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<br />. <br /> <br />0J2517 <br /> <br />':lncl <br /> <br />-]- <br /> <br />On r:er:8 31 of your re~;()rt, <br /> <br />~rOD <br />., <br /> <br />!tli,e a siV:1ificant st3tement v:hich <br /> <br />dirf~ct.ly rola \,es t.8 t hi~ q U(' ::iti.on: <br /> <br />lIG:~Olln:l Hater' Nithdr'molols lrf.:'r:;"' t.l"'P '.>Jater table of th2 aJlwn.aJ .gquifer and <br />10C3.LJ ,v may C.JU;,~ t.1-:c FI"O:]!1d ',,'nter (Jr'3dient ad.i.;:lc~nt to the stream to <br />re'verse. Consequently, T,he L~~.Lrecti.on of f](\\.; InciY ;-0 from the river <br />'into th,:; 0.1:l u\rium.tl <br /> <br />Durinr' a -:x~ri od of rlr J'.l[~}:tJ ri':Jl':nd wat.;~::r v1ithdr'd',,'aJs 1-lill be at thpir <br /> <br />Ti13.xiI11lnn ~ji nee f.J.r;>lrrE) "';,ri. 1J bp. t,u:rn lilr: on thei.l~ Dllmns to save tr~ei r crans. <br /> <br />This ,;.JQlJlcl resuJ.t jn Lh0 rev('r~e flcM beit'll: at its DPf!l<. This mRyexnlain <br /> <br />why, as recor'ds in ;t'he S;,<3te tTn.'~i.nnerls office iniLcate, t.rere are tii.ies <br /> <br />}Jhen it is next to impossit.le to ml)VI~ si~nificant amounts of' water very <br /> <br />f,~r d01.mstrcam durlnr.- the t:'I~;ll-\ i.rrLrCition months of 'Julyand August. <br /> <br />Tr:is factor nnecls \'0 be taken into consideration if the main purpose <br /> <br />()f [.: torirw exce~3~\ <br /> <br />t,,, <br />CloH", so th=l t it. can b8 ,Jvailnble duri ~ rt <br /> <br />drol]rht" <br /> <br />Once ~'!e Yev(~ detcr!"ined -l}w fl."ljount of available r;:ater t.ha.t is <br /> <br />.cletuaJ.l;,r deliverable, then ~)e need to iiake a rea] istic assessment of <br /> <br />henofit0, costf3., and :i..mDD\~t~l to cOl"e UD liJith a reasonably accurate <br /> <br />rat,e of ret.urn on t~le m0r>'::lY in,vested. <br /> <br />Rased on t~iC: Kelr:;ta stlldics to '.\lhLch you refer in 'Table 16, ~lOU <br /> <br />deterf:1ine tho iTalu(~ 0" .r;nTY''IIC'mental i.rrip-::Jtion 1r';~rter t.o he ip}.J.2 an <br /> <br />acre-foot. Dr8 Hobert. v'21Jnr', a r:r'ofe;:s'or of economies a t Colorado <br /> <br />State TJniver.s.-Lty, nltl.C:~S the v2.1u8 of' v!at,er 1Jsed fa;- sllnnlerr.cnta1. <br /> <br />trrir-:ation at fro'n \~2. 7j t.o ;';;26,,~~7 an acre-foot. <br /> <br />Thi3 is a si~nj.ficant <br /> <br />difference l",h-.LCli ~;hould 00 re:::olved. <br /> <br />You estinr3. te the cost of a mainstem reser'"roir to be ,:pl44 mill ion. <br /> <br />T~at is ~n olrl fipl1re. R".cent DY'o.4er;tions are considerably hivhero <br /> <br />Hhile you list elcctrica1 DO;^,Rr c1f 3 benefit, 1: dd not, be~ieve t.h'lt :'l.')ur <br /> <br />8s'VLma te includes t!y CO[~t ()~' T'OT"ler renATa tinr: cCj:uinment. <br /> <br />