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<br />has f:\'N been marle and that until
<br />it is mad(' th('y musl be assured that
<br />the water needed to sDlisfy their
<br />potential is not taken a.....ay rrom
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<br />Let liS now turn to the east side
<br />or the Continental Divide. Denver,
<br />Colorauo Springs, and oth(.1' cities
<br />say that they need more water ror
<br />municipal purposes, Denver seeks
<br />to d h'c!'! ] 77,000 acre reel of water
<br />annually from the headwaters of the
<br />B1Ul>, take it throUR"h the divide in
<br />a 2J-mile tunnel, and store it in the
<br />Two Forks Reservoir on the South
<br />Platte. The West Slope says that
<br />Denver has nf>ver shown the need
<br />for this much water and that it con-
<br />stitutes !'l qmmtity fAr beyond the
<br />reasonably anticipalro requircm('nts
<br />of the Denver metropolitan area,
<br />l'h('f(' is litigation pl'nding over the
<br />relative prioritiell of the Denver-
<br />Blue River ri~hts and the rights of
<br />the Green J\lountain unit of the
<br />Colorado-Big Thompson project.
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<br />The East Slope - West Slope con.
<br />troversy is not capable or nny pre-
<br />cise legal or engineering solution. A
<br />basic difficulty is thnt the elaims of
<br />both parties are based upon impon-
<br />derables. For examples, no cate-
<br />gorico! answer cnn be given to ques-
<br />tions such as these; To what ext~nt
<br />shall irrh:ated aRriculture he subsi-
<br />dized, ir at all? What industrial de-
<br />velopment may be reasonably an-
<br />ticipatt'd? What will be tht" growth
<br />of cities? What recrelltional values
<br />must be protectcU and pn.'!I('fved?
<br />The answer 10 each of these dt'pends
<br />upon the individual making the
<br />answer, It must be apparent to any
<br />one who studies the problem that
<br />this East Slope - W('sl Slope dispute
<br />invol....es so many impondl'rablcs that
<br />there is nq clear cut sqlutjoll 'or the
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<br />Whllt is the I'ituation within. the
<br />nllturnl basin? When the planning:
<br />(.If the Colorado River Storage proj-
<br />ect by the Bureau of Rechllnation
<br />was ill its early stages, the Colorado
<br />Watcr Conservation Board held a
<br />series of Int'ctings to ascertain as far
<br />as was posliible the attitude or local
<br />people on units for inclusion within
<br />that project. There Wa!; one point
<br />on which there was near unanimity
<br />on the W('!;t Slope, It was the de-
<br />sirnbility or securing substantial
<br />storage on the uppf'r reaches of the
<br />Gunnison River. This was reported
<br />to the Bureau which then came up
<br />with the 2,500.000 acre feet Cure~
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<br />c<lnti Reservoir, The <lrcas down-
<br />stream from the site were enthusi-
<br />astic for it. The people in the town
<br />or Gunnison and the county of Gun-
<br />nison were violently opposed, They
<br />pointed out that it would back water
<br />up to the limits or the town, would
<br />!lood some excellent livestock ranch_
<br />es, and would destroy recreational
<br />values. The dispute wns referred by
<br />the Boord to a Policy Rnd Re....iew
<br />Committee which with great sin-
<br />cerity of purpose deliberated thor-
<br />oughly, careful1y and patiently. It
<br />proposed what has become known as
<br />the small Curecanti, that is, a reser.
<br />voir which would impound only
<br />about 940,000 acre feet.
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<br />Disappointment for Some
<br />The Bureau, perhaps with some
<br />reluctance, included the small Cure-
<br />conti within the Storage PToject. At
<br />the time. the economic feasibility of
<br />such a project was determined upon
<br />a joint consideration of all units, In
<br />December, 1952. the Bureau of the
<br />BudJ:ct directed that each unit of
<br />a project must be f'(:onomically ju~ti.
<br />fiable when standing by itself. Un.
<br />der these new rules. the Bureau or
<br />Reclamation found that the small
<br />Curl..'Canti was infeasible because the
<br />cost of generating electrical energy
<br />by thermal processes in the area was
<br />cheaper than the cost or hydroelec-
<br />tric power generated at the small
<br />CUlecnnti, This was a great disap-
<br />pointment to the West Slope people,
<br />They engaged Independent engineer-
<br />ing assistance and ale now endeavor-
<br />ing to work out a modified plan
<br />which will make the small Curecan-
<br />ti possible. If consideration is to be
<br />given to grass-roots opinion, there
<br />is no doubt that the small Curecantl
<br />is both desired and desirable.
<br />Two other major projects within
<br />the natural basin in Colorado ha\'e
<br />been promincntIJ.', Ir not enthusias--
<br />lically, mentioned, One of these is
<br />Cross Mount3in on the Yampa RiVer.
<br />From the stnndpoint of cost-benefit
<br />ratio and cost of producing hydro~
<br />elf'ctric"'power, CfOMIJ-Mountain is
<br />seeond only to Glen Canyon among
<br />the units considercd for the Storage
<br />Proj<,ct. ypt therc is 11 minimum of
<br />intl'rest in Cross Mountain. The pea.
<br />pIt" in thenrea llre quite apathetic,
<br />ThNc s('ems 10 be no great West
<br />Slope df'mand for it. This is strange
<br />when one con::iders its high stand-
<br />ing in both engineering and eco-
<br />nomic feasibility.
<br />A third in-basin proposal deserves
<br />attenti9n, It is the DeBeque unit on
<br />the Colorado River located a short
<br />distance upstream from the town of
<br />PaliSfide. It is not a brain child of
<br />the Bureau of Reclamation. Rather
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<br />Now, thanks to role.type ('On~truc-
<br />1 tion, you ron huild ham." slll'ds
<br />ancl n!tiny oth{'r form huiiding1'l fa..tfll,
<br />f'asi"r anrl nt low.'r cost. No foun(lntinn
<br />is nwd...-I-you !'limply IIl,t the poles in
<br />the J:louncl. Th.. 1ll....1 fnr !'Ikill...llnhor
<br />is r...lllrefl ht'<.'lmse YOll and your fnrm
<br />help can tlo mn~t of tlltJ .....ork. And,
<br />th('re'g ;llmoslno notl'hinlt and mortis-
<br />ing - supporling m<'mllf'rs arf' naill"fi
<br />li1:ht to Ill(' pol.>;I. In Il,Mition, 11'S&
<br />!lImiJf'r ill IIH,'d in pole-type ron~truc-
<br />tion than in conwntinnnl building".
<br />Pole.tn>e !Itruclure!lnrc(';,,>y to l'J:panel,
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<br />K('n Chalml'rs, Colurado Matc con-
<br />servationist, is one of 10 pt'fSOnS in
<br />the United States who recently re-
<br />cdved N;I~h Conservation awards
<br />lor 1953 in rf'cognition of outstand_
<br />ing work in ccmservf<tion. The I
<br />awards pror::rom wall organized to
<br />recognize the work of both profes-
<br />l>ional nlld individual workers in soil
<br />.lInd water and wildlife conservation,
<br />The committee reviewed ;29 nomi.
<br />nations ror the .awMds,
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