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<br />02-15 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ge. Questionable Irri~ation Benefits <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The nationally recognized engineering companies of Woodward, Clyde <br />and Sherrard, International Engineers, and Wright Engineering Company <br />have been employed to make individual and separate studies of channel <br />storage on the South Platte River in the local area. Each of these <br />companies have stated advantages for upstream storage. In no case were <br />there advantages in favor of Narrows that could not be fulfilled by up- <br />stream storage. <br />What credentials do engineers employed by the Bureau of Reclamation <br />possess that substantiate their evaluation superior to that of these <br />nationally reputable firms? <br />The existing conditions, shifting of population, industrial growth, <br />along with the numerous advantages in favor of "upstream storage" demand <br /> <br /> <br />that an entire re-evaluation of this project be completed by unbiased <br /> <br /> <br />expertise; and it is imperative that a regional plan of development for <br /> <br /> <br />the South Platte Basin be initiated in order that maximum beneficial use <br /> <br /> <br />of the waters may be consumated where all of Northeastern Colorado will <br /> <br /> <br />benen t. <br /> <br />. <br />