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<br />On _Narrow,',
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<br />ISp' a'. 'f'ks". . Fau..o' fS Hard,.n'" Decision OnNarrows Ilco~:~v~~fdC~~\)~~.dl~6~~y~.~~.e~0.w.t~.,.:.
<br />...,: I IS.' T Be M d S ter users, Sparks. saId, whl~h. w~~l~
<br />, " . . ',' . I I ~con~nued fro~ p~gC l~on ,,:~a~i~~~~tO'~t~~:s~~ a 50.year/!x;
<br />S'.'f . (., 'f" J f'.' If I ')00 at the Weld County site lor the The direct?r ~tressed the r~~~~~'
<br />I e an. . . US I Y dam and reservoir. tional benefIts of such a.pro]~cj
<br />r"' '; . " . "My pcnonlll preference is the at the Narrows 'site ..~vhich WO,4.1~'ib~
<br />. . ' ' Weld County site." Sp31'ks said the greatest of any In Colora90;; ~I1'
<br />.-'A decision on the controversial Narrows project will "but I can't economically justify active storage water in a Narr9.w~
<br />, be. announced within the next 9. a.days. it." Storage must be put where it . Reservoir would be kept al"'.~.l.,~~~
<br />will do the best job for the least acre feet compared to 32,800. at:~thE
<br />' . ,T~e. steering comm.ittee, acting in an advisory capac- Rll"\Ount of money. 'Weld County site. . -'. 'r>.~
<br />ity to the Colorado Water Board, will meet Feb, 13 at which It is his feeling that Bijou con, His figures al,o showed fIoqd.con:
<br />time all facts or the project will be presented, Within 30 trol ,hould be left out of the pro, tl'ol storage at the Narrows a1"380,
<br />. ". ject. Sparks saitl. Too much aUen- 000 acre feet compared to,.275.'~OO(
<br />to. 60 days, the..comn:l1tte~ wIll make a firm recommenda- bun h<ls been paid to the 1935 flood ;acre feet at the Weld County' sitE
<br />lion to, the water ~oard as to the meeting in the new REA building on the Bijou when the gre~test ~x-: and the surcharge cap~c~'t~' ~(t~'~
<br />location of the Narrows reservoir_ east of Fort Morgan Monday night, perts show, after a prolong~(1 sttJ~y, I Narrows a~ 610,090. acr~ fe~t ,:c!J.l?,
<br />'!either the Narrows site or the'Weld attended by one of the largest lad. that such a flood of short lIltenslty I pared to 346,0.0.0 at ,Weld. ~.ount.y.\,:,.
<br />County: site, also known as the. ies night crowds in the history of will occur only once in 500 to 1,000 lOver $1,000.;0.00 has gone into:t.~~
<br />Hardin site. the chamber. years. He didn't consider t:'lat .the project and most .of it .nas.:.,be.et
<br />Felix L. Sparks, director of Colo. There is little difference in the expen!ie of $6,0.0.C,OOo. could be JUS' wasted, Sparks P9iJ?ted;o~t.. -: r:
<br />rado. Resources,. made the' state~ two sites on the basis of volume of, tified to di\.ert the Bijou into the He reviewed the work- that JIac
<br />. ments to the 43rd' annual gathering water, Sparks said. On the basis Narrows. gone into the studies. of tbe;':,twc
<br />of the Fort Morgan Chamber oC of total water capacity, the Nar- In 1947. the Bureau of Reclama- projects, the', tho~sands ". up'or
<br />I Commerce which held its' first rows would have 1,417,000 acre tion would have built the projE'ct thcius~mds of man hours' that ,lia_~
<br />feet, the Weld County site 1,109,000 without any agreement as to who 1 gone into' the computationsl .'~arid
<br />acre feet. would pay for its cost. how the need had to be projectec
<br />But the total cost of the project' Sparks made it plain that no\'..' ahead, one summary for 50.:.~~~~~
<br />is economically Dot feasible at the there must be a firm contract of ahead, one for 100 years. The.:p~t.
<br />Weld County site compared to the water users to P<IY for the pro- tern of the future economy rrijJ.stm:
<br />Narrows site, $7,000,000 plus more, ject. There must be an or?aniz,<I- studied, the resources of the ;'~pt,~r~
<br />with: the estimated cost of the Nar- tion which will legally bmd It- basin, what conditions' will- exist-in
<br />rows, without Bijou control, set at self to pay for its use. Tl1ere will the future and what.Hie wa't"er:de,
<br />$38,334.,0.00 compared to $45,459,- be no project until there is some- mands will be. , ..' ><::.'!.
<br />(Continued on Page 6) one to pay the allocated cost. He reminded the chamber-;;,thal
<br />. . the protests' of the Chamber' -'oJ
<br />Commerce, the cOlmty commission'.
<br />ers and groups,'~prima'rily .~hove
<br />Fort Morgan, got the project' stop:
<br />ped in 1951. . _ ,\ '
<br />Now is the tirpe for .decis'iori' and
<br />"we're prepared,' to proce~d,;.;
<br />Sparks said. . . .'
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<br />FORT MORGAN, COLORADO TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1963
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