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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8200.300.40.A
Description
Colorado River Compact
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Date
3/29/1922
Author
Colorado River Com.
Title
Hearing of the Colorado River Commission Convened at Grand Junction
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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,'"'\ <br />}.\ <br /> <br />ultimately of develo1Jment, \/l1ich will 'ue pO:;lsible when cOr1dit- <br /> <br />ions warrant it in tile future. <br /> <br />A most inpo.tant influefice upon the agricultural counties <br /> <br />in Colorado, is the in::luenc e of :ceinfaU, and th e curve s on the <br /> <br />mep, are the 'oounderies of the belts of rainfall of different <br /> <br />amounts, and in a certain sense, although not pricesely, contours, <br /> <br />demonstrat3 a thing to which I am going to cell attention brief- <br /> <br />ly, and wil', enlarge u~oon l~, te r. <br /> <br />There <.ire two areas in Colorado 0:: semi-arid character, <br /> <br />one of them the valleys of the Colorado and the lower Gunnison, <br /> <br />~mbracin? among other lends, the Grand Hiver and Uncompahgre <br />project of the U:Ji ted -3tat3s Hec18ll1ation Service, where the <br /> <br />rainfall d~ring the grcwing season is loss than 5 inches and is <br /> <br />of no value. There is Ilnotber Smell area in a large open valley <br /> <br />arollnd tl",e ';m~n of GU:Jniso!1, that has C'ppro~{il"ately 10 inches of <br /> <br />rainfall, that is of practic:;lly very Ii ttle value. A rainf81l <br /> <br />of 20 inches or more is of immense benefit; so that :to put it <br /> <br />briefly, as you go higher up the mountains and streams, you <br /> <br />reach al ti tude s where the duty of wa te I' is now and wi II always <br /> <br />be less than in the lower valleys; and to illustrate it in <br /> <br />another manner - <br /> <br />MR. CARP.i>NT:r;R: The c.uty is higher? <br /> <br />MR. ;,ltRRI.c.LL: Yes, the ,lelivery.is :Cess end the duty is <br /> <br />higher. ',e have attempted to sho',v (Indicatiofl€; chert enti tled <br /> <br />. <br />"Growth of IrrU;ated AreE!, and Population in COlorado Basin", <br />Se e l>xhi bi t 3, AT)"Jendix Grand Junc ti on Hearings I not only the <br /> <br />G. J, <br />
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