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<br />2~8t <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Answer: As stated before, in studying the water supply of the <br />Narrows lieservo'ir, the only water consi~ered as being; availe'ole to the <br />Narrows Reservoir WQS that in excess of the amo'J.nt required to SE'.tisfy <br />currently irrigated lunds und after all existinG reservoirs h~d been <br />filled. Another reason for using tllis premise vms thlit it v{ould be <br />difficult to identify return flows from the Colo;-ado-Big Tho"'pson Project <br />or the Blue-South Plr,tte Project and that, under the terms of Article 19 <br />of the "repu.yr!!ent contract wi th the Conserv::ncy District) return flows <br />from the Colorado-Big Thompson Project WO'Jld bf:long to lands within the <br />Dist~ict. Water in the stream, regardless of its orizin, wus considered <br />uS nvc.ilublc for use by ditches now having nppropriatiohs from the r.iver <br />in order of priority. NQrro~s aese~voir would only t~ke water over and aoo~u <br />thut required to satisfy existing approprir.tions. <br /> <br />4. Question; As an adjunct to the Colorado-Big Thompson ..nd pro- <br />posed Blue-:'~e~diversi0fls, has the Bureau corrected estimates en the <br />amounts of water actually obtcdno.ble over the theoretical o.nd prc;notional <br />amounts? <br /> <br />Answer: The r~turn flows Qv~ilQble to the Narrows from tr~ns- <br />mountain diversions tire derived from the tle st figures o.vr...i lable for <br />pcssible importo,tions 'o:r the Ccloro.do-Big Thom?son end Blue-South Plo.tte <br />Projects. l'ney',cre necessarily theor"tic[ll but (,re cons;,d"red by fore- <br />most St:-lte '\'mtcr nuthorities to ~e conservut5.v8. In t!~e CQse of the <br />CGIOrDdo-Bi~ Th~mpson Project) they Qrc the l~tcst rB7ised fi~~r8s for <br />the nuthcri..d collection works. <br /> <br />5. <br />D.lre r~ge <br />20-;yeo.r <br /> <br />Question: i1o.s t~18 Buroe..u s~t up n st"J.dy usinr;:;. t; lO-:{2D.T rr.inimu.ID <br />o1'1{isfOricQl wut9r surplies ~nd compQred the nvcr2ge with the <br />bo.sis? <br /> <br />Answer: The study m(,do by the B'clreau is on a monthly basis, <br />covering y;a~~25 to 1945. Any period, t~Grerore, could be used in <br />estimating the averaGe annual supply, IlIld t\e period 1925 to 1945 was <br />selected by cumparison as the- most criti~al and conservative. It is <br />mere st,-tisticfll handling cf the fir;ures as to ;'ow the results are <br />analyzed, whether on a monthly, yearly, lO-year, or 20-yeELr basis. Tol- <br />erable shorto.~es of su~ply ff)r the new la.nds were considered B.S lim.iting <br />the amount of new land for wilich irrigation miZ,ht be made possiCle throilgh <br />constructIon of the Na.rrm'ls lteservair. <br /> <br />6. Question: In calculating eventual benefits, what year co~nodity <br />indeJ: was..used?- <br /> <br />Answe..::.: The period 1939 to 1,,4.1 inc.lusive has beer. established <br />by the ['epartment of Agricul ture and the Department of' the Interior as <br />being the period most likely to reflect future condi tions. This pede-d <br />was used for this stud:.'. <br /> <br />7. Questi.)n: How does the Bur~au propose to a.c:-iuire t.he priority <br />of the '.,eldon Valley DitcL Company and what de yoa proF>ose to do with <br />the priority after acquisition? <br /> <br />6 <br />