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<br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />0911 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY <br />PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE <br />Division of water ~ollution Control <br /> <br />IN NlPLVINO. ADDftI:IS 'nil: <br />Officer In ChaQle , <br />Soath_-Lower MI18I18lppl Dralaqe Baal.. <br />619 Fed~ral BlcIg. - Little Rock. Ark. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,January 16, 1953 <br /> <br />District Engineer <br />corps of Engineers <br />Albuquerque District <br />P. O. Box 1538 <br />Albuquerque, J.IIew Me~co <br /> <br />Dear Sir: <br /> <br />Your "Report on Survey for Flood Control Purgatoire (Picket <br />Wire) River, Colo~o", forwarded to this office in accordance with <br />Federal inter-agency policies and procedures, has been reviewed and <br />the following comments are offered for your consideration: <br /> <br />(1) MuniciPal and industrial water supply aspects of the <br />proposed Trinidad Reservoir have been considered adequately <br />in the proJect plans. Although the present water supply of <br />Trinidad is ,adequate for present and some :rt;ture increased <br />demandS, the possible future use of the impoundment asa <br />source of public water supply can be regarded as an induce- <br />ment for urban and industrial development. <br /> <br />(2) No consideration has been given to the possible benefits <br />to pollutiol). abatement, at and below Trinidad, that lnight <br />result :frOm ,water releases from the reservoir. ' The existing <br />facilities for treatment of sewage from Trinidad are adequate <br />for present pollution control requirements and it is impracti- <br />cal to foresee the need' for dilution water from the impound- <br />ment as a supplement to waste treatment. <br /> <br />(3) The location of the proposed impoundment (4 lniles upstream <br />:frOm Trinidad) and the general topography and climate of the <br />area are ,such that 1IIOsqui to breeding in the reservoir is ex- <br />pected to be of lninor importance. However, in the irrigated <br />areas downstream from Trinidad, 1IIOsquito,.borne encephalitis <br />is ,endelnic. and mosquitoes appear in the Purgatoire River <br />valley in sufficient numbers to be a serious pest of man and <br />livestock. It is recommended that reference to the problem <br />be included in the report to ,the effect that, while mosquitoes <br />and mosquito-borne diseases are not serious problems in the <br />'area at,the present time, provisions for necessary mosquito <br />controlllleasures will be considered ,in the proJect plans. <br /> <br />Sincerely yours, <br /> <br />~~-/1. <br /> <br />E. C. Warkentin <br />Officer in, Charge <br /> <br />APPEND IX G <br />ExhibitNo. 11 <br />Page Lof 1 <br /> <br />A <br />e:. ;,- <br />