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<br />(-=:> <br />C) <br />CO'! <br />\_-'J <br />--.:: <br />~ <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />tional capacity whioh will beoome available on the oompletion of the power <br /> <br />plants of the Colorado-Big Thompson projeot is alao shown. Due to lack <br /> <br />of knowledge of probable defense projects to be established in the Inter- <br /> <br />mountain Region no attempt was made to estimate the increased demand due <br /> <br />to suoh requirements. <br /> <br />There exists an intimate relationship between the amount of <br /> <br />energy available and its cost, and certain basic industries of Colorado, <br /> <br />such as mining, which may assume greater importance due to the emergenoy. <br /> <br />These relationships, however, are not disoussed in this report. The <br /> <br />primary' purposes of the report are to indioate how much energy oan be <br /> <br />made available by the Colorado-Big Thompson project; on what date; the <br /> <br />probable cost of the energy; and the present status of demand and capaci- <br /> <br />ty in the area tributary tc the projeot. <br /> <br />The forllllr report has been brought up to date. The latest esti- <br /> <br />mates of the cost of the project, as made by the Bureau of Reolamation, <br /> <br />were increased by about 12%, due to estimated increases in construotion <br /> <br />oosts during the past year. <br /> <br />This report was prepared by the staff of the Colorado Water Con- <br /> <br />servation Board under the writer's direction. Valuable information was <br /> <br />obtained fran the U. S. Bureau of Reclametion. <br /> <br />A oampanion report has been prepared by E. Herbert Dyer and <br /> <br />Robert Barkley of the staff of the Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />coveri ng the agricultural features of the project and the need for the <br /> <br />wat.er whioh wi 11 be made available by it to take care of increased pro- <br /> <br />duction which the Department of Agriculture may determine is required for <br /> <br />defense purposes. <br />