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OODS25 . Comments on Feasibility Report on Yellow Jacket Eroject A. Specific comments on report Chapter I - General discussions - page 3 The paragraph on local support acknowledges financial assistance by Colorado in obtaining topographic maps of the project area but makes no mention of financial support for the seven gaging stations established to determine water supply adequacy. Chapter IV - Irrigation - page 26 The last sentence of the paragraph describing climate does not make sense. Chapter V - Municipal and Industrial Water - page 38 The fourth sentence in the paragraph on "planned water supply" is a misstatement and contrary to facts presented in the summary sheets. . B. General comments on report In view of the increasing need for more accurate water accounting it is my opinion that all feasibility reports prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation should contain in the chapter on "Designs and Estimates" a paragraph on "measuring devices." This paragraph should indicate that permanent and accurate devices or structures for measuring reservoir inflow and outflow, and canal diversions and return flow will be provided at project expense. The Bureau of Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers have always been reluctant to provide satisfactory water accounting facilities at project expense. The most recent example is Reudi Dam, an 18 million dollar project with only a run-of-the-mill type gaging station in an unstable channel to record reservoir releases. Another example is John Martin Reservoir, a 17 million dollar project with no provision for measuring releases other than an ordinary gaging station where discharge measurements at frequent intervals are necessary to define the stage-discharge relation. C. General comments on project This project is an ingenious effort on the part of the planners to combine a marginal project with a more desirable .