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000355 -15- A1~ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the construction of the CUrrecanti Reservoir on the Gunnison River be designated as the initial project of the storage ,Reser- voirs proposed for the Gunnison River. AND BE IT FURTHER R,-r;:SOLVF.P th.qt th'!:\ Cl1'rreca..1"lti Re~err!oir be includ;'3d initial construction projects and that it be given equal priority with the struction of the proposed Echo Park Reservoir project. .;- +\...- .A.&.I UU,II;O- con- AND BE IT FUHTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be sent to the Ron. Clifford stone, Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board and that a copy be sent to the Board of Directors of the Colorado River Water Conservation District forth'vith. -:} .;} ~:. ,~ .;t- .;!- ~~ ~:. ~~ Attest a true and correct copy. Iva Reed Secretary, Delta Business and Professional V{omen I s Club **********YW******X~*** RESOLUTION WHEREAS, representatives of the undersigned ditch companies have heard the reports and discussion of the Bureau of Reclamation on the hold-over storage pro- gram of the Upper Basin States and have considered the reports on the relative costs and benefits of the Currecanti Reservoir and the Whitewater or Bridgeport Reservoir and have now given further consideration to the plans for the develop- oent of the Colorado River and its tributaries, including particularly the Gunnison Jiver; and WHEREAS, we have come to the conclusion that the overall plan for the con- s truction of ten hold-over storage Reservoirs on the Colorado Hi ver and its tribu- taries in the Upper Basin States is sound and for the ultimate benefit of the Uni ted States of America; and WHEREAS, it appears to us that it is necessary that one of the proposed storage and power Reservoirs should be constructed on the Gunnison River as an initial Reservoir in said program; and WHEREAS, it is our considered opinion that the Currecanti Reservoir has the foUOlIiiIlg substant.iel advantages over the construction of the Whitewater Reservoirl east. (a) That it will store approximately three times as much vlater at twice the (b) That it is the key to the development of the Gunnison River in that neither the Whitewater Reservoir nor the proposed Crystal Creek Reservoir can develop their rated capac~t.ies nor furnish firm power until the said Currecanti Reservoir is con- structed.