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I Recently, however, the farmers in the Armel area have indicated strong support for proceeding with the construction of facili- ties to supply irrigation water to the table- lands north and east of the dam. Approximately 7,000 acres of land in the Armel area could be furnished a water supply for irrigation. The 750 acres of irrigated lands under the Hale Ditch would continue to be furnished a regulated water supply. That is just below the dam and on the right hand bank. Congress, as you know, deauthorized all units of the Missouri aiver Basin not under construction in 1964. Therefore the irrigation function of the Armel Unit had to be reauthorized and that's why detailed studies leading to a feasibility report have to be started. They have been started and we expect to have that study completed during FY 1973. On the Front Range Unit, I am sure all of you are familiar with the various towns and topography there. The Front Range Unit was formed by pulling together the two units previously investigated by the Region 7 office - the St. Vrain which we completed in 1967 and the Cache la poudre which we com- pleted in 1966. The area we will study now will be Boulder Creek, st. Vrain Creek and the Cache la poudre drainage basins. I Previous studies have shown that the municipal water needs of the fast-growing cities of Boulder, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Greeley, Longmont, and Loveland will outstrip the presently available supplies in the rela- tively near future. Various plans to augment their water supplies will be studied, such as development of additional storage reservoirs in the foothills, consolidation of irrigation facilities and reduction of seepage and evaporation losses.