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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8443.600
Description
Narrows Unit - Studies
State
CO
Basin
South Platte
Water Division
1
Date
4/17/1970
Author
John A. Love
Title
Statement of the Honorable John A. Love Governor, State of Colorado Before the Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs on H. R. 6715
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />in 1910 a filing was made by private interests for the construction of <br /> <br /> <br />a dam at the Narrows site. In the early 1940's the Bureau of Recla- <br /> <br /> <br />mation conducted reconnaissance surveys on the Lower South Platte <br /> <br />River in Colorado. In 1944 tl1e result of this reconnaissance survey <br /> <br />was published as Senate Document No. 191. Six separate dam sites on <br /> <br />the South Platte River were studied. Subsequent detailed investiga- <br /> <br />tions resulted in the selection of the Narrows site in Morgan County. <br /> <br />On July 24, 1946, the Congress approved the comprehensive <br /> <br /> <br />plan for the Missouri River Basin Project, which included the Narrows <br /> <br /> <br />unit in Colorado. In 1947 funds in the amount of $300,000 were <br /> <br /> <br />appropriated for initiation of construction of the Narrows unit. <br /> <br /> <br />Almost immediately local opposition to the project began to surface. <br /> <br /> <br />Right-of-way requirements were disturbing to local officials, one of <br /> <br />whom resided in the proposed reservoir area. Other arguments per- <br /> <br />taining to the service area and dam safety were also advanced. Oppo- <br /> <br />sition to the construction of the Narrows Dam was voiced by the <br /> <br />commissioners of Morgan County and hy the city officials and chamber <br /> <br />of commerce of the county's principal city, Fort Morgan. <br /> <br />With the initial appropriation. the Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />began extensive subsurface investigations at the Narrows site. <br /> <br />partially as a result of the criticism of the geologic conditions, a <br /> <br />board of consultants was constituted to appraise the suitability of <br /> <br />the damsite. This board concluded that a safe dam could be constructed <br /> <br />at the proposed site. <br /> <br />,..3- <br />
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