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<br />1216 <br /> <br />We have had no interest whatsoever shown in the <br />construction of that reservoir from that county. <br /> <br />Now as far as the Fryingpan-Arkansas Proj- <br />ect is concerned, storage on the Roaring Fork is <br />not necessary. It was put there originally at <br />the request of the Western Slope because the <br />people who were on the Policy and Review Com- <br />mittee at that time, back in '51 or '52, felt <br />there was little chance of acquiring storage on <br />the Roaring Fork other than by this method. But <br />as far as the project is concerned, it has a <br />very minor effect on the entire project. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The present thinking of the Colorado River <br />Water Conservation District is that the same <br />amount of money could be expended somewhere else <br />in Western Colorado in the upper regions of the <br />Colorado River and that a greater amount of stor- <br />age could be accomplished with the same amount of <br />money, and that's exactly the plan that we are <br />working on now. We have two possible sites on the <br />Homestake Creek, both of which look fairly promis- <br />ing, clouded only at this time by controversy con- <br />cerning water rights. At the present time the <br />City and County of Denver together with, I believe <br />it is called, the Metropolitan Water Association, <br />which consists mainly of Colorado Springs and <br />Aurora, have made filings on the Homestake Creek <br />in the upper regions for diversion into the Arkan- <br />sas Valley. <br /> <br />Even if one of those diversions, and only one <br />would be practical, if either of those diversions <br />is granted, there would still be some water avail- <br />able in the lower regions of Homestake together. <br />with the Eagle River, approximately 30,000 feet. <br />But we are now making a water survey to determine <br />how much would be left if this so~called Elliott <br />filing were granted or if the filing made by the <br />City and County of Denver was granted. <br /> <br />A filing was also made by the Colorado River <br />Water Conservation District for water out of the <br />Homestake Creek. <br /> <br />All of those filings are now pending in the <br />Colorado Supreme Court. The District Judge of <br />Eagle County refused to grant any of the filings <br />that were made on Homestake Creek..So what the <br /> <br />I <br />