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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-4- <br /> <br />, <br />Q--CHRISTY: ,To me, Glen Canyon is a Lower as well as an Upper Basin project. <br />Would Glen Canyon d~fer for any great length of time the construction of reservoirs <br />fer power and silt between Lee Ferry and!Lake Mead? <br /> <br />A--LARSON: We need Glen Canyon fqr the Upper Basin because it is the larg- <br />est hold-over s tora~e reservoir and also;'iis the greatest power producer in the plan. <br />Naturally Glen Canyon will be of great bllnefit to the Lower Basin in supplying <br />regulation on the main stem and also the silt benefits. <br /> <br />Q?-CHRISTY: Is not the immediate market for Glen Carryon power all in the <br />Lower Basin? <br /> <br />. I <br />A--LARSON: res, but all the power to be produced by Glen Canyon will find a <br />market in the upper,basin within the next thirty-year period. <br /> <br />Q--CHRISTY: How much storage space is required for river regulation to <br />supply Upper Basin expansion for the next l5 years? Where will storage be located? <br /> <br />A--LARSON: Required space for expanded irrigation uses is available in <br />high reaches of the stream, however, most important factor for immediate considera- <br />tion is not storage 'space so much as available power to supply present and future <br />power requirements in Upper Basin. <br /> <br />Q--BATEMAN:How much silt flows into Lake Mead per year on the average? <br /> <br />, A--LARSON: Ilresent tests show that 100,000 acre-feet of silt flows into <br />Lake Mead each year. <br /> <br />CHARLES J. BEISE I Naturally, we all think of the things that concern us <br />directly in the areas in which we live. I assume that our Western Slope neighbors <br />, . <br />wonder why we .in Ea$,tern Colorado are concerned with the proposed development :I.n <br />the Upper Basin of the Colorado River. We, here in Eastern Colorado are greatly <br />concerned with this'potential development for two reasons; first; we as a group of <br />water users, regardless of mlr location within 'the boundaries of the State of <br />Colorado, are heartily in favor of any and all wise and economically feasible de- <br />velopment, within t~e state, which will work to the benefit of the people of our <br />state, regardless o~ location. Second; we feel certain that investigations will <br />show that there will be surplus Colorado River Waters, within the share allotted <br />Colorado under the tipper Basin Compact, that will be made available for out of <br />basin diversions to :the eastern slope. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />i have a number of questions to ask and I wish to assure those present that <br />in asking these ques:tions I am seeking information and I am sincere. Although, <br />some of my question~ may sound critical I do not intend them to be interpreted as <br />such. I feel that the people of the State of Colorado have not had sufficient <br />information concerning this plan to enable them to make concrete appraisals or <br />come to definite coqclusions, at this time. I assume that the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board, ~n this series of meetings, is attempting to find out what the <br />off-hand opinions of the people of the state are. <br /> <br />, <br />! <br /> <br />'1 <br />~. :;1 <br />