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<br />~:-:'~'''. .?...~ '.' ".. , <br />'.-:""< <br /> <br />;H\225~ <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />.'. '. <br />'. ",'" <br /> <br />Basin, The average annual runoff available in the Gunnison Basin, after <br />allowance for the water to be diverted to the Arkansas Basin through the <br />gravity plan of the Gunnison-Arkansas Project is roughly estimated as <br />follows : <br /> <br />"it:!;!:! <br /> <br />(.:= ;~"~~, .~...' <br />.......'1 <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />1,400,000 A,F. <br />400,000 A.F. <br />200.000 'A.F. <br /> <br />2,000,000 A.F. <br /> <br />Historic <br />" <br />" <br /> <br />flow Gunnison at Black Canyon.." <br />" North Fork at Mouth ......,. <br />" Uncompahgre River .......... <br /> <br />Proposed uses by Gunnison-Arkansas <br />Project (Round numbers) ..,......"... 400.000 A.F. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Remainder available in Gunnison,......,. 1,600,000 A,F.' <br /> <br />36, Members of the Gunnison Watershed Conservation Committee have <br />made claims that there are potential land areas within the Gunnison <br />Basin which, if fully developed for irrigation, could utilize the entire <br />river run-off. Bureau studies indicate that such. statements are gross <br />exaggerations as much of the land reported to be served is non-araele <br />with shallow soil to sandstone and shale. Mr. Jex reported that the <br />officials of the Gunnison Watershed Conservation Committee have on two <br />occasions been invited to make a field trip of inspection over the lower <br />basin, By means of such an inspection trip and' an explanation of the <br />plan of development now under consideration by the Bureau, it was felt <br />much of the present opinions of the members of the committee could be <br />corrected and that support of a basin development could be secured from <br />not only interests of the lower basin but those of the upper basin as <br />well. <br /> <br />.:'. <br /> <br />~i;:j~;!' <br /> <br />'. ::...:.:~< <br /> <br />J <br />:..,:::1 <br /> <br />Next Meetin//: <br /> <br />37, The next meeting of the Steering Committee will be held January 6 <br />and 7, 1948, in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Batson will arrange to secure the <br />conference room on the fourth floor of the Customhouse. <br /> <br /> .' I <br /> .. <br /> 1 <br /> . I <br />. . <br /> <br />38. The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 a.m., on October 21, 1947. <br />In tHe afternoon the committee and their advisors attended a meeting of the <br />Grand Junc~ion Lions Club and also sat in for a few minutes at the meeting <br />of the Board of the Colorado River Water Conservation District. Judge <br />stone talked about ColoradO River Problems' and Messrs. Larson and Batson <br />briefly described current Bureau of Reclamation activities in Regions IV <br />and VII, respectively, In accordance with agreement, the decisions of the <br />Steering Committee were kept confidential. <br /> <br />...... <br />: ..>.~ <br /> <br />..-'.' . <br /> <br />');f;;;~ I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />. .~. <br /> <br />...., <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />,. <br />