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<br />water aVll. lable that Qriginates ,in this area tQ supply the deJW.lldsfor 8Jpple-
<br />mental. er, and the ooStQf !IlI\kinguse Qf what is available isprohibi'iive..,
<br />It will b shown, however, that 16,000 aore,.feet Qf this surplus is aw.i~abll;l
<br />fQr stor$,e in the ColQrado-Big ThOlllpson projeotreservQirs 1'11, theeastefins'lope
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<br />The l tel" users in northeastern CQlorado have now exhausted every p~ssible
<br />souroeof btaining supplemental wat,er, or augmenting theirpresel1,tsuppll, either
<br />by storag , transmQuntain di version within their individual eooperati ve ~anl!"
<br />and byp, ing. Fortunately, however. there exists a surplu$ of :\'Il!.ter o~' t~ ,
<br />headwatel' of the Colorado R.iver west. Qf this area and separated :f'r0lll it ;by the
<br />Continent Divide.
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<br />spring of 1935. $150,000 was alloo~ted to tqe Burea4 ofReol~~tion
<br />. to mAke II veys and prepare plans and oost estimates for bringiw;water i{rom.
<br />the healiwa ers of the Colorado River into the area in n,ortheastern Colo~<<o i'n
<br />need ot 8,u plemental water.
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<br />In Au ust 1935 the Bureau ,of Reelllmationstarted surveys for, the prci~eot
<br />and prev!'o sly there '"d been started a land elass1tioa1;ion to determine 'the '
<br />. irrigated' nd arable land in the ColQrado River BlI..sin i~ Colorado il1, ordet to
<br />arrive at he approximate amount of water now us,ed in the area and how mu~h
<br />; might be u ed when full development has been made. Both slArveys have beep OOln-
<br />.pleted,:ih ofar as this projeot is involved, and the f01lowingis thereault
<br />'of the lan olassifioation.
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<br />LANDCLASSIFICATION-~COLORADO,R.IVER AREA
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<br />SinGe he quantity of water aVll.ilable fOr diversionfrOlll thel;l'!ladwate~s, of
<br />Oolorado Ri er might be limited now by the water rights Of lands :il:1ready ifri-
<br />g$.ted, or g;ht in the future limit in turn the develOpn!ent of land.sint~
<br />Qolorado ~ in within the State, all the land on Colora-do River al'l.d its tt'tbu.
<br />taries ab.' the Colorado~Utah line. exoept the Gunni'son Riverarelj",he.s b6en
<br />~lassitied 0 show the looation and extent of irrigated landS ,and of. lands "
<br />Qapableof rrigation.
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