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<br /> <br />" -- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />As a result of this situation there are unnwnbered thousands <br /> <br />of acres susceptible of irrigation to the South, Southeast and East of <br /> <br />Denver and somewhat to the Northeast of Denver which could be made <br /> <br />permanentl,y productive of high agricultural values if additional water <br /> <br />were made available to them. <br /> <br />Turning from irrigation to domestic suppl,y, we find that the <br /> <br />Cii;y of Denver itself supplies most of the urban and industrial needs <br /> <br />of the area. Prior to August 1, 1918, the urban area was supplied by a <br /> <br />privatel,y owned water compan,y. Subsequentl,y to that time the Cii;y and <br /> <br />Couni;y of Denver through purchase of the private compan,y, had itself <br /> <br />providsd this water suppl,y. <br /> <br />In 1918 the demand for water in Denver had grown to something <br /> <br />more than sixi;y thousand aore feet per year. In order to meet such a <br /> <br />demand, whi~.for a city must beabsolutel,y dspendable, reservoir storage <br />of nearl,y one hundred thousand aore feet had been provided. <br /> <br />It rapidl,y beoame evident, however, after 1918 that the City <br /> <br />was not only going to continue to grow, but that the available suppl,y of <br /> <br />the water in the Platte River baving alreadJ'been fully appropriated, <br /> <br />would not meet the needs of a growing city. <br /> <br />Denver therefor undertook a very ambitious program of acquisition <br /> <br />of water from resources other than the Platte River; particularl,y the <br /> <br />tributaries of the Colorado River including the Fraser River, Williams Fork, <br /> <br />River and Blue River. <br /> <br />At the present time D~nverls dependable water supply is one hundred, <br /> <br />fifteen thousand acre feet per year, which is made possible through direct <br />. <br />diversions out of the Platte River and Colorado River tributaries and through <br /> <br />reservoir storage approximating two hundred thousand acre feet. <br /> <br />Denver's plans contemplate a dependable suppl,y of three hundred <br /> <br />thousand acre feet per year by the year 2007, which will be made' dependable <br /> <br />by the inclusion of nearl,y an additional half million acre feet of storage. <br /> <br />~'\~'t <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />