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<br />C') <br /> <br />,-...., <br /> <br />.., <br /> <br />Improved Service to Rifle Valley Lands <br /> <br />Owners of Rifle Valley canals below Rifle Gap have been <br /> <br />contacted to determine their desires regarding better regula- <br /> <br />tion of their supplies and their need for additional water. <br /> <br />They were asked also whether they would be willing to help defray <br /> <br />the cost of Rifle Gap Reservoir if given an improved water supply. <br /> <br />Owners of the older upstream rights and those near the mouth <br /> <br />of Rifle Creek, who are supplied largely from return flow, state <br /> <br />that they have a satisfactory supply at all times and that they <br /> <br />would not be interested in Rifle Gap Reservoir to the extent of <br /> <br />helping to pay for it. They believe, however, that the reservoir <br /> <br />would perform a useful service by eliminating the mud and sand <br /> <br />which now interfere at times with irrigation. All of those <br /> <br />interviewed would like to have the reservoir built. <br /> <br />The owner of the Davie Ditch, who owns 650 acres of irrigable <br /> <br />land, is interested in securing additional water and is willing <br /> <br />to participate in paying for Rifle Gap Reservoir. This ditch <br /> <br />now receives very little ~~ter in dry years. Irrigable lands <br /> <br />under it total about 800 acres and are of excellent quality. <br /> <br />53 <br />