BOARD00736

• Board Meeting Date: 7/18/1958
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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further the development of the projects mentioned
in Public Law 485 in the Upper Gunnison Drainage.

Also, about two weeks ago I attended the
meeting of the Arkansas Compact Administration
in Lamar.

Now, one of the Colorado Commissioners on
that Arkansas Compact is the Director of the
Colorado Water Conservation Board. I did not
sit in as Director, however, I sat in as an ob-
server. I might mention the problem arose there
concerning fishing and boating on John Martin
Reservoir, which is somewhat the same situation
as Cherry Creek. In that case, since it is an
interstate matter, it will be a matter of concern
with this Board. The water users are certain to
be opposed to leaving 20,000 feet of storage in
John Martin Reservoir. A possible solution of
the matter may lie in the construction of the
Purgatoire Flood Control Project. In other words,
by the construction of the Purgatoire, we may be
able to make much more additional space available
in the John Martin Reservoir when the John Martin
reaches 367,000 feet of storage. One of the oper-
ating principles developed by the Corps of Engi-
neers is that the water is dumped at 367,000 feet.
It is possible that with the additional flood
control of the P~rgatoire Reservoir, that the
capacity for the conservation pool of John Martin
could be increased as much as 100,000 feet if the
water is available. This is a matter where im-
mediate study must be undertaken by this Board
to correlate the Purgatoire Reservoir with the
John Martin Reservoir.

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The matter of the San Juan-Chama has been
under study for sometime. It is imperative that
that study be completed within the next two or
three months so that, before Congress reconvenes
in 1959, the State of Colorado will be able to
take';a stable and sound position with reference
to the Navajo Irrigation and San Juan-Chama
Projects.