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<br />MR. VANDEMOER: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. VANDEMOER: <br /> <br />COL. PENDERGRASS: <br /> <br />MR. VIoNDEMOER: <br /> <br />COL. PENDERGRASS: <br /> <br />MR. VIoNDEMOER: <br /> <br />COL. PENDERGRASS: <br /> <br />"Mr. Chairman." <br /> <br />"Herb.1I <br /> <br />"On your returning the water to the under- <br />ground, will you be able to leave that water <br />in or will you have to evacuate those dams <br />soon after they are filled? Won't you have <br />to move that water out as you build another <br />project? In other words, will you leave <br />water in all these reservoirs during the <br />summer? Or will you gradually return it all <br />summer long?" <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"No. But what we will do is to, subject <br />of course to whoever handles the water rights <br />and so forth in a case like this, attempt to <br />release it at such a rate that you get <br />optimum recharge. Of course, as far as the <br />people in that area are concerned, they want <br />it released slowly and often so that not a <br />bit of it gets to the South Platte River." <br /> <br />"What I was thinking, you would lose <br />your flood protection if you held that water <br />for very long." <br /> <br />"It depends on the nature of the flood. <br />These structures are sized' large enough that <br />on your most frequent flood we can make the <br />judgment of a reasonable release rate. We <br />don't have to dump the water and we shouldn't <br />have built the structure if we had to do <br />that. " <br /> <br />"You mentioned or made some remarks on <br />sediment filling in these reservoirs. Have <br />you got any kind of figures in mind as to <br />how long they will last in years? You talked <br />about the Sijou going into the Narrows, for <br />instance, and filling it up pretty rapidly." <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"Yes. The Bijou will take a great load <br />off, well it won't take a load off the <br />Narrows, it will take a load off of what <br />