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<br />. . <br /> <br />STATEMENT PRESENTED TO <br />THE PROJECTS COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL RIVERS AND HARBORS CONGRESS <br />IN SUPPORT OF THE <br />DALLAS CREEK PROJECT. - COLORADO <br /> <br />By <br /> <br />Laren D. Morrill, Chief Engineer <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Denver, Colorado <br /> <br />June 8, 1966 <br /> <br />The Dallas Creek Reclamation project is a proposed multi- <br /> <br />purpose water resource development in southwestern Colorado, approxi- <br /> <br />mately 80 miles from the state's western and southern borders. It <br /> <br />would develop waters of the Uncompahgre River and tributaries for <br /> <br />irrigation and municipal and industrial uses. It would also provide <br /> <br />benefits to recreation, fisheries and flood control. <br /> <br />In the Dallas Creek project irrigation service area there <br />\ <br />is an urgent need for additional and dependable irrigation supplies <br /> <br />to improve and stabilize the economy of the farmers and of related <br /> <br />industries. At the present time the late-season water shortages <br /> <br />on irrigated lands commonly result in crop failures. Dry-land <br /> <br />farming is practiced to a limited extent but results are uncertain. <br /> <br />Large acreages once cleared for dry farming at a considerable expense <br /> <br />are no longer farmed because of crop failures due primarily to in- <br /> <br />sufficient rainfall. Decreases in grazing privileges on public <br />