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<br />~J~nS7 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Paonia Project <br /> <br /> <br />SpiIJ..-.~. inln ~1r1lcturr <br /> <br />and the watt'f u!"t"rs. oomilruction of th.. riff' :\Iounlain <br />Canal was commt'ncNl. <br /> <br />In a Febn18'1' ,Q5t report. tht' projl'Ct plan was T{'vi-.M <br />10 include an 18.000 acrt>.foot Tt"st'f'\oir at thl' POOOi8 <br />site. additional eXll"nsion or the Fire :\Iollntain Canal. <br />t"nlarg('ment of OH'r1and Dilch. and construction of a <br />siphon and pumping plant to conn'y irrigation wateT <br />from the Firt, \lountain Canal to 2.010 acrt'!O of land <br />alon,ll .\linnl'''Ota Crt"t'k. This plan would han' pro\-idt>d <br />irrigation Sl"nice lor 14.83\1 aeft'''' of irriS!ated land and <br />~.21O aCfe" of unirrigatffi land. Ot'w]opm('nt was <br />authorizffi in I %6 a.. II participating projf'C( with the <br />Colorado Ri\t"r Stora'l'e I'rojN't. <br /> <br />Since lht' 1 Q5tJ authorization. watt'T U>'('TS in th" '-lin- <br />n{'sola Crt't'k arf"a haw withdrawn from the projt"Ct in <br /> <br />favor of pri\"8tf' nevt>lopment of a reM'n..oir on thai <br />iotream. 11lt'refore. tht> .'\finnt'Klta Siphon and Pumping <br />Plant and "l'fvict> to the ;\linne!iOt8 Crt't'k lands wert> <br />l:'liminatt'd from thf' plan. It al!.'oQ .....ai' cletennint'd that <br />t'xii'lin~ clitchell from Leroux Crt't"K wt'rt> adt'<Juatf' to con- <br />\ey usablt' flow~ of that ~trt>am. and t'nlargf'lIlent of <br />(h'erland Ditch .....ai' dplt"too from thl" plan. In tht' <br />dt'Cinitt" plan i'tudies. it was dt"terminffi that the lotal <br />re!'ot'r\"Oir capacit~- should be increa,.ro to 21.000 aCN'-ft't't <br />10 prO\-ide morp "pace for !'ot'dimt>nt rt"lention. Irr4rable <br />acreaj!t',. wert" r..ouced to 15.300. <br /> <br />.-\uthoril.8tion <br /> <br />Con"tmction undl:'r lht' IQ38 plan .....a" authorized b~ the <br />Pre:,iclt'nt under Hl'{'lamalion law nn .'\larch 18. 1939. <br />