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002439 -,' -. 2 - Page 47 District 64 Paragraph 2, Une " "Julesburg Heservoir is il 's only stora[;e f2cility with a de- creed storage CaIJaci ty of over 28 ,000 acre feet. II This statement needs clar:l.fj.cation, Sterling are in and service Dicc;trict 64; diversions are in District I. as both Prewitt and North however, their intake Page 101 Paragr2.ph 2 "Viater would be diverted through the Beaver Canal to a small storage reservoir of 10,000 acre feet to. be called the Badger- Beaver Reservoir." . The Diversion will be made through the Bijou Canal not the Beaver Canal. One of the deficiencies of t:lis report j.s the omis:3ion of an alternative for consideration below Kersey at an elevation adequate to service all the diversions below Kersey by gravity flow. Diversions servicing 60,000 acres occur between Kersey and '1ieldona, with total diversions of storage and direct flow exceeding 250,000 acre feet. The net difference of stream flow between Kersey and ;,'ieldona is over 20.0,000 acre feet. This alternative should have fit the geographic scope an.d is a proposed project funded by the legislature for an investigative study. Alternative 4 ,. Expansion of Jac]cson Lake by approximately 10,000 acre feet, although pos,oible, is highly imprObable. It would need to be filled by way of the Riverside Irrigation District.Ditch to gain the necessary elevation. Alternative 6: Off-Channel Storage of main Stream Flows. Speaking of the major"reservoirs from Greeley to Julesbvrg, "Hather than storing tributary flows, these off-channel reservoirs largely serve to store water for irrigation." When capacity is available, these systems will store any and all waters. Studies have estimcited that approximately 10)0 of storage capacity is displaced by sand. As an alternative, dredging. and_expanding these existing systems' that are practical shonld be analyzed. lJ1he'38 reservoirs with their high seepage loss are such an integral part of tile river system that their value to the river down stream lC.ay very well be of more value to the river than the people that built and paid for them. 'T'hese IJrOposed re'3.ervoirs in Al ternati'fe 6 s~lOuld be analyzed individually.