BOARD01250

• Board Meeting Date: 12/9/1964
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MR. STAPLETON:

MR. MC LAUGHLIN:

MR. MILLER:

MR. Me LAUGHLIN:

MR. MILLER:

MR. MOORE:

MR. MILLER:

MR. MOORE:

MR. MILLER:

MR. MOORE:

MR. STAPLETON:

"Mr. McLaughlin."

"I am Thad McLaughlin. I didn't mean to
get into this.

I'm not sure which figures you are
referring to, Dave."

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"How much ground water storage is there
in this area covered by the maps today?"

"I should let them answer that. I gave
some figure in an earlier report many years
ago but those were strictly rough estimates."

"I stand corrected but there is still
roughly 3~ million acre-feet of ground water
in this area that can be recovered by pump-
ing. Is that correct, that figure?"

"I hate
because the
ant thing.
is probably

to see that sort of question
effect on the river is the import-
The water is there and 3~ million
a pretty reasonable figure."

"First of all, let me ask you what is the
ground water that is available for use in
the Arkansas Valley?"

"3~ million is a reasonable figure."

"Now then secondly, you have selected
specific days and on one particular day the
Fort Lyon Canal had to release, let's say
to satisfy the ground water loss and down-
stream, 45 second feet. Isn't it possible
that sometime during the year that water
reaching the stream was water available for
lower diversions that would not have reached
the stream had there been no pumping?"

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"Yes. II

"Well, I think, if I understand this
agenda item correctly, Mr. Sparks has pre-
pared a draft of a letter to Governor Love
in response to his request and the question