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<br />l'- <br />.-~'1 <br />.~........ <br />v-l <br />.:) <br />,';) <br /> <br />River will be given to the other states or to the United <br /> <br />States to the detriment of and against the wishes of <br /> <br />water users in Colorado, <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />Construction costs will be borne by the United states. <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />Operation and maintenance costs will be borne by the <br /> <br />United states, <br /> <br />5. Consideration of and comments on the alternate water <br /> <br />delivery plans for use of salvage water on presently <br /> <br />irrigated lands in Colorado be deferred to a later date." <br /> <br />As a result of this letter, the staff of Region 5 of the <br /> <br />Bureau of Reclamation proceeded with the completion of a feasibility <br /> <br />report incorporating the recommendations contained in the letter <br /> <br />from the Water Conservation Board to that agency, The report has <br /> <br />been completed; it is dated November, 1962, and a copy was received <br /> <br />by the Water Conservation Board on December 6, 1962, The contents <br /> <br />of this report were briefed for the Water Conservation Board at its <br /> <br />regular meeting January 9, 1963, In essence the report to the Water <br /> <br />Conservation Board showed that the recommendations contained in the <br /> <br />letter of February 6, 1962, had been complied with, <br /> <br />Following is a series of extracts from the report, which <br /> <br />is quite voluminous, illustrating that the protective features <br /> <br />suggested by the two conservancy districts and the state Water Con- <br /> <br />servation Board have been complied with. At page two of the letter <br /> <br />-4- <br /> <br />I <br />J <br />