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<br />, . <br /> <br />C'J <br />to <br />lI? <br />- <br />c <br />c <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />potential irrigation dev810pment ill ~he ~&vh811-~ <br /> <br />of Colorado and would have a slightly lower benefil-CCost ,.,'" fo <br /> <br />than the large Juniper Pro ject plan even when dam<,c:c" !;, I he <br /> <br />Maybe ll-Sunbeam area are not cons ide red i.n the ana1'ys is. <br /> <br />Tn summary, the reconnaissance studies just completed by the <br /> <br />Bureau of Reclamation indicate that the Juniper Project on the <br /> <br />Yampa and White Rivers is economically justified as a multiple- <br /> <br />, <br />purpose irrigation, power, recreation, and fish and wildlife <br /> <br />development. In addition, the project could furnish water for <br /> <br />b municipal and industrial development to areas. now expanding in ~ <br /> <br />exploration and production, as seen by this pumping plant on Deadman <br /> <br />48 <br /> <br />Bench, and for development of other mineral and industrial enterprises. <br /> <br />Data on the irrigable lands are meager. Recent field checks <br /> <br />i\ <br />\J <br /> <br />indicate that salinity and drainage problems exist on some areas <br /> <br />49 <br />so <br /> <br />to the extent that the total irrigable acreage as now estimated may <br /> <br />shrink suhstantially whenever more detailed data become RVkflahle. <br /> <br />24 <br />