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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.( <br /> <br />- 5 - <br /> <br />and the Colorado River Hater Conservation District were represented. At this <br /> <br /> <br />meeting 11r. Mosley stated that he had asked Hr. Tipton to make a study as to <br /> <br /> <br />the amount of storage capacity that would be required in the Williams Fork <br /> <br /> <br />Reservoir consistent l~th the stipulation of October 1955. Until this report <br /> <br /> <br />could be completed, Denver was not in a position to present any figures with <br /> <br /> <br />respect to this capacity. <br /> <br /> <br />The Bureau reviewed studies which had been made for the Parshall <br /> <br /> <br />project and an estimate of a possible reduction of about 6,000 acres in the <br /> <br /> <br />size of the project if the Jones Pass diversion should be expanded to divert <br /> <br /> <br />about 28,000 acre feet annually. This study, ho;rever, did not contemplate an <br /> <br /> <br />increase in storage capacity of the Williams Fork Reservoir to 93,000 acre <br /> <br /> <br />feet. <br /> <br />The question was raised as to the possibility of securing replacement <br /> <br /> <br />storage elsewhere above the Shoshone power plant in lieu of complete utilization <br /> <br /> <br />of the vlilliams Fork Reservoir site. It was brought out that at various times <br /> <br /> <br />the Bureau has considered several sites along the Colorado River above that <br /> <br /> <br />pcwer plant. <br /> <br /> <br />After di scussio n, it was suggested that before Denver plans have <br /> <br /> <br />crystallized, the Bureau, in cooperation with the Colorado Water Conservation <br /> <br /> <br />Board, should initiate studies to determine at least the physical character- <br /> <br /> <br />istics of a project which would provide the necessary replacement storage for <br /> <br /> <br />Denver l~thout unduly curtailing the water supply for potentially arable lands <br /> <br /> <br />in the Hilliams Watershed. <br /> <br /> <br />The first step in such a study is to determine the replacement require- <br /> <br /> <br />ments for the ultimate Hoffat tunnel, Jones Pass turmel and potential Blue River <br /> <br /> <br />diversions. The effects of these diversions, together with potential depletions <br /> <br />0751 <br /> <br /> <br />