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<br />JUOI <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />who want one site insist it's better geologi- <br />cally than the other site. So again we are <br />caught in a layman's opinion of how good the <br />two sites are. In order to resolve this ques- <br />tion we asked the Bureau to do core drilling <br />on two sites upstream. The core drilling, as <br />Mr. Greer has already indicated, turned out far <br />worse than we anticipated. There is now a <br />serious question in our minds that the Weld <br />County site will hold water at all without <br />tremendously expensive treatment. The Narrows <br />site also has some weaknesses, particularly on <br />the south side of the river. Part of it will <br />be on old buried river channel. <br /> <br />Again, not being a geologist, I have <br />simply thrown up my hands and called in an <br />independent 'consulting firm, Woodward-Clyde- <br />Sherard and Associates, and asked them to make <br />an evaluation of the two sites. both cost-wise <br />and how much leakage would occur at either <br />site. This is one of the leading geological <br />firms in the country and specializes in soil <br />foundation conditions. We have very limited <br />funds in order to make these surveys but we <br />are trying to stretch the funds that we have <br />and obtain funds from other sources to try to <br />get these independent surveys. The result is <br />that we will make every possible effort to <br />attempt at least to make a further analysis <br />of these two sites, other than what has been <br />done by our own staff and by the Bureau of <br />Reclamation. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I don't think the problem is ever: going <br />to be resolved. We keep hoping that we will <br />find a project upon which there is unanimous <br />agreement in the state of Colorado, but I think <br />that will come, perhaps, in about the year 4000 <br />when there is no water left to worry about. <br /> <br />We had another meeting of the Steering <br />committee scheduled for December 6th. It now <br />appears that we will not be able to complete <br />the new studies by that date. It will be some- <br />time in January before the Steering Committee <br />will meet. After that we hope to be able to <br />