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ARCA Annual Meeting 12 <br /> December 14, 1993 <br /> 1 precipitation in the Valley so that as years went this was more satisfactory than some others? <br /> p P Y Y Y <br /> 2 MR. WITTE: From a water supply standpoint, we started the year with an <br /> 3 abundant snow pack and the cool weather over the spring caused the runoff to be released more <br /> 4 gradually than it could have. That caused the snow melt supply to be extended later in the <br /> 5 season than normal but didn't necessarily make for ideal growing conditions for many of the <br /> 6 farmers in the Arkansas Valley of Colorado. But water supply was quite good, yes. <br /> 7 CHAIRMAN COOLEY: Other questions for Mr. Witte at this time? Anyone <br /> 8 here from Colorado have any questions? (pause) Apparently not, from Kansas? <br /> 9 MR. HAYZLETT: I would like to ask you about the status of the studies of the <br /> 10 Great Plains Reservoirs and permanent pool, where we are at currently on those? I think you <br /> 11 reported a little on those last year. <br /> 4°12 MR. WITTE: Mr. Hayzlett, I am not sure I recall that was part of my report, but I <br /> 13 would tell you that the Governor of Colorado did convene a special commission, the Lower <br /> 14 Arkansas River Commission it was called, that did investigate the possible alternatives for <br /> 15 establishing a State park at the Great Plains facilities and a report was submitted to the Governor <br /> 16 and to the Legislature, that outlined a proposal or an alternative that appeared to have promise to <br /> 17 that Commission. Part of that report included a commitment by the Division of Wildlife to begin <br /> 18 implementing certain aspects of that plan and the acquisition by the Division of Wildlife of <br /> 19 certain transmountain waters as part of that plan. A portion of that water was delivered to John <br /> 20 Martin Reservoir and a portion of that water was actually delivered to the Great Plains reservoirs <br /> 21 in the past year as well. I don't have any exact numbers on how much water was actually <br /> 22 delivered to the Great Plains in the past year. I believe that that was approximately 7,000 acre <br /> e3 feet, but I do not know that for certain. I would add though that the waters that were delivered to <br /> 24 the Great Plains system in the past year were either transmountain waters or reusable waters that <br />