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; QO':>0 (", 9c. Questionable Irrigation Benefits Refer to statement, Cecil J. Osborne, Fort Morgan, Colorado, June II, 197). "In Part 8., Hydrology Studies, the Bureau has assured that they will acquire all of the Weldon Valley water rights when the land is Ccn- demned and have used the entire volume to justify the feasibility. "This is simply not true for the following reasons. 1. The water rights are private property and are not subject .to condemnation. (Many promoters of the project. have atte,"pt<,d to convince the landowners otherwise.) 2. Some of the rights have already been transferred t.o ot.her di tch systems. ). Many of tho landowners will retain their rights and chango f' to lands already owned under other systems. I,. As a maximum no more than 50% of the Weldon Valley water will corne into possession of the Narrows project .1nd eVen this "mcunt will have to be paid for at a price that is higher than other competing systems will bid for the water. "The amount of water that can be legi timataly claimed from Weldon Valley for storage or direct. deliveries if owned j s far less than the diversion at Lhe Weldon Valley headgaLe. The system of water righ':.s and return flows, etc., established in Colorado point.::; out that the partios preparinr, the Section 8 appear to be ignorant of Lho man,y-facoted elements entering into the. Colorado priori ty system. Case la,; in other ~imilar changes in point of use and change of use indicate that the net amount that can be claimod is the net consumptive use which in the case of Weldon ("" Valley water would be 6,000 acre feet annually based on 6,000 acres of irrigated land to be taken. '? ,) "'......