BOARD01253

• Board Meeting Date: 1/28/1946
• Description: Table of Contents and Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Minutes

Wheeler-Case law.

7. The Cherry Creek Flood Control projeot. This projeot
has been authorized for several years for oonstruotion by the
Corps of Army Engineers. It provides flood oontrol On Cherry
Creek to prevent flood damages in the City of Denver and areas
adjaoent thereto. It is understood that the Corps of Army Engi-
neers proposes to reauest a supplemental budget estilnate to
initiate construotian of this project during the present fiscal
year.

8. The Colorado Spri s Flood Control and Improvement ro eot.
This projeot, under the Corps of my Engineers, has. been author-
ized and provides flood protection primarily for the City of
Colorado Springs.

9. The San Luis Valley projeot. This projeot has been
authorized for oonstruation by the Bureau of Reolamation. It is
looated in the Rio Grande Basin to provide supplemental water
supplies for presently irrigated lands in the San Luis Valley.
It oonsists of two units, namely. (l) the Rio Grande unit. with
two prinoipal features.. the Wagon Wheel Gap reservoir for storage
of 1,000.000 aore feet of water, and the Weminuohe diversion for
exportation of approximately 24.000 aore feet of water per year
from the San Juan Basin; and (2) the Conej os unit for the storage
and regulation of the water of the Conejos River for supplemental
irrigation supplies. The Conejos unit. aooording to present
plans. will oonsist of a ohanne1 reservoir on the Conejos River
and an off-ohannel reservoir. Water users under the Conejos unit
have organized a oonservanoy distriot under the Conservanoy
Distriot Aot of 1937. as amended. The formation of a district
for the Rio Grande area is being undertaken.

Provided. that the approval of this project, as a part of
the immediate postwar program in Colorado. is subject to the
oondition that no oonstruotion of the Weminuche transmountain
diversion feature nor effort to secure appropriations therefor
shall be undertaken until an agreement for ~he protection of the
present and prospeotive uses of water in theSan Juan Basin,
pursuant to the polioy heretofore approved by this Board, has
been made between the interests in the San Juan Basin and the
water users ili the San Luis Valley who will benefit by the pro-
posed diversion. Suoh agreement shall be satisfaotory to the
affeoted interests in both the San Juan Basin and. the San Luis
Valley. and approved by the Colorado WaterConservati.ou Board.
All appropriate measures through appropriat:j..Ol1-AotSand other-
wise shall be taken to effeotuate this oo~ition,

10. Investigations, All appropriate steps shall be taken
by the Board to aid in expediting projeGt.investigations and
studies of the Bureau of Reolamation. the Corps of Army Engineers.
the U. S. Geologioal Survey and other interested Federal agencies
and to seoure ade?uate appropriations ther~for.-

AND, WHEREAS it appears that for the ini till.tion of the postwar