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<br />The ollow1ngshows the approximate al1l1ue.l loss in value of ctops, b.~cause
<br />of inadeq te Wll.ter supply.
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<br />tn 1 9 the State engineers of Colorado, in cooperation with the Pla'\lte
<br />;Valley 1'1a'\; Conservation League, and the United Ste.tesArmy engineers, lllf!\i!1 ,ii.
<br />. cOlllpre hens e study of the water resources of the South Platte Basin inndJoth...
<br />:easternCo orado. This study included the Cache J;aPoudre RiVerin<wa.terliis- ,
<br />,trict no. the Big ThQIIPson River in wa.ter distriot no. 4, and theSt','Iltaih
<br />River in d triOt no.,. The investigators determined the excess wa,tera-vJ:l.l..
<br />JiLble on th e streams above 'present normal demal1ds and also aboVo the no~l
<br /><lema-l1ds oli he South Platte River proper bel~ where these streamse:tlter. , '
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<br />stigators also determined the location, Cl>.paoity. and' cost oCithe
<br />e reservoir sites for the storage of this exoessiwa.ter.
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<br />verage al1l1ua.l direct crop lOBS is about 19 percent of1;he$24i,800"OOO
<br />ost of the Colora~owBig ThQnpson irrigation projeot.
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<br />op lOllS in 1934. dUll to Shor1:agll of water" as oOlllpe.r",d'-t:o 192~ a.:f1;er
<br />n price and acreage factors had been aocounted for. amounte~ t~
<br />. or just one-half the cost of the project. . , ';
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<br />sses here giyen are the farmlosses, and do not include the los~es"
<br />to prOcessing, transporting. Or hal1dling of that qua.ntity of;prow
<br />ich would add several mi.llion dollars to the loss of. the canun~it:r
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<br />fect of such inadeque.te water supply for the plriO<! 1925..35 is;shown '
<br />on drawing no. 1 JbllOWing.
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<br />ul ts are shown in the follOWirigtable and haye 'been brOllghtup;to
<br />the S!llllll demands for irrigat:l:on as set up in the report and Using
<br />pply records furnished by the Ste.te,engineer's office, '
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