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<br />FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT
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<br />would be rec~ived, If other comments are received, they will be for-
<br />warded to you. ,
<br />After consideration of all comments received, I recommend that
<br />your proposed report be modified only as set forth above; that you
<br />adopt as your final report on the Fryingpan-Arkansas project the
<br />report which you approved and adopted as your proposed report on
<br />May 4, 1951,with the above modifications: and that you transmit it,
<br />together with,copies of the attached comments, to the President and,
<br />subsequently, to the Congress in accordance with the provisions of the
<br />Reclamation Project Act of 1939.
<br />Respectfully,
<br />MICHAEL W. STRAUS, Commissioner.
<br />Approved and adopted: October 19, 1951-
<br />, OSCAR L. CHAPMAN,
<br />Secretary of the Interior.
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<br />PROPOSED REPORT OF THE CO,MMISSIONER OF RECLAMATION
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<br />DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
<br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION,
<br />Washington 25, D. C" April 16, 1951.
<br />The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
<br />SIR: This is my proposed report on the initial development, Roaring
<br />Fork diversioIl, of the potential Gunnison-Arkansas project, Colorado.
<br />My report is based on and incorporates the accompanying report of the
<br />regional diredtor, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colo" dated
<br />February 23, 1951-
<br />The potential Gunnison-Arkansas project is a major unit in the
<br />comprehensive plan of development of the water resources of the
<br />upper Arkansas River Basin. The initial development (Roaring Fork
<br />diversion) isa multiple-purpose project involving transmountain
<br />diversion of water from the Roaring Fork River, a tributary of the
<br />Colorado. This development is designed as a self contained unit, and
<br />its construction would not imply a commitment for developing future
<br />water supplies in the Gunnison River Basin for diversion to the
<br />Arkansas River Basin, This development would provide (a) about
<br />185,000acre-f~et of supplemental irrigation water at canal headgates
<br />in the Arkansa~ VaHey throughtransmountain diversion, conservation
<br />of flood flows,fe"ri!gulation of winter flow, and reuse of return flows for
<br />water-thirsty Jands which, even with this additional supply, will
<br />experience an !tverage annual headgate shortage of about 16 percent;
<br />(b) about 1.5,000 acre-feet of municipal water to supplement the munic-
<br />ipal supply for Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and several Arkansas
<br />Valley towns where additional quantity and better quality water is
<br />, critically needed; (c) about 467 million kilowatt-hours of electric
<br />energy to help meet the critical need for electric power in the project
<br />service area and permit ,expansion i~ t~e normal uses of electric energy;
<br />(d) flood protectlOn whlCh would ehmmate 66 percent of the probable
<br />annual flood damages between Pueblo and the John Martin Reservoir,
<br />estimated to be about $890,000; (e) sediment control, stream-pollution
<br />abatement, and 'preservation and propagation of fish and wildlife in
<br />certain areas; all of which are important and valuable contributions
<br />of the project.
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