BOARD01502

• Board Meeting Date: 4/22/1948
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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Mr. Blomgren of Region 7, Bureau of Reclamation, reported on the
domestic water supply, sewage and seepage problems at the Town of Grand Lake,
growing out of the Colorado-Big Thompson construction, and the procedures and
study to resolve these problems. He said there was possibility that costs
involved at Grand Lake might add to the over-all cost of the Big Thompson
Project.

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Mr. Douglass of Region 7, Bureau of Reclanation, reported on the South
Platte study and the investigation in relation.to the proposed Narrows Reservoir.
He said three sites were being considered, and tha,t studies were still in progress.
Flood control is the principal purpose of the program, with irrigation and con-
trol of ,water imported by the Colorado-Big Thompson Project allied purposes.

Mr. Blomgren was called upon for discussion of restudy of the Colorado-
Big Thompson project features, their plan of operation and relative project
benefits. He explained the Bureau has been instructed by Congress to make such
study of possibilities for getting revised contracts with the water users.

Senator Sam Taylor urged that the Board approve underground water inves-
tigetions in the Walsenburg area. The request was placed in the schedule of
future surveys.

S. W. Lohman reported on the present status of the underground water
investigation in Colorado.

Mr. Breitenstein reported the situation inrr~ga:rd to annual surveys and
reports in connection with the North Platte United States Supreme Court Decree.
He said surveys should be made annually, and copies filed wtth the Board, the
State Engineer, and at the county assessor's office in Jackson County. The sur-
veywas overlooked in 1947, but should be made in 1948, and yearly thereafter.
He advised that Wyoming, also a party to the decree, be reminded of its similar
obligation in surveys. The Director announced that the Engineering staff of
the Board would make such survey for 1948 this summer.

The Director presented 'a communication from E. O. Larson, Director of
Region 4, Bureau of ReClamation, Salt Lake City, on the status of projects
under construction, authorized for construction and under investigation in
Western Colorado. Mr. Larson's report was considered and made a part of the
record as follows:

Status of Bureau of Reclamation
Activities in Colorado

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Status of Mancos Project. As of the close of March 1948, the con-
tractor on Jackson Gulch Dam and inlet and o~tlet canals had completed
11 percent of his contract and 27 percent of the contract time had elapsed.
However, the contractor has submitted a revised construction schedule
indicating completion by July 1, 1949, which is more than one year prior
to the time required by the contract. The contractor intends to augment
and add to his present hauling equipment in an attempt to complete the
earth dam during 1948, in accordance with the latest construction schedule
submitted by him. This SChedule, however, appears somewhat optimistic in
view of the weather conditions normally prevailing at elevations above
7,000 feet in the vicinity of the work. Despite the excellent equipment
assembled by the contractor it is believed that the weather conditions
will be the limiting factor in the progress of construction due to the