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294'i -13- Foremost and probably the most important to this s,ystem will be the disposal of the No.2 Reservoir and its water rights. A definite proposition should be submitted by the Bureau and accepted by this System to transfer the'place of diversion and stor- age of the Reservoir to the Narrows site and in this connection the amount of water that would be considered as the capacity of this reservoir. We should bear in mind that this reservoir is susceptible of several fillings a year which has been accomp- lished in the past and will be accomplished in the future. Future use of this reser- voir .,lill probably be much greater in the future than it has in the past. Method of acquisition of this reservoir and the ultimate consideration of the value and amount of water for storage in the same must be determined. A complete recognition should be made by the Bureau, not only of decreed priori- ties for refill but vested rights to refill of reservoirs in accordance with the present usage. In the event refill decrees for filings are made and adjudications started for refill decrees "//e should have positive assuronce tllat the Bureau will not in any way interfere, protest, contest, or otherwise'obJ8c~ to the entering of such decrees. We ask the protection of all of the Bijou ~ystem's irrigation works be guarante~ We should have assurance that the ~inistration of any channel reservoir shall be under the direct supervision of the ::;tate of Colorado oiater Officials. The Bureau must give full recognition to the provisions of the contract between the Bureau and the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District relating to trans- mountain water insofar as there is reserved by the United States for the use of the Pistrict for domestic, irrigation and industrial uses, all of the increment seepage !md return flow which may result from the construction of the project and the importa- tion thereby from an extraneous source of a new and ample supply of water running into the streams of the South Platte Water shed from which the irrigable land within the district derive their water supply. That said captured, recaptured and return flow '.ater shall be allocated only to the irrigable lands within the district already being partially supplied with the water for irrigation, using as a basis for such allocation the priorities existing at the date of that contract, and without other or additional consideration or payments by the o\~ers of such lands therefore. , ",'Ie strongly feel that the Bureau of Reclamation req,uest and obtain from the Con- gress of the United States the right and permission to proceed with the adjudication of any decree of any channel reservoir in the proper District Court of the proper district within the State of Colorado so that said decree or decrees "hen adjudicated may be administered by the State 'ciater Officials of the ::.tate of ColoradO in the same manner as other decreed ,;ater rights in the State of C;o'.'):"ado. That after such per- mission has been obtained any adjudication by the g;)V,,_ ,_,;",~,t shall be in the State Courts. Provision should be made by the Bureau that the un;; iiundred Sixty (HiO) acre ~tation not apply to any waters used for supplemental irrigation. The recent (August 3rd and 4th, 1951) flood stages of the tributary stream of the South Platte seem all the more to bring out the necessity for higher storage and also