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<br />.: <br /> <br />flows into the Gunnison ltiver ~.t :J8l ta, thel'e &1'8 ... large number <br />of smal2- diver'sio:1o, .It :Jelt<. t'1e GU:Jn:'oon -"iver flov,~to e C:11, <br />canyon, frol'l \''ihich it is im.f)Tuctlcuble 1;0 divert Wf..ter for irri- <br />gation until it l'eaches the :;,Joint of diversion for the ;~ed JJands ;~\, <br />.2ro .ie ct. <br /> <br />It will be seen on account of this situati,ctl, the 10Vl water <br /> <br />flow at the red ~ands diversion practic21ly amounts to the return <br /> <br />flo\'l frOM irrigation of the l!:!.nds up the riv~r. <br /> <br /> <br />VvhiJe thc effcct 0:: the gove-:'nment diversions was at first <br /> <br />to decr8as~ the low WE-ter flow, this point has been uasoed and <br /> <br />as more land is irrigated u;1der thiS pro.iect, the retu:.:n flow due <br /> <br />to this irri,,1:'ticn will rc.isc &.nd meintain the floIf safely above <br /> <br />our present o',Jerating ca"acity, regardless of drouth conditions. <br /> <br />In other worJs, it is ~ow acting as an cquulizinff reservoir, &nd <br /> <br /> <br />II, this influence will noticeably increase as tte (levI'llo')mGnts pro.,. <br /> <br /> <br />ceed. 'l'his is in a meast'ra [1 fair cOID:?arison ItS betwecn Ulner <br /> <br />und lower ri.er 18nds. <br /> <br />In furtiHJl discus"ioc a:' the duty of w~ ter on ttis pro,ject, <br /> <br />the 3,200 acr68 \Vere cro:?ped 1;.8 follows: <br /> <br />'70 per cent, to alfalfa. <br />15 pBr cent. to gEins, <br />8 per CGnt. to po1;ctoe s ani!. truck, <br />7 per cent. to Qrc tard. <br /> <br />100 per oent, <br /> <br />The hif,h :':le rcentage in alfalfa is axe to tEo, ving Tlllt ;0; :c~ ,'ge <br /> <br />acreage of raw land. under cultill'ation in the )ast ~'ew years, I'/hich <br /> <br />',KS see ded to alfa If!:!., b"t this alff:.lfa ac re2ge \"Ii 11 be dec re8sed <br /> <br />G.J. <br /> <br />.) <br />