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<br />21 <br /> <br />located about 15 miles above the mouth of the river. WhU,e <br />1lh1a 18 not as large &.ll the Curecant1 Reservo1.r, we sUll reel <br />11; should be 1n the ul1i1Ulate plan of tlevelopllleQt. We ,d14 not <br />ant101pata reoomtllendlng that in,11l1ally, but 1n vleY 01' 1lhe (lom", <br />pllcat10ns and in v1w otthe difficulties of making an <br /> <br />., <br />immediate deols1on,on sOllie of the other, devs1opllIents, a.nd I.n <br />dew otthe taot that Brldgepor1i "d.ll be included Ul t1illllllely, <br />we are eusges1ling that in o1"de.. to GOIllPl.y with the comments of <br />Oolorado which recommended that we include a large development <br />on 1lh.eGunnison. We are now euggesting that Bridgeport be r6e- <br /> <br />otnm:.ntled as one of the lhit1al resel"V01rs. <br /> <br />h v111 have a' <br /> <br />oapacUy of aM.ooo tl.O!'e teet. It w111 have a power plan~ <br />oa.pao1.ty of 44,000 kilowatts. The estlms,ted (lost 1s $41,000.000. <br />1n addition to f~rnlsh1ng reSUlation, the ,reservo~r ml~' <br />ul1l1mahly be oonvel'ted to other lallls.Ye have not tullytx- <br />plored th:-e PQsslbilit:v ot uses in Western Oolorado. It wae <br />initiallY invest1gated by the Grand ~unotlon offioe, Mr.Jex. <br />andJ:1ll1ght say a190, in all frankness, that some of the boys <br />in EasttlrnOolorado....Jlr. Powell hae also worked on thet l"1itse:r- <br />vQir. We do not know at this Umeexaatl)' what the ult1ll1ate <br />use or t,1l.8t reservoir \1111 be. We do know that if an 011 shale <br />devel~pmentsbQUld come in and ghould oonfliet with the water <br />rights of the, Grand Junet10n area. 1t would be poss1ble physioally <br />to provide substitute water for Bridgeport; however. we ar$ tlGt <br />propoe1ng ~t,at this time. We are proposing Bridgeport as an <br />