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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />Walsenburg, (;olorado <br />September 7, 1937 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Flood eontrol Investigation - Huerfano and (;ucharas Rivel's. <br /> <br />Huerfano (;ou~ty, Colorado. <br /> <br />TO: War lkpartment, , <br /> <br />U. S, Engineer Office, <br />Gay BLlg., Broadway at Third, <br /> <br />Little Rock, Arkansas. <br /> <br />Gentlemen: <br /> <br />My attention has been called to the hearing being conducted <br />in the City of Walsenburg by your department concerning tpeadvisa- <br />bility of establishing a program fol:' flood and erosion 'Control on <br />the principal streams of this C01l"ty. <br /> <br />Having in mind the irrigation rights, now enjoyed by the <br />several priority holders on these streams ann. being intensely in- <br />terested in the prevention of further stream bank am soil ero- <br />sion, I recommend the construction of wing walls and joint di ver- <br />sion dams and canals for the purpose of combining the several points <br />of private diversion into permanent diversion wor1m, serving sev- <br />eral water users. In addi tion to these measures, I would further <br />recommend the correction of stream alignment, where this appears <br />practical and finally the construction of retention dams for the <br />purpose of retarding peak flows in these waters. <br /> <br />H. W. Craig, <br /> <br />WATEH COMMISSIONER, <br />1)ISTRI GT NO. lG <br /> <br />