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<br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />000326 <br /> <br />federal appropriation of $900,000 was made available to commence <br /> <br />construction of the Closed Basin Drain. Apparently there were fears <br /> <br />that the type of drain proposed at that time would create unaccept- <br /> <br />able salinity conditions, and construction was not started. <br /> <br />In a report to the Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />under the title of "San Luis Valley Project", dated March, 1939, <br /> <br />prepared by R. J. Tipton, consulting engineer, the construction of <br /> <br />the Closed Basin Drain was again recommended. This report was <br /> <br />included in a report to the congress by the Department of the <br /> <br />Interior entitled "Reservoirs on the San Luis Valley Project, Colo- <br /> <br />rado", and subsequently published as House Document NO. 693, 76th <br /> <br />Congress, 3rd Session. The Congress subsequently authorized the <br /> <br />construction of the San Luis Valley Project by the Interior Depart- <br /> <br />ment Appropriation Act of 1941. However, the report and authoriza- <br /> <br />tion made the construction of the Closed Basin Drain contingent <br /> <br />upon a finding of justification for the drain on the basis of cost <br /> <br />and the quality and quantity of water to be obtained. During the <br /> <br />subsequent period of World War II and the Korean War almost nothing <br /> <br />was done concerning the project. <br /> <br />During the past ten years, with some financial assistance <br /> <br />from the State of Colorado, the Bureau of Reclamation undertook <br /> <br />the task of satisfying the contingency requirements set forth in <br /> <br />the 1941 authorization. All previous plans concerning the Closed <br /> <br />-4- <br />