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<br />uv.r-tloo. .ection or the d_, the r..8TYoir h.. .. d..1&ned oapacity of 270.310
<br />A.1'. 81l1:atiOJl dur1D4; ooDl:truotlon. priDOipall,. !'ran the 1'lood or l..te
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<br />,~ April 19L2. d..t!'oyed 11.275 A.1'.. of the _ter holdiZl& oapaol ty. RenDe the
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<br />oonatruot.d atar..,. spaoe. now &ya1l.bl. for utill~..tion. appraxi=at.. 259.000
<br />A.I'.. r.pre.entlug about 70 peroem; 01' the propo.ed oonaeM'ation pool oapacity.
<br />The r_lniJll: 30 percent of the oon...rn.tion pool capaolty. and all 01' th..
<br />prepoaed flood pool oll?aalty. will b.o..... a......lleble .men. 1'ollo"ll1g the war.
<br />the 1'lood oontrol gates are install.d. / '!J~... //
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<br />6. . 10 &yo1d. Inteti'erllDlleA01tb oon~ctlon "ork at the lower toe of .
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<br />the d&lll. the oontrol gat.. ".r,.'Clond January 1" 1943. 1hi. la.t It.... of the
<br />pre..nt oonstNetlon prop-alR....... completftd. ..nd the ronn. llnd tre6tlee inoid.nt
<br />thereto ...re r...ovsd. by F.Ii. 27. 1943. During the perlod.frOlllJan/15$h to
<br />:laroh let.. _ter nae ..tored In the reservoir 'to lIUrf..oe "l"...atlon ~.796.5 rt..
<br />r.pr....nt11lf; en 1111 t1al capacIty or Lo .250 A.F'.. ..nd all .actua1 _ter storage..
<br />ar~ ..1101"81108 ror enution, or a~ut 29.000 .A.F.
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<br />7. . ltxilltl711 l!llltr"~ or' the Corps .01' Enr:~ll<ler. to the operator or
<br />C&dd.Ga Reseryolr are0~ ~-~;-rI'lit the atrelUll n..... entl!rilll; the re~"l"T01r
<br />troJIlMaroh 1810 to r.arch 15th to jl8Sl1througn 'the dllJOl . (b) to .re18ll./Je the Btored
<br />_ter8.beginnil1g.liaroh 15th. at suoh tim..s end rate. as will _pty. thflr...ervoir
<br />not.later th&n April 15, 1943,. and, (0) thereaf'ter to Teae1"V8 the entire oen-
<br />struoted oapaoity for rlood ."nntrol, and hen"e to perllllt no stonLle for. stream
<br />flow r.f:ulation or ..at..r 0,"",88rvat10n purposes. .
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<br />B. the ctcrerl "",te,., 11' r"loa&ed beforo April 15th will serve little
<br />1f any bene1'icial !,,,rpOB". 8m ..1l1.1argely be _81;8d. The on" ni..ervcir dcnm-
<br />atre-.. I.a.lce Y.oF:!n,,\e it: Rar.sfLri, i.a filled to it. feasible capao1t,. and nearl,. to
<br />ita mu1.aua Orl! eapaoity. There i. l1i;i;leneed. B'O early in the Hasen, 1'or
<br />dlreo't a?pllce.t:1ons ot _t.er to the iM"i t&.ted lande. In ~eneral, 1;he~rDpll ,are
<br />nOt a. yet plllllted. BellOe. in the publici Inwr..irl, the stored _ter should be
<br />retained tmtil lat.. SUl!!I!ler "hun neue b grf'i.tt>8t ar.d 1te ..se oruld be bene1'ioial.
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<br />9. It the lrr4;lLt:1on famers below Cadooa, under the ten exht11J!: ditobee
<br />1JI Colorado aDd the eith't di'tohee in 1\6.118&8, torethar aervillg nearly 60,000 aore.
<br />in ColoraclD an'. al",o..t as much In Ranees. cnule. n"'" 0,. ""on ba aeeured that the
<br />stored _ter ,""u1d 'be IlYa11abl.. ff;1r un ..hen ar.d ns N,sGed by them. and th&t
<br />during the 11&1" Il porti on of ;:".0 CO!,~t"'0t.fld re"e1"l'( 1,. ""PE'cH.y l'itht be util1.sd
<br />in their beh&l1' for strellJO .fl_ Tep:.lu-ti en r.:ad 'I'>"&-to1' CCI!B..,..,..ticn pur)ll:'SlOII. there
<br />iB little doubt that pcrtio~ o~ the irrirated acrea~c~, hor6torore ~ .J:lDW
<br />clnoted to the production of eheap, drouth-res1s'ten1; reed. rorage end slll9.ll~gra1n
<br />DropB, would be c"everted to too procuct~on of Illore 7111uD.ble !'no~ M'CIp. 'that are
<br />vItal to the _r e1'fort.
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<br />10. t.1hUe the. pri_ry function or Caddoa. R..ti8rvolr, ~'rc-:n the vi_ point of
<br />the Corps of Engir~ere. is flood oontrol, it ....s ur~6d ui~n ~nd a~thorited by
<br />Congress 8.1\ 8. dual-purpose prc'.1eot. Now that a pal"tie.lly ocmt;>lrled project is
<br />avallBble. for use. - 7Cf~ 01' the conaert'atlon pool 00" b..en ocr.pll!l'ted. but DDne or
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