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<br />o <br />C..H <br />v) <br /> <br />t' ~ ~ <br />~. <br /> <br />OFFIClAL COMMENTS AND RECOIJ",ENDATIONS <br /> <br />of the <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />on tho <br /> <br />INITIAL DEVSLOFiliENT, GUNlJISON-ARKANSAS FROJECT <br />ROARING FORK DIVSnSION, COLORiillO <br /> <br />;, <br /> <br />(Project Planning Report No. 7-8a.49-1, Bureau of Reclamation, <br />Department of the Interior, dated January, 1950) <br /> <br />August 7, 1951 <br /> <br />The Secretary of the Interior <br /> <br />Sir: <br /> <br />On behalf of the 2t:lte of Colorado and pursuant. t'J Section 1 of the Act <br />of December Ii. 1944 (513 stat. 887), there are heI"P-.\~tl1 transmitted the comments, <br />views and reco:nmendati0:1s of the State of Coloraclo ('c",lc:eming the initial de- <br />velopment of the Gunnison-Arkansas Project, Roarin,; 'iuck Diversion, being Pro- <br />ject Planning Report No. 'l-8a.49-1, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the <br />Interior, dated January, 1950. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />These comments, views and recommendations are submitted under the authority <br />of Chapter 265', Session Laws of Colorado t 1937, creating the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board, and defining its functions in accordance with the desig- <br />nation of such Soard by the Governor of the State of Colorado pursuant to <br />Section 1 of the Act of December 17; 1944 (58 Stat. 887) as the official <br />State agency to act in such matters. <br /> <br />The comments, vieTIs and recommendati~ns of Colorado submitted herewith <br />are as follOl'ls: <br /> <br />1. Colorado recoGnizes that the waters of the Arkansas River in the <br />Colorado portion of the Upper Arkansas River Basin are over-appropriated and <br />that serious loss in crop production on presently irrigated farm land results. <br />Stabilized a~ricultura1 economy in the area re1uires supplemental water supplies. <br />Additional quantity and better quality of domestic and municipal water are <br />critically needed in the Arkansas Valley, Colorado, for the cities of Colorado <br />Springs, Pueblo and various Valley tmvns. New sources must be found if neces- <br />sary and dependable water supplies for a grmving population are to be provided. <br />The best economy and the most efficient use of limited sources of water require <br />multiple-use project development which will se~e the needs of agriculture, <br />