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<br />1.1_ -- <br /> <br />I <br />k" <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />-12....' <br /> <br />19-2) Inc. Items 19-2)' of your analysis bear the h.eati\11a< ,!!J)-iv...ndl.bn <br />J?~n~>!;J.1tl1"No,W:at.er ~vallabletl. The conclusion in the hea~gisid1-.an ftbm <br />thef'igures _~ yOu, ,~se in the forepart of your analysis., .. . <br /> <br />Item 19 of lOu.ir 'anal~sis relates to the proposed f~~~. .Plu1Q~ .G~on- <br />Ar~S~$ ._ich is . more .propeta.~c.;~gwri as the Frying Pan-A~~Froject... 'Iou <br />use tl'tefigure of 68,000 acre-feet' a.y~ar. It is understo&4't:,b.~ tbe ,~~ 7 <br />report on this project submitted to the :eommissioner of Re~~~tioRl ..'IlOt ..~ <br />yet released by him, places tlUs figure at 70,000 acre-feet;.,,, .Tg_.i~j;ect. <br />will largely,serve present anti future requirements for do~s.ttc~t~r suppUes <br />in Pueblo ~d dovmstreanl municipalities along the Arkansa~ Rtve':r besides '1'0- <br />viding sup~,al irrigation. The preliminary project. repOl"t has been,.der <br />study.by the .0&J.orado'!Jater Ebnservation. Board for more t.h,an two years., ."A <br />Poli9N"_di~1Ii:ew Committee, set up by the Board, and JlUilge up of rep~s~- <br />tatives'$'l"ollr'the Board,1f'estern Calarada" and Eastern qplorado, agre$i uPon <br />a pl~ of operation for t.his praject to carry out the. ,p<>licy of pro~~ <br />pre'sfmt and patential uses of. w~1;er. in Western Colorado. This agreedj;;p]Jb <br />of operatian was subsequently approved by the Colarada Uater Canservat.:idh <br />Board. <br /> <br />Your items 20, 21, and 22 relate to. the. proposed Blue-5auth. l'latte, <br />the propos~d diversion from the Gunnison River Basin ta the ArkanS;aS River <br />Basi41, and the proposed Gunnison-Rio Grande diversion. You do nQ.t state in <br />your analysi-s the saurce of into.il'Dlation for the figures used on 'the proposed <br />eXpOrtatitons by these, projects. The Bureau of Reclamation .Blue Book gives <br />potential eKpartations (Blue River-5outh Platte, Table .xLVI, p. 132, Gunnison- <br />Arkansas, Table XLVII, p. 133; Gunnison-Rio Grande, Table XLVII, p~ 133). <br />Prelimin~ry reports an the praposed Blue River-8outh Platte Project, and en <br />what has. ~een referred to as the second stage of the proposed Gunnisan- <br />Arkansas Froject, have been made available far study. No final reports on <br />these projects tor official consideration of the Colorado Water Conservation <br />Boaro have been released by the Bureau of Reclamation. Viater st1lldi.es made by <br />the BureaJ. and t.he State Board slnce the publication of the Blue Book indicate <br />that the reported quant.ity of exportable water for the Blue River-SOuth Platte <br />is tao high. .. Likewise, no figures are available until a project report on the <br />seeond phase of the Gunnison~rkan&as is released, tut water studies made since <br />the publication of the Blue Book indicate that the :reported quantity tar this <br />project is alSo too high. A report on any .of these Federal project. propoSEt#J, <br />under Section I of the .1944 Flaod Control Act, must be submitted to the Colo- <br />rado Water Conservation Boaoo for study and official comments. In the mean- <br />".t-ilntl tthe Board has taken every step it can to expedite surveys and irrrestiga- <br />.'tions in 1"Te$tern Colorada to detennine potential useS in that area. <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />