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<br />39 <br /> <br />(c) Estimated depletions are (temperature. - diversions <br />by export projecta - evaporation at reservoirs, etc.) which <br />are greater than depleioiona. at Lee Ferry (Upper) and at <br />Int~r~ational Boundary (Lower). <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />II~l1".; :. iiith S:.lpp21..... :Jstimated, too low and demand estimated <br />too high, the report is misleading in showing of ~x~osa demand over <br />supply. <br /> <br />13. The Commission negotiating a compact among the states of <br />the Upper Basin has appointed an engineering cbmmittee, which finds it <br />neoessary to estimate ohannel losses above Lee Ferry, and to estimate <br />runoff fram areas not oommanded .by stream gaging s~aLious. in order to <br />. determine: <br /> <br />(a) Suppliea available in eaoh state for consumption at <br />site, and <br /> <br />(b) Deliveries by eaoh state measured as depletions at <br />Lee Ferry, and <br /> <br />(~). Questions; of technioal and engineering oharaoter. <br />not covered in the report. <br /> <br />Studies are being conduoted jointly with eaoh state repre- <br />sented and the Bureau participating. Colorado suggests the report be <br />withheld until the results are reported, then the report be amended to <br />inolude findings, before being adopted by the Secretary of the Interior <br />or being transmitted to Congress. <br /> <br />14. The report alloW$ 500,000 acre feet in the Upper Basin <br />and 500,000 aore feet depletion, for future pasture irrigation. <br />locations are shown on maps and no segregations made by states. <br />the subject be studied while report is being revised, estimates; <br />segregated by states, and' be included as. irrigated land without <br />distinction whether crop harvested or pastured. <br /> <br />No <br />Suggest <br />be <br /> <br />15. Report allows 831,000 aOre feet for potential main stem <br />reservoirlf in the Upper Basin. Suggest estimated losses be segregated <br />by individual projects; that oapaoities of each be speoified showing <br />total proposod, space llsaole for power, ..~U 3pace usable for streamflow. <br />regulaLion. Also that report include resu~a of operations for <br />streamflow' regulati ons, i. ;;., how. muoh carry-ovelt' from previoulf years <br />available for release during oritioal 1931-&0 period. <br /> <br />-I <br /> <br />16. Estimatelf of depletiona by major in-basin and export projects, <br />snoulu "" s;,own by individual projeots, and should include, in addition <br />to long-time averages, the depletions~t site and Lee. Ferry during <br />1931-1940 -- neoessary under oompaot and neoessary for Upper Basin <br />oompaot under negotiation. <br /> <br />17. Depletions by states require revisions. <br />