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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />o <br />o <br />to.) <br />-J 83"/0 of the water requirements of farms so that a 17% shortage will exist <br />O'J <br />'-" in the present District after the completion of the project without including <br /> <br />Lamar. There can only be diverted to the Eastern Slope of Colorado from <br /> <br />the Colorado River an average annual diversion of 69, 200 acre feet unless <br /> <br />the consent of the Colorado River Water Conservation District and the <br /> <br />Southwestern Colorado Water Conservation District and the consent of the <br /> <br />Secretary of the lnterior can be had for impoX'ting larger amounts of water <br /> <br />in the event such water is available and not then required for Western <br /> <br />Slope use. <br /> <br />PROCEDURE <br /> <br />To include Lamar means to expand the District boundaries and this can <br /> <br />only be done with the consent of the board of directoX's of the District and the <br /> <br />consent of the Secretary of the lnterior. There would of course be the costs <br /> <br />of circulating petitions and court proceedings and it is believed that such <br /> <br />costs lacking a contest would be rather nominal and the expense would not <br /> <br />be great but should be borne by the City of Lamar. If a contest resulted, <br /> <br />Lamar should be obligated to reimburse the District for such expense as it <br /> <br />might be out of pocket. <br /> <br />RELATED WATER PROGRAMS <br /> <br />Other than the Frylngpan Project, certain other basic factors now <br /> <br />exist which were not present in 1958. The population increase has resulted <br /> <br />in consciousness of a demand for better usage of water. One facet of this <br /> <br />is pumping. Currently the Colorado legislature will be considering <br /> <br />- 5- <br />