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<br /> <br />\.~ <br />..""i <br /> <br />t/ l..r/&3 <br /> <br />,'-, <br />.' <br /> <br />A RJd'>0RT <br />CLOSED <br /> <br />, . , <br />ON THE CURRENT STATUS AND ~ECENT HISTORY OF THE <br />BASIN DIVISION OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY PROJECT <br /> <br />C'.) <br /> <br />In January of 1960, the Colorado Water Conservation Bo~d <br /> <br />received copies of a report entitled"PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CLOSED <br /> <br />BASIN DIVISION I SAN LUIS VALLEY PROJECT" from Region 5 of the <br /> <br />united States Bureau of Reclamation, This report was analyzed by <br /> <br />the staff of the Water Conservation Board and copies of the report <br /> <br />were furnished to the San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District <br /> <br />Board of Directors for their comments, <br /> <br />The Board of Directors of the San Luis Valley Water Con- <br /> <br />servancy District furnished their comments to the Colorado Water <br /> <br />Conservation Board by letter dated December 11, 1961. These com- <br /> <br />ments gave tentative approval to the report upon condition that: <br /> <br />(a) the works proposed be constructed and operated by <br /> <br />the United States. <br /> <br />(b) salvage of ground waters be accomplished in such manner <br /> <br />as to preclude adverse effects upon existing irrigation <br /> <br />developments within the Closed Basin, <br /> <br />The comments go on further to state that: <br /> <br />The (District) Board note with approval the conclusion <br /> <br />that, when operated as planned, the project will erase the <br /> <br />accumulated debt of Colorado under the Rio Grande compact <br /> <br />and prevent the accumulation of future debits of substantial <br /> <br />size of long duration, <br />