwe'dna cllo:l"c.E/'o1: . ~te1:.tng'J~!l;iti scen~ryl;w;j.:t;,l1o~t ;p.~~~rfW;\<I)~,,~~in a
<br />, \ ba;B:L"liwh~,ch is and "vdllJ.'1EllAAo~n:rohj,n'sc,e.IWil!'Y "J>~,1:.!le,~~aJ?te.qe,\ble
<br />, 'loss of enough water to supply' a 1 '~he qeed,so,f,,~\lt'!<1-i:;~e::lli.~e,9!t:
<br />Denver, I' beUeve ,the conservll. tj;,' n . ,of the ws:~eriri the interes.t;;'of the
<br />i'nation:is' of:, grceittest importance , " . ,
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<br />f',': develo~nt Q;V,tlleJUppeI'"Co:j.9~~ "l'tJ;yerBasi:.l.inQ:).~~..j;~ellMl1,o~~:rk
<br />"and Split Moun.'\,aj,n, Dams ;~'}d .~"Il,qlrrQ;~:;l,wi,th~l}th\>J?4l?Ils,~r ',Wll. Hpl'Jal
<br />, 'Monument.. ,Thi,s ill in,keEjpj..IlS..Y!~1fh;the. ori,e;*~;j.~e9olllineIl~~:LQn.l1IS-,de by
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