BOARD01943

• Board Meeting Date: 12/19/1951
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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The Vice-Chairman announced that Item 6 of the agenda, "Report of
AverJ A. Batson, Director of Region 7, Bureau of Reclamation, on the status of
investigations by his office" would next be presented. Hr. Bats,?n presented
a written report which is on file in the office of the Colorado ,Tater Conserva-

tion :Soard.

Iter.l 11 of the agenda "Report and consideration of leakage under
dikes at rim of Granby Resprvoir, a feature of the Colorado-BiG Thompson
Project" Vias considered. The Director made a brief statement and ~eferred
to Paragraph 8 of his report and the memorandum attached t~ereto vnth
respect to this matter. ~r. John Barnard of Granby, Colorado appeared on

behalf of certain individuals and interests in Grand County, and expressed
the fears of those whom he represented regarding such reservoir leakage,
and tDe danger ,to '.He and property. l,a-. J. P.. KniGhts, !.ranager of the
South Platte District, Region 7, Bureau of Reclamation, made a statement
on the sUJject and referred to reports and diagrams concerning the engineer-
ing designs of Granby dam and dikes around the rim of the reservoir. He
explained mE'aSare8 ,'Thich the Bureau of Reclamaticn was taking, through a
grouting process, to eliminate~ or to reduce to a minimum, the reservoir
leakage. He expressed the Vi~T that there was no danger whatsoever of
failure 'of the dike structure and resultant damage below the structures,
but said that it ~as important tq reduce or eliminate such leakage because
of the value of cater stored in Granby Reservoir for irrigation and power
~urposes under the Golorado-Big Thompson Project.

lir. Royce J. Tipton, Consulting Engineer of the Board, reported on
the result of his study and investigation of the matter. He stated, that,
in hJ.s opinion, and from a professional standpoint, there is no danger of
failure of the Granby Reservoir structures if the project is normally
operated.

The meeting recessed at 12:45 p.m. to reconvene at 1:30 p.m.

Afternoon Session

December 20, 1951 - Thursday

The meeting was called to order by Vice-Chairman Bailey at 2 p.m.

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There ensued further discussion of the matter of leakage fro~ Granby
Reservoir. State Engineer M. C. Hinderlider, a member of the Board, discussed
an investigation of this leakage made by him, and measnres which he had
recommended. He reviewed his cont1d;s l'lith local representatives in the
Granby area and with the Bureau of Reclamation. Various legal aspects of
the matter were discussed. AttOTIley Gencr~l Duke Dunbar stated that his
office had been contacted by representatives of local interests from Grand
County, and that De had been requested to take certain action. He had
explained to these interests it was his vierr that this was a matter ~hich
should be re~orted to the Colorado ~ater Conservation Board before action,
if anJ', was undertaken by him.