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<br />'=' <br />o <br />W <br />-.J <br />a') <br /><.0 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />offered by the Army which included a Ute Pass reservoir located above <br /> <br />Colorado Springs. Ute Pass reservoir would have been built at a cost <br /> <br />to the government of $19,000,000, all of which was non-reimbursable. <br /> <br />Ute Pass Reservoir has been eliminated. If the cost of Ute Pass reservoir <br /> <br />were allocated to the $18,000,000 required by a local sponsor, such would <br /> <br />more than offset this requirement. In other words, it would not cost the <br /> <br />United States any more to build the entire project without Ute Pass dam <br /> <br />than it would to build the project with Ute Pass dam and have the local people <br /> <br />put up $18,000,000. It is possible that some modification of the Army plan <br /> <br />can be had which would relieve the sponsor from putting up the $18,000, OO'J. <br /> <br />Any Army program and any program developing the water supply of <br /> <br />the Arkansas River to the state line will require study and concehtrated <br /> <br />effort for a minimum of the next 25 years. The Fryingpan Project itself <br /> <br />has taken over 30 years to date. The Army Flood Projects in the State of <br /> <br />New Mexico comparable to this area all commenced in 1935 and now only <br /> <br />are partially completed. If the law were changed, John Martin reservoir <br /> <br />could be used as part of any winter storage program for the area below John <br /> <br />Martin just the same as Pueblo reservoir can be used for this purpose above <br /> <br />John Martin. <br /> <br />CONCLUSION <br /> <br />The fundamental question is one of better usage of water and water <br /> <br />salvage on a cooperative basis of the entire Arkansas River Watershed in <br /> <br />Colorado and the enlistment of such aid from the State of Kansas as may <br /> <br />-9- <br />