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p 3035 . ',. . . (Cant.) LUPI'ON BarTO;,l DITCH COMPANY BY Ray Sarchet, President__ LUfTON j,lliADm:s DITCH COldrANY BY Ray Sorchet, President PLATTE VALLEY IRRIG. COMPANY BY Byron D. Chranut Vice President V'J::STERN DITCH COMPANY BY M. L. \'Iinslovl * * * * ~*' * ~~ .;;} * -l~ * * WELD COUNTY AGftICULTURAL ADVI:.iORY COUNCIL NARlW. 'S We oppose the Narrows Dam and favor the exPenditure of this money for up- stre~TI storaGe because: 1. The Narrows Dam once built, and with adequate filings to assure any sort of economic use would forever prevent subsequent diversion of these flood waters for beneficial use at any point upstream, because of the priority of the Narrows filing. Namely, Tne Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company, and the Henrylyn Irrigation district. It woul~ also be an obstacle to an effective flood protection program for the large area of Northern Colocado above the dam. 2. The utilization of Narrows water remains a ~atter which can be seriously questionQd. The 30,000 acres of new land to be 'irrigated have not been designated by the Reclamation Bureau and many familiar with the valley below, claim they are not available. The supplementary irrigation value can be seriously questioned. It is certainly not as represented by the Bureau, as much of the land at present irrigated below tho dam, needs no supplemental water and return water from full development upstream ,muld supply adequate water for all. 3. The often repeated claim of legal necessi~ of a lake low down to store return flow water from the Colorado River Diversion has not been substantiated by quoting the statute or contracts involved. This has been requested by '1eld County Farm Organizations. This water can, and will be put to beneficial use quite a number of times, whether or not this storage is built. 4. There is a large acreage of irrigated land above the Dam and outside Northern Colorado Conservation District, badly in need of more water. Ditch systems ara already built and much storage spaca is avail able with small intake ditches . unsuitable for storinG flood water rapidly. This assures a good market without the cost of buildin~ an entire n~TI ditch system. S. Dam sites are available - surveys have been made and estimates of cost. Records show that approximately half of the flood water lost to Colorado at the Stateline could be stored near the foothills. 6. No comparison has been made by the Heclamation Bureau or the Colorado Water Conservation Board of the relative value of foot~ills storage as compared with the storage at the Narrows. They Pave discourag':,-:: :.IS in the attempt to make ~uch a compari~on. 1'le have a letter to prove this.