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F. A. hark. 'St Conse rvetionis. 4. <br />SCS, Vetiver., Colerad£a <br />Ray C. Mc0asiitl, Assistant State Conservatiooist <br />SCS, Denver, Colorado <br />February 21, 1966 <br />�-S - PL 566 - >cst Paradox :Eatershed -- Preliminary irivcstiijation Rep. € >rt <br />This is a report of the information requested ors the 'West Naradox 'atershed <br />in your inei�_ Orandum of October 29 1965. <br />A. (1) Total area irrigated on the average year is 2500 acres. This <br />maw vary from 2000- to 3500 acres depending on wi year's water <br />suPply. A USCS mat is attached showing in blue they 3501ti acres <br />of i rrigated 1 find . <br />(2) Reservoir storage rights supply water to 2330 acres on an avera <br />veer. trier delivery from storage averages 0.68 acre -feet per <br />acre. In ad-CA tier o, the 2330 acres receive about 1.5 acre -feet <br />per acre of direct; flue. Eater accordinc. to their civersion rights. <br />(3) Acres without storage rights are 6 irrigatec by springs. 90 Icy <br />pu ;i,i and direct flow rights, and 2C acres by pump. These 170 <br />acres receive about 3 acre -feet per acre and are located by cross - <br />hatching on the asap. <br />(d,) Supplemental water frus,; tv.elve Pumps deliver an average of about <br />1200 acre feet or the equivalent of a fall suet ly for 350 acres. <br />These wells are located on the attached mraP. <br />These coomined sources. Pro(,uce an average yield of about 8400 <br />acre -feet. This is ara aver of :x.36 acre-foot per acre for the <br />25 , acres. Tiie �4rvss requirement at an estimated 40 percent <br />Project efficiency is d1bout acre -feet per- acre. <br />r . Attached is a copy of a merwrand froiii C. A. Yates, Assistant <br />Regional Forester,, giving the possible land treatgwn recreati.fnal, <br />and fire control i €dersification riteasures they would propos for <br />installation. Ne have not as yet includes recreational storage it) the <br />pm-posed reservoir enlargement but believe it to be feasible. There <br />is consicerable local interest for recreation and it is believed that <br />the first filling for a recreation fool apuuld be dottatec in d good <br />water year and thereafter only a swall ar-ount of seepage and evaporation <br />losses woulc_ =ave to be provided by the irril9ators. <br />