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<br />001514 <br /> <br />of the operators to produoe oven enough feed to maintain their baee herde. <br />Testimony given upon our- reoent investigation was to the effeot <br />that unless increased water supplies coulQ be made available. several <br />families were going to be forced to leave the area. <br />The aooompanying 'bable shows information given by the CQunty <br />Agent for the farm and ranch units in the Chalk Creek area. <br /> <br />Proposed proJeot development <br /> <br />Certain aspeots of the proposed projeot development are <br /> <br /> <br />disoussed briefly herewith. It is apparent that before any development <br /> <br /> <br />should ooour that a detailed investigation will be necessary as to the <br /> <br /> <br />physical features, eoonomio feasibility, and.a s'\;udy of water rights <br /> <br /> <br />within the basin. The area is typioal of many of the upper mountain <br /> <br /> <br />areas in Colorado and p-esents similar problems., especially as to <br /> <br /> <br />direot flowdiversio~right~ that do not provide adequate water supplies <br /> <br /> <br />for suoh areas, <br /> <br /> <br />1. Ph1sioa1 features. The total drainage area of Chalk <br /> <br /> <br />Creek involves about 100 square miles with the area..above the proposed <br /> <br /> <br />dam site oomprising some 50 square miles. Proposed development oon_ <br />templa'bes storage from :;,000 'bo 5,000 aore fee'b" Wa'ber supplies are <br />available for suoh an amount providing suoh storage would be permit-ted <br />by water users downstream" <br />.l\ survey was made of the proposed Alpine Reservoir on Chalk <br />Creek and filed in the State Engineer's offioe in 1920. The maximum <br />oapaoity of this reservoir was 5.:;60 acre feet at an estimated oost <br />of $60.000. Mr, T. J. Ehrhart, a ranoher residing within the area <br />states that oosts were later estimated by the S'bate Engineer at $80,000 <br /> <br />..& <br /> <br />. <br />