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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8443.200
Description
Narrows Unit - Mailing Lists and Correspondence
State
CO
Basin
South Platte
Water Division
1
Date
3/3/1949
Author
unknown
Title
Narrows Unit South Platte District Missouri Basin Project questions and answers
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Project Overview
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<br />1)980 <br />I.. . t_ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Answer: Hight-or-way acquisition activities in the vicinity <br />of the Nal'rows Reservoir have been confined to the areas required for <br />first-phase construction of the da~. No ne~otiations have been started <br />for acquisition of any land under the weldon Valley'Ditch Company or <br />water rights. One possible metl,od of suc!: acquisition would be to pur- <br />chase the land and water separately. In visN of the fact that nearly <br />all of tho Weldon Valley lands will De inundated, it is probable that <br />all of the assets of the I.eldon Valle:,' Ditch Company would have to be ac- <br />S'Jired. No firm plan for use of this water has as yet been doveloped. <br />:-~oweverJ if deemed in t.he ir~terest of the Government, 0. CD~1rt action <br />ma:/ p'-1ssiblJ be instituted to attempt e. ~haLge. in point of diversi.on <br />for the V,eldon Valley water. Such a change in point of diversion would <br />be for irrigation of any TJew lands for w1',ioh the iiarrows would be the <br />primary supply or to any existing ditch company which mig;,t desire to <br />purchase a ~ortion of the \'Ieldon Valley water, providinG the point of <br />diversion may be changed so that the prospective purchaser could enjoy <br />the use of t;le water after its purcha se. <br /> <br />B. Que stion: <br />owned by -the -v:erdon <br /> <br />What value has the Btlreau <br />Valley Ditch Compan<-', <br /> <br />pl11ced upon the pr:ori t;/ <br /> <br />Answer: As yet the Bureau has placed no value u?on the priority <br />owned by th,.,-Weldon Vc.l1ey Ditch COmpall;)" The normal means used by allY <br />Government agency in the l.1cquisi tion of land or i:lro,Gerty is tD first <br />appoint a boc,rd of competent appraisers and have them uscertain the <br />market value of th8 property to be a.cquired. T,18 amount 01' the llP:Jraisal <br />sets the top pr~_ce wtlich the Government ffiCl.'Y Dffer fl')r uny property. This <br />amount is tl'wn offered to the ?roperty owner, and if deemed 13.ccef'table <br />to him a purchas8 c0utract is dru~~. In the event the property owner <br />does not consider the price sl).fficient, under exist.ing la.ws, the Burem.: <br />h:is no bargaining aut.hari ty to offer more than the &i-,prc.ised price. T~1is <br />leCLves t~le Bur8au cnly the opti()l1 of e~cercisinE ti~e risht of eminent <br />domain. The award fixed hy the court th6n becomes the "mount Vlr,ie:' the <br />Government pays. <br /> <br />SECTION THREE: <br />ASSUiIP.l:CE OF JEI,C;FICIAL CSE OF V;ATK,:S III SOUTh "L.AT'~'E B!.SIN <br /> <br />1. ~.uestion: Amon!"; th8 purposes for which the Narrows. Dura is to <br />be construct-ad is one to assure the beneficial use within the S+'ate of <br />Color"do of all water transported into the South PI[.tte j{iver B['5in. <br />In connection with this laudable purpose, is it the interpretation of <br />th~ Bur8n.u of Heclnmution th3.t, under the Co:orado itiver Compact, the <br />State of Colorado is required to recapture return flows after first use <br />of tile water transported from tho Yi8sten1 Slope? <br /> <br />Answer: A solici-:.or's Opii1ion, approved b/ the Secrett.'\ry on <br />April 4, 1936, is to the effect that the Colorado iiiver Compact does not <br />aut;iorize the diversion of Colorado River vmtol"s for use in stnl:es not <br />included in either the ,upfler or lower basins. ~{hile the Bureau does <br />not necessarily Interpret this to mean that the first uso of water on <br />the Sastern Slope would not constitute beneficiul consumfltive use, it <br /> <br />7 <br />
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