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<br />area of influence. It is like building <br />a deeper drain. In oth~r words, the drain <br />can be more effective if the wells are <br />used to draw water down over a large area. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />However, the area that is proposed <br />to contribute to the salvage is limited <br />to the area that is not used by agriculture <br />at the present time. In order to control <br />the pumping, observation wells would be <br />drilled and continually observed all <br />around the perimeter of the area in which <br />the salvage will take place. At any time <br />there is any effect on any of the <br />agricultural lands or it can be seen that <br />the water tables are dropping, the pump- <br />ing can be reduced or governed so that <br />effect will not take place or will not <br />extend into the irrigated areas. <br /> <br />Also, the compact requires that water <br />of a particular quality be delivered if <br />it is to be credited. By selective pump- <br />ing, the quality of the water can be <br />controlled and those wells which are pro- <br />ducing very poor quality water can be <br />governed so enough good water is mixed <br />with that so that compact quality water <br />is delivered. <br /> <br />As previously developed here today, <br />Colorado is experiencing about an average <br />of 7,000 acre-foot deficit on the compact. <br />Our best estimates on production or salvage <br />that could be obtained here is approximately <br />100,000 acre-feet a year. In other words, <br />that would more than offset the annual <br />tendency of deficit. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The cost of the project is approximately <br />$5,000,000 and that is all represented in <br />this channel, the wells, and the transmission <br />lines. Annual operation of maintenance <br />expenses are estimated to be about $175,000. <br /> <br />You will see the green areas and those <br />areas are the proposed areas where the Fish <br />and Wild Life projects will be. Fish and <br />