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<br />0.. 'i3Q''- <br />o,.J I.,.. '-". <br /> <br />-4- <br /> <br />the sto.tes of Colorado, NElI'I Mexico, Utah and \1y0lllin,--;. It will oake <br />available holdover storage to lll'14blet.hesEI states to ooot their <br />cbligations under tho Colorado River Compact for delivel".i ot water <br />at Lea Ferry tor \lse in the LGWeJ' Basin, a.'1d, at the s_ time, to <br />make tull use of tho 7,500,000 acre--teet of water a year allocated <br />by the eompact to the Gpper Colorado 11.1'ftr &sin. In add:l.t1on, this <br />extensive plan of development mll include nunerous units fQl" the <br />benef'1eial use of n.t61". 'fhis project plan iIU made possible by the <br />Upper Colorado lUve:r Baldo Compact wl:d.Ch became effective on April <br /> <br />6, 19u9. <br /> <br />Measured by the siae of pl\Yaicnl facilities, cost a.'ld benefits, <br />the ColorCldo-Big 1'hCllllpSOI1 Federal Reclamation project oversbadQll's <br /> <br />all otheJ'S 1ihioh thus far bave ~n \Illd.ertaken in the State. It 18 <br /> <br /> <br />expected this project Ifill be substant1alJJ' oompleted in 1953. hone <br /> <br /> <br />is mare spectacular in deOign tmd plan ~ operation. It ts designed <br /> <br /> <br />to export 31.9,000 R!3re-feet of water a year from the Colorado !liver <br /> <br /> <br />Basin through a thirteen mile tunnel plorcing the Continental Divide, <br /> <br /> <br />tor the irrigation of 700,000 aeres of land in the South Plat.te Bas:b:l <br /> <br /> <br />in Colorado. <br /> <br />Since the Co~orado Irrigation Centennial featured 3. ditch in <br /> <br />t.he Sen Luis Valley which has been in cont1.nuous opsrat1on fw ODe- <br /> <br />hundJ'8d years, it. St'llll'DS appropriate t.c ooke spacial mention of. recent <br /> <br /> <br />projQct developroont in that area, The Plat.ora Dam on the Conejos <br /> <br /> <br />alveI' was cCllIlp1et.erl last ye:u: !I.!'1d 1I'ill store water in 1952. It is <br /> <br />one of two un1 ts oj' the authorlzod San 1ms Valla;r Heclamation <br /> <br />project which will provide irl'igatian and flood control benefits. <br />