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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8200.400
Description
Colorado River - Colorado River Basin - Colorado River Basin Briefing Documents/History/Corresp.
State
CO
Basin
Western Slope
Date
4/1/1951
Author
Various Authors
Title
Compilation of Resolutions, Comments, and Recommendations received by the CWCB Relating to the Reports on CRSP and Participating Projects and Gunnison River Development Plan
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Report/Study
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<br />) <br /> <br />000366 <br /> <br />-26- <br /> <br />Hr. Frank Merriell--as an individual and tax payer and not as an Officer of your <br />Board--and will attach hereto this report made by Mr. Meriell - Which we feel is <br />based upon justice and fairness. We would like to state that we feel that a <br />secondary dam should be built below the town of Gunnison thai: would insure an all <br />'ear round water level lake where the tourist and people of Gunnison could build <br />~ir Summer homes. Such a lake would eliminate the possibility of their being <br />~ud flat belrn" the town of Gunnison--or rather just below the City limits of <br />0unnison. Also we would like to see the dam located further below Sapinero if it <br />could be done to prevent the water from backing up so close to the town of Gunni- <br />son. However we don't know that this could be done. <br /> <br />The people of this community and all members of this organization have an in- <br />direct interest in the town of Gunnison because of the large number of boys and <br />girls of the North Fork Valley who attend ~estern State College which is a State <br />rn~ned College--located at Gunnison. In addition to this tie these same citizens <br />have many loyal friends who live in Gunnison County and the town of Gunnison-- and <br />there is certainly no desire or intent to ask you to do anything that would result <br />in bringing about a development in that County which should be located in another <br />place--after all factors involved have been given careful and honest consideration. <br />W~ have certainly given this matter careful consideration--in the light of the <br />knowledge that Western Colorado and the State of Colorado must - in order to carry <br />:2ut their part of the water division agreement -- use or store the waters of the <br />~olorado River Basin or they will be called upon to let it go to the la~er Colorado <br />Ri;rF)r basin States--who are prepared to use every gallon of this water--not used <br />or stored by Western Colorado and the State of ~olorado. <br /> <br />We all know that you can't build Reservoirs without covering up some land and <br />we all know that dams have to be built Vlhere there is running water and where <br />natUre has provided natural storage basins--so in order to take advantage of these <br />:1atural storage basins the dams have to be built at "CERTAIN" locations. Vie <br />surely can't go to work and DIG RESERVOIR sites at locations where nobody will be <br />r:isturbed-therefore the locatIOn of a Dam site is on a par with building a road- <br />mither can be built without damaging sDmebodys land-that's why we have the law <br />',;' eminent domain. Without such a law we would not have any highways-and there <br />l",)uld be no dams and other public benefits. Our Nation is a Democracy and as such <br />'We believe in and practice the tried and well founded philosophy that we should <br />do that which is best for the MAJORITY of the people involved. <br /> <br />Sincerely yours, <br />Consolidated Chamber of Commerce of the <br />North Fork Valley <br />By ~eslie J. Savage, Secy. Pro Tem <br /> <br />P.S. Just a personal wnrd from Leslie J. Savage <br />As proof that the views concerning the question of where dams should be <br />located--as outlined in this letter are in line with my personal views and actions <br />I wish to make the following observations; The location selected for the Smith <br />Fork dam-in event this participating project is constructed-as it now looks like <br />it will be-.vithin a reasonable time--the waters impounded by this dam will furnish <br />supplemental water for 7700 acres of land-nrn" in cultivation and 2100 new land <br />that can be irrigated--making a total of 9800 acres under this Smith Fork project. <br />The water stored in this dam to irrigate 9800 acres of land will absolutely cover <br />
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