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<br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- 4 - <br /> <br />streambed and 1,207 feet long ,at the crest. A canal 45 miles long on the west <br /> <br /> <br />side of the Williams and one 15 miles long on' the east side \/ould be constructed <br /> <br /> <br />to deliver water to project lands. In addition, an existing ditch about 20 miles <br /> <br /> <br />long would be enlarged. <br /> <br /> <br />The I'1iddle Park Conservancy District made a filing on the Ute Park Re- <br /> <br /> <br />servoir, which w(l.s accepted in the State Engineer's office on November 1, 1954 <br /> <br /> <br />as No. 19966. It viaS stated in this filing that the maximum height of dam is <br /> <br /> <br />220 feet and the total capacity of the reservoir 73,248 acre feet, for which <br /> <br /> <br />claim is made for irrigation purposes, Work was commenced by survey on <br /> <br /> <br />September,8, 1954. <br /> <br /> <br />Shortly after the vote on the Denver bond issue for the expansion of <br /> <br /> <br />the City's transmountain water system, the question arose within the Bureau as <br /> <br /> <br />to the advisability of pt'o ceeding vlith studies on the Parshall project in view <br /> <br /> <br />of the intention of Denver to enlarge Williams Fork Reservoir and perhaps extend <br /> <br /> <br />the \.illiams Fork collection system. <br /> <br /> <br />A meeting was held in our office on September 22, 1955 vdth representatives <br /> <br /> <br />of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Denver Hater Board, to discuss what allow- <br /> <br /> <br />ances should be made in water supply studies for the Parshall project for future <br /> <br /> <br />uses by Denver. It appeared that if Denver enlarged the reservoir to 93,000 <br /> <br /> <br />acre feet, and expanded the vfilliams Fork collection system, there would be an <br /> <br /> <br />inadequate supply for the Parshall project. <br /> <br /> <br />There was some discussion of the matter at a subsequent meeting of the <br /> <br /> <br />Water Conservation Board on November 29, and a second meeting was held in our <br /> <br /> <br />office on December 16, 1955. In addition to representatives of this Board, the <br /> <br /> <br />Denver Board and the Bureau of Reclamation, the Middle Park Conservancy District <br /> <br />0752 <br />