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<br />101 <br /> <br />section of the State. He called attention to the fact that the 177,000 <br />acre-feet of water which would be used for the Denver water project are <br />considerably less than the 430,000 acre-feet of water .involved in the <br />Bureau of Reclamation project. Mr. Saunders expressed the hope that the <br />Board would look with favor' upon a resolution which would permit <br />jAr. Breitenstein to insist on the inclusion of the Denver project as a <br />concurrent part of the Colorado River Storage Project bill. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Vice-Chairman Bailey asked Mr. Sande"s to give the Board <br />information on the engineering features of the Rroject. <br /> <br />Mr. Saunders explained that Denver's plan is to take.water <br />from the Blue River, at its confluence with the ~nake and Ten Mile Rivers <br />near Dillon, which has an elevation of 8,860 feet, through a twenty- <br />three mile tunnel to be built under the Continental Divide, to Grant, which <br />has an elevation of 8,640 feet. The water would then be stored at <br />Two Forks Reservoir, southwest of Denver, he stated, and from there it <br />would be brought to Denver and used as it is needed, He added that the <br />twenty-three mile tunnel from Dillon to Grant would have to be built first <br />and would take about seven years to complete. <br /> <br />Considerable discussion on the matter followed. <br /> <br />Vice-Chairman Bailey referred to resolutions passed by the <br />Board in connection with the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project providing that no <br />further fede~ally financed transmountain diversion projects Je approved <br />until the Western Slope surveys are completed and called on E. O. Larson, <br />Region 4, Bureau of Reclamation, to report to the Board concerning the <br />status of the Western Slope surveys. <br /> <br />Mr. Larson reported as follows: <br /> <br />A comprehensive inventory of potential <br />projects was completed in 1946. In 1950, a detailed <br />report was submitted on the Colorado River Storage <br />Project and thirteen participating projects, two of <br />which have been dropped since that time. That <br />report was finally sent to the Commissioner and <br />approved. The report on the FruitgrOYfers Project is <br />just bein~ completed. The Definite Plan Report on <br />the Paonia Project has been completed. The Fire <br />Mountain Canal report is nearly complete. There is <br />also a report on the West Divide Project, and <br />rehabilitation reports for the Uncompahgre and <br />Grand Valley Projects. The La Plata report has been <br />completed. Reconnaissance report on the Gunnison <br />Basin Project has been completed. A revision of the <br />report on t he Dolores Project should be out in April. <br /> <br />I <br />