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<br />ill'j" ~gP3 <br />J _ '-' <br /> <br />SlIl-~l"JlY <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />The ~rca to 'ii11ich this r;:p0rt relo.t8s oil.b:;.'2.cCS th<2 entire <br /> <br />b:lsin of th8 North :ork of the Gurmison Ilivor end i t~; triJuts.rio8 <br /> <br />"I <br /> <br />together ~ith tr.c dr~inaG8 basins of To~euG ~nd Surf~cc crecks, ~ll <br /> <br />loco.tcd ill Gunnison 3.I1d D:l to. counties, ColorJ.do. <br /> <br />ThQ b:,.sins concerned cont:lB. SOClO of th') '.1"st highly developed <br /> <br />irrigation 2.rons in '.:/-(~str..'rn C,:)loro.cl.o. Because tho:.; 2.ruc:l is dissected <br /> <br />by 3lc,ost nU..lb'Ji'lcss strea:~8, t"8 irrig::otion of Jecrgc singlG bodies <br /> <br />of 1211d -u~Q.s pr.:::-cludcd, and, con.sCl}ll[:,ntly, U:crc h:~vc been developed <br /> <br />hundreds of indi vidual systc:'.~s .for the: diversion, st\.:lr:..gc, 2.nd <br /> <br />utiliz:.tion of ....vo.tvr SU9rJ.ios. T:l(~S8 various s:.-stcJ.s djstributG <br /> <br />irrigation Yi;:.ter.:: to nt;arly ~60.0OJ ncr0S of l2.nd. <br /> <br />l. <br /> <br />Since: a 12.rf.::(; u.::..rt of the: an....'!ual 1J:atLr Guppli,.;s o.vail2.ble to <br /> <br />the 2.reo. 2.re dGrivcd fro:.c ,,,':lting .,1' ,;inter accunlJ.:oted sno1\, it is <br /> <br />TI€;CCSSo.ry th2.t such sunplics be.: rcgu1,:1.tod b~l stQring c~.rlx spring run- <br /> <br />off for l::.ter rc1c.;!.sc c..ncl d:.stribntion. In tho urea, 2.t prcsGnt, <br /> <br />there :)ro 50.":':.0 160 r(.;sor~roirs I'rhich h0.V(; bC0r. cC1n::Jtructc:d f.:r uti1i- <br /> <br />ze.tion c.S rcgulatQTJ'. stor3.gc StructUT,:;;5. Adjudicr.tcd right 5 to .stor- <br /> <br />"go anount to 47,445 3.cre-f~ct f'Jr tt1;: rmti.rc ,'jorth Fori, ~,re3., but <br /> <br />the total of constlUctod steI'2.gc cap<,city is only. ,:b~ut 32,000 3crcc-fccot. <br /> <br />jcft.cr nc:crly 60 ycc.?rs of clnost continual irrigatien dcvclop- <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />ncnt, rc;~ul2.t00r st'Jrage is still i-n.:~dcquD.tc :.r:.cl J.o.te seas:Jn v\-2.tur <br /> <br />shortages ~ro sufferGd ycar Qfter year. Felloaing 2.n investig2.tion <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />of tho Nerth Fork crea and after rnclysis of 2.11 2.v~il:'.blo dat:c por- <br /> <br />tincnt to the area, tho following conclusions ~d reco~c~nd:'.tions <br /> <br />appear to be justifie~. <br /> <br />4 <br />