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<br />4 <br /> <br />{S}$Med ~m ~b$$tva1d.on$ ill the (laMllel drdmg<i> t!btrict ..urbg the first year ot <br />i't\'l op<il'ration after COlllp:l.eticl'l,of COl'J8tructicn with one-.f'I;1,lrlh of.ite 1'.m6l iIT1: <br />gated, it was the op:!.n:!.Quof the writers that the drainage y$ellil frolll the large <br />drainage ~rojeot~ will be not le~6 than one acre toct per acre.and oathie ba"" <br />pig the 1I>=1'.l outflow frll>l1! 300,000 acres to be dl'ained illUUldiately after con- <br />Iltt:rnction Qi the (lutlet drain would then lae 300,000 acre feet. <br /> <br />(4) T~ quaUty Qf such w1'.te:rs was EilltpElcted to be no worse thM wat",re flowing intll <br />Elephant Butte reservoir and in themselvee euitable for :!.rrigationwithout <br />deleteriQuG effects. <br /> <br />($) TheGGst of l~tQrala and outl~t dra~wae estimated $:1.5 per a,re,or $500,00 for <br />'lib. 360,00 a.ST$1!l. intha northplitrtton r;f San 1.uis Valley to be ~diatel1 <br />benefited. <br /> <br />(6)Th9 contriblltion 01 water frQll1 artesian wells to the drainage system of $an <br />wisValleywas est:l.l!lat$datZ80,OOO acre feet pet' year. <br /> <br />The w,riter assulll<!d that the drainage outflQw would rapreaent roughly the <br /> <br />. benefit tll the Rio ,U'alld!1l. pr03110t and tleotimated that 200,000 acre. feet of the. outflow <br /> <br />would reaoh that projeet. tt was col1Cll\ldea. that "this water WQ\l.ld Q<> WQrth llUcn lllore <br /> <br /> <br />thillfi tit" cost of the ,f!l!rlndratn 'Yhi~h w"" E!"tilll&tf>Q at fi321,OOO to $360,000. <br /> <br />~l'ORT OF ;f.k...~OLDER.OC'l'0BEI't 2.1"'18.. <br />'this reP:Ort deals with thel)oseiblliUelil of r$cla:l.m:l.ng land by draill.aga in <br />the l$!l,tI. E.u;l.s Valley, ~QlGrl1ldG' The follllv1illlgQ.l\traCh h$'/'e wel'l talten thlll'etrolll: <br />'.rhe seepagll arelileolllprisee 1/25,000 MreS l\or"th o[ Rio Grande river al'ld <br />2~$,OOO ee\Ath ther..ot'. Apppoxi~telY 5~ of theee ltinda hav," water l'igMs !If mater- <br /> <br />mated at llllU'e th~'l 85,000 acrllS. <br /> <br />In 1686 a 'Pe1'$l'Ulial t;\trealll ran trOlll. Stir, Luis 1all:'" tit Rill G~de river t the <br />qusa'U.on of this flow ~ing attrioute<1 to ~ubee(j).tentdepl<;lt:l.onby il'TigaUon fretA <br />the er$eks in the :wrlhern portion of the valley. ThO' Stannard. OaUJAate lit Sll'l,2oo <br /> <br />Ml:'\ll feet annual ll\lt-put. tlfOlll.\l1rt.ulan ..11$ was llensU,rell toe ).~..asepage lIO"" <br />dii>ione were attrll)u1;..d to "ilUob:l.:ng" l.rrir,-a'l!.io:ns lllethodll in v.gue mid 1;(1 artesian <br />wells. Sell page bas resulted ill surtller; lloGUwlation of elks:!.1 salts, prinoipally of <br />sul:phantee wpich are 1e8.$1, ilenlt\.l)'.h!ll' draiUagEi is t'llIquired.. "~bbing" $heuld ...lle <br />