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<br />PREVIOUS INVl1.STIGATIONS <br /> <br />Spurred by the vitol nGce5~ity for more "uter, the <br /> <br />ir:dgct.ors 0;' -tho M~llcoll Vc.!.lIlY formed, in 1935, under Chapter <br /> <br />145, 1935, SQu3ion Ltlwll ot' Col<Jrt:do, the !Unco:; V.e,lley Public <br /> <br />Ifrigt:tion District. Thiu distr1ct ~ployad H. ~. Ovens of <br /> <br />Cortez, whose report covr.rc tho enlargemeut of the preGcnt <br /> <br />Weber lll:uervo1r in S&ctiono 1 end 12, T. 36 N., R. 1~ t., <br /> <br />NSIi" Ye:AiCo t.:<lridiilll, fro", ita j)~'eflGnt oapaoity of II fEl" Iumd- <br /> <br />red ecre-faot to 5,000 ncre-feet. The lends to be served <br /> <br />were 6utimuted at 10,000 acres. Ihe enlllrged x61lervo1r WaB <br /> <br />1ntenlieu to s\;.p~ wE:l;er from June 15 (eud of Uofiuc.l opring <br />flood) =tll the end of tt.e irriliotioc. ",..r.:Jon. <br /> <br />The recervo1r nits 1a loc&t6d on the di.ide between <br /> <br />tho 1l1ddla f.nd Tle5t &Dcoll PJ.vel's, though drain1ng nc.turally <br />into tbe tlllit lAE.'llClO.5 }lJV9T. It i,; to bC/ Eu;.>.pllGd by enlurgc- <br /> <br />lIlent "fthe ;>refJer.t !'6l!d callal from tha ,Uddle .....neoa rJ. vel' <br /> <br />eug;ner.Led b:; 11 CUf.oJ. "bout "DEl lIliia lon/j, fl'Or.! H01'So Crfiok. <br /> <br />to the MiCi.d1e tAEanco& l~iver. l'wo ti!il6.11 strE.t(J.ms 1'rol:\ "::.uo ora1n- <br /> <br />~ge of thl1 ~a6t UBncos niver, to th~ no~~ of tao r~"ervo1r, <br /> <br />were tlho to be intercepted by 11 ditch one Idle long. Water <br /> <br />releelJocl i'ro/ll the 1'llo,,"01r would flow ~OWIl in'~o tile Wil~t <br /> <br />li1l1l:leOtl Iliver "nei thence j;" tho existing tlitched. The report <br /> <br />indicate!! that '1.11 th tneae aU9ply d1 tches t'l8Xa t(Qu.ld b., en <br /> <br />excese of wbter tlvailnble for tne reservoir. <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />tg <br />~ <br />"l <br />