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<br />Judge ,Stone - Colorado "later Conservation Board - 3 copies
<br />E, 0, Larson - Region IV, Bureau. of Reclamation - 3 copies
<br />Avery A. Batson - Region VII, Bureau of Recl~~ation - 3 copies
<br />J. R. Riter - Hydrology Division, Bureau of Reclamation - 2 copies
<br />(One to be sent to Washington, D. ~" for information of'
<br />J. II. Dixon, Director, Branch of Project Planning.)
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<br />4. Mr. F, C. Merriell was asked for information on the status of the
<br />memorandum on requirements for gaging stations (paragraph 6(a) minutes of
<br />last meeting). ~~. 11erriell replied that due to the press of other work
<br />it will not be possible for him to prepare the memorandum for several months.
<br />He informed the committee that, during the interim operation period, prior
<br />to completion of the Granby Reservoir, he is willing to use the discharge
<br />records of the Adams Tunnel as the criteria for replacement. Hr. Merriell
<br />stated, further, that it is his intention to discuss in his memo the entire
<br />problem of \Jestern Slope River Administration as controll'ed by State Laws,
<br />the Colorado River Compact, and Senate Document 80.
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<br />5. ~~. J. H, Knights stated that the Bureau of Reclamation is giving
<br />consideration to the possibility of augmenting the water supply for the
<br />Colorado-Big Thompson Project by diversion of Ranch Creek 'and other trib-
<br />utaries of the Fraser River to the Granby Reservoir.' In connection with
<br />the possibility of this diversion and supplementary thereto, consideration
<br />is being given also to the possibility of collecting and ,diverting water
<br />from tributaries of the \iilliams River to the Fraser and Ranch Creek system
<br />and thence to the Granby Reservoir.
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<br />6. Mr. Knights informed the committee that gaging stations were
<br />established recently on Piney Creek below Piney Lake and on Homestake Creek
<br />near Gold Park. The purpose of these stations is to secure more accurate
<br />information on the runoff available at the site of the collection conduit.
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<br />7, In pursuance of instructions received from, the committee at the
<br />August meetings, Messrs. J. H. Knights and C. H. Jex distributed to members
<br />of the committee copies of a report dated October 15, 1947, subject,
<br />"Reconnaissance study of ','filliams River and Eagle River Basins - Blue-South
<br />Platte Project." A copy of the report is attached hereto as part of these
<br />minutes.
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<br />8. The report was explained by f~. Jex and J.~, Knights and reviewed
<br />and discussed by members of the co~nittee and their advisorS.
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<br />9. It was agreed by the SteerinG Committee, for the purpose of the
<br />interim report on the Blue-South Platte Project, that allowances be made
<br />for the use of Williams River water to irrigate 18,000 acres in Western
<br />Colorado, involving an estimated net annual demand of 45,500 acre-feet as
<br />sho,m in paragraph 5 of the Jex-Kniehts report to the Steering Committee.
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