BOARD02144

• Board Meeting Date: 8/14/1947
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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the Colorado Water Cons ervatio n Board oppos e any authori zation .
of the M1ddle Rio Grande Project, particularly the power featutes
thereof, until it is definitely detennined that (1) there will be
no int'erfereroe wi th irri!';ation water suppUe s for tha authorized
San Luis Valley Project, and (2) that operation of such Middle Rio
Grande Project can be accomplished in strict compliance with the
provisions of the Rio Grande \icmpact.

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Upon vote being taken the motion 1"as unanimcusly oarried
and declare d adopted.

Coloml Craig Smyser, of the Denver office of the Army ~ngineers,
reported on the flood oontrol program of the Army k:ngineers in the
South Platte Basin. He explained the present status of the Cherry
Creek Projeot which is now unler construction. He also called attention
to the report on the proposed flood control project on the South Platte,
invo lving the con struction of the Chatfield Dam and Reservoir above
Denver and channelization downstream as far as Greel "Y' He said that
thi s report had been approved by the Chief of Army Engineers and Board
of revi ew ani wa s not befo re the Bud get Bureau. He expr essed the hope
that thi s proj act might be ino I uded in the next Omnibus F'J,ood Control
Authorization Bill.

A full transoript of the statements made by Colonel Smyser appears
in the stenographi c repo::t of the meeting on file in the office 0 f the
Boa rd .

C. 1>. Wangnild and Robert Townsend, representing the meadow lam
water users in the Laramie River Basin, Colorado, appeared before the
Board and urged that steps be taken to negotiate wi th Wyoming for the
]:llrpose of providing additional water supplies for the meadow land
water users in Colorado, in con sideration of the large amount of return
flow to the stream from such meadow land irrigation.

They reviewed the contacts which had been made by Colorado meadow
lam water users with water users downstream in Wyoming and pointed out
that it appeared there 'lB.S an opportunity, in their judi'fllent, that
arrangements oould be made between Colorado and Wyoming which would
not adversely affect any water users in the t..o States but which, on
the contrary, would provide for 1T'OI"6 appropriate am beneficial use of
availa ble _ter supplia sin the Laramie River.

After the pres6l1tation rrede by l'essrs. Wangnild and
Townsend and discussion of the matter, it was mav'ed by
Attorney General Hinkley and seconded by Silmon Smith tint
the Director be authorized to JIlSke an investigetion of the
si tuation reported by Messrs. 1'Iangnild and Townsen.1, inolud-
ing inqui ries on the atti tud e on such a proposed arrangement
of transbasin water users in the Fort Collins area in Colorado
and make his reccmrnendations to the Board at its next meeting
as to any action whioh should be taken; and that the Director

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