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<br />,'" CLIFFORD H. STONE'
<br />DIRBCTOR AND 8BC~BTARY
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<br />C. L. PATTERSON
<br />CHIB" I!:NGINEER
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<br />. !'fEMEs,Eft-S_OF ~O~~D" .
<br />'.I,OHN 'c. VIVIAN' - _. _,_ -" _GOVERNOR
<br />. 'CHAIRMAN " ,
<br />CHR1. 'W"I,L,RICH _ -" _ ':. u.
<br />- - VICB:~CHAIRMAN
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<br />ROYCE J. TIPTON
<br />CONSUL,TINO BNllIlNBER
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<br />JEAN S. BREITENSTEIN
<br />ATTORNBY
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<br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
<br />STATE OF COLORADO'
<br />DENVER 2
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<br />MAY
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<br />War Department
<br />Chief'o.f' Engineers. U. S. Arrrr:l
<br />Washington, D. C.
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<br />STATEMENT OF STATEO~ COLoRADO
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<br />Survey Report on ',Huer.fanoRiver,
<br />Colot'a401 'Fi,leC!lI~SPElJli' "
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<br />Dear Sirsl
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<br />. '. . . Copy of'your propo~edreporto:na prelilnillary e,x:8lIli:nation
<br />an.d surveyol,' Huerta'noRiverj Colorado~ n~ i'u~i$he!iFebta~19, ,.'
<br />1945 to Honorable John C.Vivian., Governor ofOOlorado. :forth~V~ll':'
<br />t:o!'lll/l.tion ,Of'.'the State of' Ool,orado. . .' In Yllurletter ottr!l1\.sndtt!l,~'
<br />you request that thewritte\'1 views a:nQ..t",,'t)OJl)llIend!l,t1011$0,f,ColPra!1o ','
<br />besubl1lit,ted,to the Chiefof'EngiheersOJ1.'orbefcire4y ~1,1945~.i1i'
<br />order thattney. together Wi th theSqrvey Reporton.ll:i1ertlUlo 'Riyer.
<br />COlorado, ~be tran.lllllitted'to Co:ngress.
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<br />. ,1.' Colorado notes, from the$urvey Report on Huer,fanoRi"
<br />ver, thb.t seteI'd PIlUls ot:l,mprovement for<f'loodproteotionlUldwater
<br />oonsell'Vatiotl.:~I'e investi~ted by the District Engineerlwho states
<br />that the one:of'tering thegrs!l,teet eoorimnio justif'iOl1,tion involves
<br />the oonstruction.o1' ,',!!/od9,lltIi.lldteservoir:near 1lustang,Oolorado, about
<br />44.5 mUes u;!lt~e9,llt fromtl1e mouth otthe Huerf'ano River. The Llustang
<br />d9,llt wou14 be ia ooncrete gravity-type struoture 197 f'eflt high, With, IUl
<br />ungated onrf).ow spillWll.Yof'. oapMity209~OOO oubio ,f'eetper seliond.
<br />whtoh wouH (jreatee. rese.rvoirwitha oapa:oity to thespillw~ lev!!l
<br />ot 62,500aolje f'eet.of'wh.ich 2O.000e,creJ'eet wouU'be unava1:J./1.ble.
<br />forr!!lease.:and 42,500aorefeet would be aVe.ile.blefor~terAo,n~
<br />servationlUldirl'lgationstol'age. ,'~l1e Dis'\;riotEngineerestiin!l.tes
<br />the first o.o.tot the Mustang pt"ojeotat $2.609.300.the~!i;I'>>fing,
<br />oharges at $127,600 annually, 1Ul4 the flood oontrol IUld irrigation
<br />benef'its at 056.970 annually. He oonoludes that. sinoe the annual
<br />benefits are but 45 percent ot the annual oosts. the impronment is
<br />not eoonomioally justified. IUld reoommends that no strelUll i.mproveme:nt
<br />projeot on the lmerf'lUlo River be authorized at the present time. The
<br />Division Engineer oonours in the concluaion IUld reoollllIlllndation ot the
<br />Distriot Engineer. The Soard ot Engineers for Rive~s .and Harbors
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<br />oonours iJ1 'tM recollllllen4a't10ns ot' 'the repol"'t~ OC1'1oers. :me \;lI1el'
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