BOARD00225

• Board Meeting Date: 6/28/1943
• Description: Table of Contents and Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Minutes

WHEREAS, it is recognized that the investigations by the
Bureau of Re~lamation are neoessarily limited because of the
lack of available manpower duting the war period;

NOW, TBERRFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Colorado water Con-
servation Board that, within the limits of available manpower
and funds appropriated by the Congress, the Bureau of Reola-
mation expedite projeot investigation for water resouroe develop-
ment within the State of Colorado with the end in view of oom-
pleting projeot reports as a. basis for the formulation of a
postwar reolamation oonstruction progr8lD.; and that it is the
view of the Colorado Water Conservation Board that the Bureau
of Reolamation should make every effort to conoentrate its work
on projeot investigations susoeptible of oampletion within the
war period, so as to formulate a postwar oonstruotion plan; and
that all projeot investigations, within the limitation herein
expressed, be oarried forward in Colorado so as to avoid, as far
as possible, the spreading of the program over such a wide field
that final results cannot be obtained for the postwar oonstruotion
program;

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of thfs Board, arid.--
all other interested pArties, use their best efforts tooontaot.
Senators and Members of Congress to urge appropriation from the
Colorado River Development Fund of substantial a~ounts to assist
in oarrying on the investigational program for the.development
of Colorado River waters ;-'

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it is the sense o.f the Colorad.o
Water Conservation Board that the investigational pi6gr~,+~.the
State of Colorado for reclamation development does not now give
assuranoe of the formulation, in a oonorete form, of a substantial
oonstruction program for the period following cessation of the
warJ

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
furnished to the Bureau of ReolallJl.tion, other appropriate federe.l
agenoies and Senators and Congressmen from Colorado.

Miss Pointer stated that the Arkansas Valley Ditch ~ssociation had dis-
oussed a stop order effeotive against the oompletion of Caddoa Dam (otherwise
known as the John Martin Dam and Reservoir) pointing out that this project
is in charge of the Corps of Army Engineers, she stated that this .14,000,000
proje ct remained in an incompleted state beoaus e of lack of materials, and
that it was advisable that its completion be urged as soon as possible in
order to afford maximum flood protection and water conservation benefits.
rt was suggested that the Direotor oommunicate with the Chief of the Corps
of Army Engineers and inquire what the present policy may be with respeot
to the time of the oompletion of this projeot and the possibilities of pro-
oeeding with its further oonstruotion during the war period.

The Direotor made a report wi th respeot to the agreement heretofore
made and now in effeot between the Meadowland water Users and the Trans-
mountain diversi~nists of water from the Laramie River. He explained that