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<:) Col. 1. Rosenberg ., - ~ 5-8-13 -~- --- ~ . Tbe_af'or.ementioned-deter.niIiaIIon is based UDon the rev'ised offi- .---;::--Cial-esti~tes of runoff of the Arkansas River at Le.s' Animas at the upper 0Cl end of the reservoir. and the Purgatoire River at Carmen lJam, just above the confluence of the Purgatou-e and the main river. .' . While it is poesible that a similar flood could occur the latter part of April, or tile forepart of May, yet the chances for such an occur- rence, it is believed, are rather remote. Since the present state of completion of the earth dykes form- ing a part of the John Martin Dam removes any danger to ti,e dam itself which might result from a E;reat flood, it seems to the writer that in- terests below the John Martin Dam which are more conce~ed with flood oro- tection than in irrigation, might well ass~~e some cha~ges, to the end that the most efficient use may be made of the water now stq~d in Caddoa Reser- voir, by extending the date when the reservoir must be lempty to at least May 1st, instead of April 15th, tbe date you ~ ~pnt~~~ely fixed. . With the approach of higher temperatures, sud ~,melting of ice in the river channel, tbe present natura of the riveI\..W,1ll be ma- t~rially increased, which will largely rly demands YOI' water. Present temperature and er con and probably in western Kansas, and ~ out conditions for some time to come, wil~~ material portion of the presentl store w to April 1st, and, POSSibl~ If the date of ~ri1 15th, ich you hEWe tentatively fixed for having the reservoir em ~ed, is adhe ~d to, it now appears th?x'a la=ge part of the water now in \S orage in t e reservou-, will have to be ineffi- ciently used, or wasted. \~,,- /J In ~hese ~s it is, therefo:re, requested that the date "'bep ;the reservoN must be empty, be fixed as no~ earlier than May 1st, or l"T'en later thi'-n May 1st should weather and stream no.. con- ditions app~ to jUsti~ Such procedure. Ba~~~oregoing estimates and conclusions, assuming the.t you find th~e substantially correct, and the need of making the most efficient use of the water now stored in the reserlou- in meeting demands for increased production of foods and forage, I feel that your department would be 1Iell justified in extending the date which has been tentatively fixed, when the reservoir must be empty. ons in eastern Colorado, for a continuation of such e the beneficial use of any er in Caddos Reservoir, prior The:re is enclosed copy of a Resolution just r=ceived from tile Amity Mutual Irrigation Compa~ concerning the matters hereinabove dis- cussed. Very truly yow-s, MCH J _cc;_ Amit;l"- 11m ual -Irrig. Co. - Henry Vidal L!lJlle.r Canal Co Miss V. Pointer Geo.S. l{na.DP C.H. .stone- state Engineer