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one place probably would make that impractical. <br />It may not be, I don't know. The overall Platte <br />River study may show the feasibility of something <br />of that nature. <br />I might add at this time also that the Two <br />Forks or the original Chatfield Dam, as far as <br />the flood control and the regulation of trans - <br />mountain diversions, I think is almost a must in <br />the overall development of the Platte River." <br />MR. GILDERSLEEVE: "Mr. Sarchet." <br />MR. SARCHET: "I don't want to appear to be critical of the <br />Bureau or antagonistic to them in any way but I <br />feel this steering committee was appointed to <br />present the thinking of the people in the area <br />which they represent. In my case that is Adams <br />County, or Hugh Sloan and I represent Adams and <br />Weld Counties, which is the area between Denver <br />and Greeley on the Platte River, principally. The <br />feeling of our irrigated interests in that area <br />seems to be, and it's my feeling, that the irri- <br />gation potential of the Weld County site is <br />double or triple the potential of the Narrows <br />site for the reasons which Mr. Osborne has stated. <br />There are about 60,000 acres of land between the <br />two sites which we feel couldn't be efficiently <br />served from the Narrows site. <br />If an attempt were made to serve that from <br />the Narrows site, it would have to be through <br />exchange which would use the water that might <br />otherwise be available to irrigators in our area <br />through exchange. We also feel that any of this <br />water that can be used higher up on the stream in <br />our area can be reused once or twice before it <br />reaches the state line. So we feel that the irri- <br />gation potential to be developed would be more <br />than double in the Weld County site over the <br />Narrows site. Of course, I'd rather hear from <br />some of the people down below but we're not con- <br />vinced that there is sufficient demand below the <br />Narrows Dam to make use of the irrigation poten- <br />tial of the Narrows site. We feel that far <br />greater efficiency so far as irrigation is con- <br />cerned could be obtained from the Weld County <br />