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<br />enlargement study violates the lGAs. After that time, he plans to call another meeting <br />of the group. <br /> <br />If the group is willing to support his plan, Salazar would work to get backing from <br />other members of the Colorado delegation. The delegation is now split between a bill <br />sponsored by Reps. John Salazar and Marilyn Musgrave that includes a $10 million <br />impact study, and a bill by Reps. Doug Lamborn and Tom Tancredo that is closer to the <br />PSOP committee's 2004 agreements. Sen. Salazar wants to add a study of a dam on <br />Fountain Creek as a way to provide flood control, while helping to fulfill his "Crown <br />Jewel" vision for a recreation corridor. He also suggested a new reservoir could tie into <br />water supply. <br /> <br />An Army Corps of Engineers plan developed after the devastating 1965 flood showed <br />there were suitable reservoir sites on Fountain Creek. It was endorsed by former <br />Colorado Gov. John Love and the state of Kansas at the time, Salazar said. <br /> <br />He compared the possibility of a dam on Fountain Creek to the Cherry Creek and <br />Chatfield dams, which with the Bear Creek dam were constructed by the Army Corps <br />of Engineers to protect downtown Denver. Those dams also provide recreation <br />opportunities and Chatfield is being studied as a potential water supply source for <br />numerous water users in the South Platte basin. <br /> <br />Salazar included enlargement of Lake Pueblo and Turquoise Lake in his plan since they <br />were identified in the 2000 PSOP report as the two most cost-efficient ways to provide <br />new storage in the Arkansas Valley after about 40 sites were considered. <br /> <br />Salazar also voiced strong support for the Arkansas Valley Conduit at the meeting, <br />saying he hopes both a storage bill and the conduit can be authorized in this session of <br />Congress. He said the approval of a $60.6 million loan by the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board and state Legislature this year is a huge step that should get <br />attention in Washington. <br /> <br />Salazar also heard a litany of concerns about PSOP negotiations, which were launched <br />at a meeting in Pueblo in January 2005. Among them: <br /> <br />· Southeastern PSOP Committee Chairman Harold Miskel reviewed the decisions <br />that led to shelving PSOP. The PSOP committee will meet Aug. 10 to review the <br />impact on lGAs. Southeastern President Bill Long assured others the district <br />plans to live up to all of its agreements in the lGAs. <br /> <br />23 <br />