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<br />Green Mouutam HiStorie Users Pool and thee Orchard Mesa Check CasecSettleinent
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<br />Backilround and Authority
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<br />The Orchard Mesa Check (Check) is a struCture below the common afterbli}fofthe Orcli8rd
<br />MesalirigatioreDist:riCt(OMID) Pumping Plant and the federal Grand Valleyl'owerprantiD
<br />the GtaniliVairey oL;Colorado. The operation of the Check providestheaOi~toraise;tlie
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<br />Preliminary Working Draft My 8. 1999
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