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<br />, <br />, , <br /> <br />Many thousa.a:ll of acre. of rich, rertUe lam located in the <br /> <br /> <br />ArkaX1S&8 Valley are lultatlle for iatensive irrigation. Approxi-.tety <br /> <br /> <br />409,600 acrel of irr1gated laDi located on beth ddes 01' the Arkansaa <br /> <br /> <br />Rher between LeadTl1le and the Colorado-Y.ann. bouu:hry '-va beon <br /> <br />alan1fl.d. In thla area only 15,600 aore. were faun:! unsuitable for <br /> <br /> <br />lrrl....tlan. The r._lniq;, ~94.000 aores aru r;enerally of" good quality <br /> <br /> <br />ud topograoh;(. Sw,ae. aDd aubeurt'ac.e dramg. 1. good. TM.. land <br /> <br />oould beoome 10IIIl!J of tn. .ost produotive in tm stat.e of Colorado. it <br /> <br />the uooeua.ry wateT were _de aT&lla.ble. <br /> <br />Pre"Dt. 1rr1tatlon storage 1'a0111:t181 arenot adequate tOT tt. <br />, <br /> <br />_erective oODII8Tn:tlon or dhpoeal or the large non!l,'urt&d runof fa. <br /> <br />The erratic oocurreDe8 of flood nOlln preolude. the prcw1810n at 8uch <br /> <br />lItarat;8 1'&0111t188 exoept in oonjunatlon with Illore d~endabl. _ter <br /> <br />auppli... 'the ba.. now or 8Ttlr'y .treaa 1n the E~ .-tern :;lope area 18 <br /> <br />O"urapproprlated.. Control of the Arkan.' River with rea 80aable hold- <br /> <br />onr storate i, o'boCelaary to provide part or the water ru.eded to fully <br /> <br />1rri~te landl now badequatel,.,.. IUJ'Plied from .)tiRinG dltohes. Inal- <br /> <br />Deh al t&ftJ!lZ'1 in tblJ area haft reached their 1i.1't a. individual. <br /> <br />aDd. "I mutual irrigation componiel to provlne a supplemental water <br /> <br />supply 10 critically needed to aaka their preMnt water sup?ly relSable. <br /> <br />they are obliF.8d to leek GOW%"J:UI8nt ald. Only In con.jWlctiou with the <br /> <br />Gu.nn1aon-Arkansal Project lIOuld the Mceaaa.ry capital be proY1ded to <br /> <br />etfect opt1mu:m UN of the water aval1able 1n the Arkansa. valle)". No <br /> <br />substantial 1nor.&M in the supplamentalwattJJ' 8upply 1. possible. <br /> <br />bowe"t'er" without ..dd11010_1 water froa oots1do the Arktm.a. a..in. <br /> <br />Tm most d.sirable and sati8factory =Bllns of supplomsnt1.rc the inadequate <br /> <br />16 <br />