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<br />001555 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />it cooperate financially in construction of irrigation projects? <br />In other words, how much may an acre of land be subsidized in <br />addition to the waiver of interest on the construction costs? <br />Further water studies on the Eastern Slope will be necessary. <br />However, these studies will not cover the entire area. For each <br />proposed irrigation project a separate study must be made because <br />finding that an adequate water supply is available is a pre- <br />requisite to a favorable feasibility report by the Bureau of <br />Reclamation on a project. A portion of the appropriation has <br />been spent for this purpose as is explained on Pages 13 and 14. <br />Findings of the Hill Report. <br />1. Attention is drawn to the average annual decrease of water <br />yield on the Western Slope when the years 1930-1952 are considered <br />rather than the period 1914-1945. For the longer period of time, <br />Colorado's share of the Upper Colorado River water would amount <br />to 3,855,375 acre-feet. If the 22-year period is considered, <br />then the Report sets the available Colorado water at 3,100,000 <br />acre-feet. <br />2. The Report finds some water available for transmountain <br />diversion and states that such water is located: <br />(a) In thb Blue River Basin and that either a trans- <br />mountain diversion for Denver or a transmountain diversion <br />for the proposed Blue-South Platte Project is physically <br />possible, but not both; ; <br /> <br />-3- <br />