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<br />-. <br />oel010 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />10. Interested Federal and State agencies were consulted fre- <br /> <br />quently for exchange of data during the preparation of the report. TIle <br /> <br />Bureau of Reclamation made extensive investigations and studies of the <br /> <br />irrigation aspects of plans considered for this report. The results of <br /> <br />these investigations by the Bureau of Reclamation are presented in <br /> <br />"Irrigation Report," appendix D to this report. A, public hearing, <br /> <br />several conferences, and public meetings were held with large groups of <br /> <br />local interests, and with representatives of the city and county. <br /> <br />These meetings are discussed in the section of this repdrt entitled <br /> <br />"Improvements Desired by Local Interests." <br /> <br />11. Pr~or reports. - In addition to the report described in pre- <br /> <br /> <br />ceding paragraphs, the Purgatoire River and its tributaries were consid- <br /> <br /> <br />ered under' the Subject II Irrigation" in the report A:!'k?nsas River and <br /> <br /> <br />TributarieS, published as House Document No. )08, 74th Congress, 1st <br /> <br />~ 1 I . <br />Session. At the time of this report, it was tbuhd thatl <br /> <br />In the Ptu,?,_"t-:'lre River Edsin, no mRteria1 increase in <br />irrigated area ~"'. be made i:r 'Ghe up1J2r basin without reservoir <br />development and such development is precluded because of <br />scarci ty of reservoir possibi;,i ties . . . . Most of the lower <br />basin is in carwon, and opportuni,ty for further development of <br />irrigation is very limited. It ~s, therefore, probable that <br />irrigRtion d9V9""lO'TIent in the "":'bJL','_re River watershed will <br />be confj nee;. to ~"t(..J":af:= C'f Wd ,j"'-..,,:"':; 1.' 1;~1f ~(JTfi3r end of the basin <br />for U'3e of lc-'r.c.s i~l t~1~ Arka.'j.~,[!~ Rj.-h;':' V;i~_=0Y. <br /> <br />UPPER BASI~ DEJGRIP1~GN <br />