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<br />Ou2482 <br /> <br /> <br />THE BIJOU IRRIGATIO <br /> <br /> <br />'STEJ.v1 <br /> <br />September 16, 1981 <br /> <br />Phone 867,2222 <br />P.O. Box 972 <br />Ar-~ii'ri'-1!c,?,rgan, Colorado 80701 <br />a" ,,\ '"'/'___ <br />~. C C-"j 1 ' / <'J"'-~ <br />~r ..J!, 10;.1 fj i:~;:';-'~'I,___, <br />, c. _, '" /-'}' <br />I \/"\ I J <br />q \. '.,' I r ,I: 1,1 <br />_ f I' );:/" 'I' <br />_ "L' I i <br />CO;-...,;');.._ '!}ill,/ i I <br />C.~i' ~...I.I-IJ'')---_ I /' <br /><' . ., v" ~VtLl.;'..;-...... ~J I <br />.~, ,f:-', I~p ,./ <br />. ""'/ GOI/;?/) <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Conservation <br />823 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman St. <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />lloard <br /> <br />Re: "Interim Report" South l'L:lttc <br />River Basin Assessment <br /> <br />Dear Sirs: <br /> <br />After study of the "Interim Report" of Hoodward-Clyde Consultants <br />and attending the public meeting held in. association with said <br />study, the lloard of Directors of The llijou Irrigation Company ~nd <br />The llijou Irrigation District were very dissappointed that the <br />study did not include the Hardin Reservoir site in Weld County <br />as an alternative. <br /> <br />The Hardin Reservoir has tremendous potential as an afterbay <br />,storage facility for the front range as well as flood control <br />and supplemental irrigation use down stream. <br /> <br />It also could utilize Empire and Riverside storage decrees and <br />thus release these reservoirs for excess water recharge. <br /> <br />In 1963 the above two organizations passed a joint resolution <br />offering to put up money to help construct the Hardin Reservoir. <br />This was done so that they could receive direct benefit to 50,000 <br />acres of prime irrigated land and relieve them of the seepage <br />loss in their off-channel reservoirs. <br /> <br />We feel that the report can not be considered completc unless <br />all alternatives have been evaluated. <br /> <br />Very truly yours, ~ <br /> <br />Qa~~ 1r/tf1avy(~ <br /> <br />~~cob Kosman, Jr., Pres. <br />Bijou Irrigation Company <br />'J](J:j\;S llijou Irrigation District <br /> <br />The Bijou Irrigation District - The Bijou Irrigation Company <br />