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rI... .Jt ,. , IJClil T ." .(> j" v__ tu , Monte Vista, Colorado Mq 14, 1946 . PROGRESS REPORT SAN LUIS VALLEY PROJECT, April, 1946 . COLORADO I r 1. The San Luis Valley Project was authorized under Section 9 ot ths Reclamation Act ot 1939. The Finding of Feasibility was approved by the Secretary otthe Interior on April 10, 1940, and tranemi tted to the Congress on the same date. On June 18, 1940, the Congress tirst appropriated tunds "for further investigations, exploratory and pre- paratory work and commencement of construction...... II (Act of June IS, 1940, Ch. 395, 54 Stat. 406.) , CONEJOS DIVISION ~i .-i . ,., -::..J ,"I ~~j I ~ The proposed works of the Conejos Division are to provide a supplemental water supply, through storage facilities, tor 116,000 acres in Conejos CO\L~ty, Colorado. Two plans of development for the Conejoe Division have been under study; one is the plan preeented in H. D, No. 693, 76th Congress, 3rd Session, the other is a single reservoir, with equiva- lent irrigation storage capacity, on the main stream. Advance preliminary cost estimates for the single reservoir plan indicates that there is slight differsnqe in. the probable cost to, the water users as bstween the two plans. Selection of a definite plan,w111 be immediately following receipt of authoritative competent estimates of cost. :~ r~~l ,/ , ~ "bel " Field land classification work was in progress throughout the month with a total ot 33,280 acres cle,ssitied as of April 25, 1946. Collection of economic and related agricultural data continued. Preliminary surveys for the relocation ot U. S. Highway 285 and the Conejos River Forest Road around Counsellor Reservoir were in progress throughout the month. L , L RIO GRA..'lDE DIVISION' t-'" , ! , I ! '!'he proposed works of the Rio Grande Division will provide supplemental water for lands in Alamosa, Rio Grande and Saguache Counties, Colorado. The plan of development includes a storage reservoir of 1,050,000 acre-feet capacity at the Wagon Wheel Gap Dam and Reservoir Site. I 1- , Revision of water supply studies end flood control studies were continued throughout the month. i