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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />concludes our presentation. Thank you very much for your time. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: I understood that Dr. Herrick was here. who might <br />want to say something. is that correct or not? <br /> <br />Dr. Herrick: Mr. Chairman. I really wasn't prepared to make a state- <br />ment. but I appreciate the chance. I am a new member of the Dolores <br />Water Conservancy District. having only been a member for the past <br />week. So anything I say may be a little unrehearsed and spontaneous. <br />I am a member of the Cortez City Council. Consequently. my major <br />interest of course is in domestic water. As the gentlemen from the <br />Tri-County area made their presentation this morning.. the thought <br />occurred to me very strongly that we are faced in the Dolores Con- <br />servancy District with exactly the same thing that they have faced <br />in the past ten years - this pyramiding experience of the necessity <br />of domestic and industrial water. We have on a smaller scale an <br />entirely similar situation. We have a small rural domestic system with <br />people just crying to be allowed on the system. With new taps a <br />gross insufficiency of water for that system. all of the municipal~. <br />ities and all the small towns. the tribal headquarters at Towaoc. <br />there isn't a domestic. municipal water supply system in our area <br />that is not already in trouble of some sort or another. Mr. Kinkade <br />alluded briefly to the study made by Morcan Engineering Company. I <br />presume it subsequently will be made available to you. It goes into <br />the difficulties of our domestic water situation in the Dolores Con- <br />servancy District. Thank you. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: Thank you. Dr. Herrick. Now are there any further <br />presentations that you would like to make before I make you all avail- <br />able for questions? All right. are there any questions then in <br />regard to the Dolores project that any members of the board would <br />like to address? <br /> <br />Mr. Kroeqer: I would like to ask one question. Under the environ- <br />mental impact statement it has been reported that. and I quote. "the <br />very scenic canyon of the Dolores River will be inundated in the <br />loss of scenic area and aesthetic damage from the construction." <br />Now what I want you to tell me is. how long is the Dolores Canyon. <br />approximately? Is it ten miles. 100 miles. 150 miles? <br /> <br />Mr. Tvner: There are 168 miles of the river below McPhee damsite. <br /> <br />Mr. Kroeqer: The point I wanted to make is that this infers that <br />the Dolores Canyon will be inundated and it is essentially 8 or 9 <br /> <br />-36- <br />