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<br />l::'~o <br /> <br />project for $22,000. Is there any further <br />discussion? All' those in favor will signify <br />by saying 'aye'; opposed - the motion is <br />carried. <br /> <br />The next item is the cooperative agr~e- <br />ment on the Rio Grande Salvage project. I <br />will ask Mr. Bud Sweet to comment .on that." <br />. " - . <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. ffivEET: <br /> <br />"This cooperative agreement is something <br />we have had in mind for quite a while. It <br />contemplates an investigation of the possi- <br />bility of conservation of water through the <br />rectification of the Conejos River channel <br />from Mogote to La Sauses and the Rio Grande <br />channel from about the Soldiers Home road to <br />Alamosa. In these areas fields are over- <br />flowed and it has been roughly estimated <br />that 10,000 acre feet can be salvaged in <br />these river reaches. The work on this in- <br />vestigation will result in a reconnaissance <br />report outlining what will be needed to pre- <br />pare a feasibility report, including Alamosa <br />and La Jara Creeks. <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />In addition to the water salvage, channel <br />rectification would increase the assurance <br />that debit water could be conveyed to the <br />state line without suffering the tremendous <br />losses whiCh presently occur." <br /> <br />"Mr. Sweet is Project Engineer with tne <br />Bureau of Reclamation and is stationed at <br />Monte Vista. This office is under Region 5 <br />of the Bureau with headquarters in Amarillo, <br />which has jurisdiction over the Rio Grande <br />drainage in the State of Colorado. <br /> <br />This is a cooperative program, strictly <br />cooperafive, in that the Federal government <br />will match the amount of money that the State <br />will put up." <br /> <br />MR. SWEET: <br /> <br />"This program will take about five years. <br />It will depend upon what our first year's <br />study discloses." <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />"Region 5 has requested $10,000 for this <br />in their budget if the State of Colorado puts <br />up that amount of money. We are in such a <br />critical situation with the States of New' <br />Mexico and Texas under the Rio Grande Compact <br />that we should spare no effort to salvage <br />water in the Rio Grande basin." <br />