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<br />C""';i <br />~ <br />-' <br />-- <br /> <br />RESERVOIRS LA PLATA PROJECT <br /> <br />c. <br /> <br />Notes extracted from "General History of the Settlement 01' Lands on the <br />La Plata River Watershed", supplied by Judge O'Rourke of Durango. <br /> <br />Aoreage (page 3) <br /> <br />"The irrigated area in Colorado approximates 19,000 aores" <br />(R. I. Meeker, as of 1919-1920); "in New Mexioo 5,000 aores". <br /> <br />"There are 50,000 acres susoeptible of irrigation from the La <br />Plata in Colorado and many thousand aores in New Mexioo similarly <br />situated, but the present problem deals only with an attempt to <br />provide additional water for the present irrigated aoreage". <br /> <br />Water Supply (page 3) <br /> <br />"The mean run-off recorded at Hesperus from 1918 to 1931 inc. <br />has been 37.000 A.F.," - not including divisions above Hesperus <br />(3,000 A.F.), "thus making the total 40,000 acre-feet" (from 37 <br />square-miles of drainage area). <br /> <br />Low year of record 1931, rlm-01'f 15,300 A.F,; high year <br />1920, run-off 58,100 A.F. <br /> <br />Aval.1able Storage Supply (page 4) <br /> <br />"A study of day to day supply at Hesperus 1918-1927, and demands <br />below that point discloses that 12,100 A.F. could have been delivered <br />for storage"; - - - to make this amount available requires relieving <br />the stream of New: Mexico demands, which can be done by cOllserVing the <br />seepage and flood-flow of the lower stream near the State line. <br /> <br />Without interfering with direct use from November 1 to March 31 <br />of each non-irrigation season, the stream flow at the interstate line <br />(12 yr. average 7,640 A.F.) could be stored. <br />