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<br />Weld' 'CoUnty' site;';;' ;Sparks ,~'S8id-:
<br />"but I can't economically justify
<br />iL", Storage must' be put where'ill
<br />will' do the best'job for the' Jeast .
<br />3mO;Jnt of money. . .
<br />If is his feeling thal Bijou con. '
<br />tro] should be left out of the pro.
<br />ject. Sparks said Too mueh aUen.
<br />tion has been paid to the 1935 flood
<br />011 the Bijou when the greatest ex.
<br />perts show, alter a prolonged study,
<br />that such a flood of short intensity
<br />will occur only once in SOu to 1,000
<br />years. He didn't consider that the
<br />expense of $6,000,000 could be jus.
<br />tified to divert'the Bijou into the
<br />Narrows. " . .
<br />In 1947 \the. Bureau of Rec1ama.,
<br />tion woui~, h,8\"'e:'ti~lf th<p.r!?J.e'ct
<br />without any.agreement:as to .who
<br />,wou'd' pay for it's-~ost.. ":. '. :" .-. .'
<br />s made: it plain ,-.that \now ','
<br />ust be.a firm' contract- 'of
<br />users' ItO'~p:iy "for -tn"e"' pro:_. .
<br />here~ must; be, an ',o!;jganiza:
<br />hi~h<will ,Jega)IY;,i~.ind~.W
<br />~pa'y' for, iis,~us~.' rtJer.e,_will. .
<br />p'i-oject:. until ther.e i.s, ~ome' ,'. .
<br />pay.,the,alloc;ated cost:>.,,,,
<br />per,c-ent,(lr'lc5..'lof.the,total
<br />would, tie 'pai!!, for _by. U:,eJ~a~~"
<br />sers,:Sparks!Said;.~bIC~,~ou1d:.
<br />n $5,000,000 ove.r..! 50.year pe~!
<br />iod .wilbojut in~erest.:, ~: ,. -
<br />The direl.'tor,stressed the recrea:
<br />tionaL beneilts of such a. project
<br />at the Narrows site wh'ich.would,l;le
<br />tbe'greatest of ariy in,~olo'rado.,In: ."
<br />active 5torage~wi'lter. in...e-.Ni'lrT()~s':"
<br />Reservoir would be k~pt :at_ 51,700
<br />acre feet compared-to 32,Boo at the
<br />Weld County site. , '. -,"
<br />m His figures.also showed flo'od con.
<br />trol storage at the Narrows,at 280;:
<br />000 acre feet .compared to 275,000
<br />ac're feet at .the Weld County site
<br />and the, furc~arge :~ap.aclty at ._~e
<br />Narrows 115'.610,000 acre-feet'com:
<br />pared to'346,OOOlat Weld Gounty., .',~. ,.
<br />. Over $1,000,000 has gODe ioto t.he :~.:,:'~~;/"
<br />project I and most 'of it' ha's ..he~~ "'~""
<br />wasted; Sparks. poiritfld out:-' ../.
<br />He reviewed' the work, that ,had
<br />,gone 'into the: studies ,of the l?,o
<br />proje{"ts.~ the" thousands I upon
<br />thousands of man-bou'rs. that had
<br />gone into-lhe' computationS. and
<br />how. the need had to'be ,projected
<br />ahead: 'one'-summary for'.50,yellrs
<br />-ahead, one for'loo year.s: .The pat~
<br />tern:of the future economy mwU,t' ., -'. .
<br />studied 'the resources ofthe';eotir.e: ~''::';../ ..
<br />'~"'..-:..'., ".'. .') basin, ;"hat'cOi:J.di~i.ons .wiIl,exis! iri: ,'. ,'.
<br />'. .~, . '.-the,'future'-ani:l wbat'the water de':
<br />,:.,.;"".~,' . m'ands:wW:be",- . ';-"-(-,~t\..!.-. .:-/
<br />''It. '~" He reminded>the'~h-amberl'th'at; ";'y -.....,_'...."
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<br />be announced withirrthe next,90 days. -". .
<br />:The steering committee, aCting in an adVisory capac-'
<br />ity, to;the,Colorado,\yater Board"will me:et Feb. 13 at \yhich
<br />time all factS on the project will be presented. Within 30'
<br />t(l 60 days, the committee will.make a firm recomm'enda-
<br />tion to the water board as to the meeting ui the new REA' buildmg
<br />.Iocation of the Narrows'reservoir_ east of Fort" Morgan Monday nigllt,
<br />either the Narrows site or the. Weld attended by one of the larg~st lad,
<br />County site, also known as the ies night crowds in the history of
<br />Hardin site. the chamber. , );
<br />Felix L, Sparks, director of Golo_ There is little difference in the.'
<br />rado Resources, made the 8l1;te- two sites on ~e basis. of volume ofiA
<br />ments to the 43rd annual gathering water, Sparks said. On the basls~
<br />of the Fort MorgaD Chamber of of total water capacity, the Nar:'.;f
<br />; Commerce which held its first rows would have 1417 000 acre::!
<br />feet, the Weld Count; Slt~ 1,109,~~
<br />I acre feet. t
<br />I But the total cost of the proje
<br />I is eCODomically not feasible a.t t.'
<br />I Weld County site compared to .
<br />Narrows site, $7,000,000 plus' roo, ,.
<br />with\~~. estim8t.~d co.st of.th.e '~ar.'~
<br />rows,. without, BIJou control, set at-:
<br />I ~,334;00lI 'compared. to - $45,459,_
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