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<br /> <br /> <br />I <br />I,'" <br /> <br />'t <br /> <br />~. . <br /> <br />" <br />I.' <br />" <br /> <br />lV, <br /> <br />"R 8'. (ClEliV ED <br /> <br />"?VV ~ I <br /> <br />1Kl1l'rBLy ~OGRESS REPORT <br />SAN WlS VALlEY PROJECT, COLmaoo <br />REGION V <br /> <br />f) .~ ,~. <br />'.,-,'\-....; <br /> <br />,c,'<)\.::.:~,;;t-",:.-,;r "~l.?,Ilkk <br />':" F(;}\.tl\ <br />C,"'t)~;;-;;,Er ~::I-. I:' ~ ... <br /> <br />J{=ilh of May 1949 <br /> <br />Tho San Luis ValleT Projeot was authorhed under Seetion 9 of <br />the Reolanation .lot of 1939. The Finding of Feasibility- wu approved lJ7 <br />the Seoretary of the Interior on .April 10, 1940, and traJ1ltmitted to the <br />C<.mgreas on the same date. On,rune 18, 1940, the CcmgreS8 first appro- <br />priated fund. !ttor further investigations, -explorai:ory qd preparatory' <br />work. and oQlllll1lllJlOellI8ni: of ootlBtruotion.......(.Aot of JUDe 18, 1940. <br /> <br />I. Closed BlL$in Divldcm (Il1'Vestigations and S\U"'Y8Y'8 80% Complete) <br /> <br />1. The eOllllll6l1O~ of o<mstruoUon of the Olea"- Basln Draln <br />is OOllthgeni: '* (a) oonolusive N.l!dlng of jUlItii'ioatiOll thtrefor 01l the <br />basi. of cost aud the quantity- and qua1ity- of .ter to be seoured, Uld (b) <br />-kine; of Il.d.~u arz'lUlgemeDts - for naini:elllUlOCJ of the drain (.lot of June <br />18,,1940. Ch. 395, 54 S~il. 406.) <br /> <br />11. The oontemplated 1IIn'kI _ld ooulet of an optln draln lIC8111l <br />43 lItl.le. in le'Dgth extending !'rOIl Saguaohe Creek to the Rio GraJ:lde, thlI <br />_in plll'pQse of tit. dni. beiag to auglllltDt the fl(n!1' of the Rio Grande by <br />~a!\ll of drainl.te reWrn from the Closed Basin. andhenott permit an equal <br />alllOU1l1l ot Rio Grande water to be used in the San 14lis Valley. C'0118ider- <br />ation is now being given to the pOllsibiUty of p1"lW!dbsg a 1NmP li.f't :near <br />the divide botvie.. the · SUIIlV' and the Rio Grande i. order tha-!; a better <br />locatio. might be obta!11ed for the 10tller portion ot the drain. <br /> <br />111. Begim1ing about 1915. ,various lndiv!duala' and agencies have <br />endeavored to <letermine the fttasibility ot suoh a drain. All suoh studies <br />have been inoonol'1ll'lve and at wide variance. During October 1945, repre- <br />aenbll.tives of the Bureau of Reolamation, the Geological Sw:-reT, and the <br />Colomo Water COIlservation Board lll8t to evolve a cooperative program of <br />~e.tigatiOJtS to prove or disprove the feasibility- of a drain. The pro- <br />~ of :tnwstigatio:ns thus evolved and the c<llllllli_zrtl of the various <br />parbiolpatlng agencies tor oarrying out - the progrem _re outlined in a <br />joint lll8JIIOra1l.duIIt dated October lO, 1945. <br /> <br />iv. The u. s. aeological sUl"'f"eY hall ta.l!en over the moDthly read- <br />ing of ilhe .ter elevations at approxilllatttlT 175 separate 1ooations i. the <br />"1IU1Ilp1f aad the area to the _It otl a re:1:Alburlle.ble bad.. <br /> <br />T. Inn.tigatio:llS _re oontil1tled o. the relocation of the 1000000r <br />pol'tiotl of the drain. <br /> <br />r .- #1- ,r, ,'~, r; <br />~'j :~ .(.:.., ~..;" <br />