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<br />C..J <br />0: <br />C""':: <br />-- <br /> <br />Initial Development <br /> <br />c. <br /> <br />AE: theadaI'tation of the La Plata River Compact no govern oper- <br />ation of tho storago'rcsorvoirs proposod at Long Holl~ and Stato <br />Line sitos, as we.1l, as the negotiations for construction of State Line <br />ReserVoir, may require some time, consideration has been given to the <br />o onstruc ti on of Long Hollow Reservoir as an initial unit. <br /> <br />Under tho compact, which limits New Mexico to beneficial use at <br />all timils, the Colorado aroa could retain for storage and use in that <br />state all,flow at tho state line occurring betweon December 1 and <br />Fobruary 15, follOWing, and s'Uch portions of the flow during tho i1:':Il'i- <br />gation season as could not be beneficially used in New Mexico,. <br />Actually, irrigation use is negligible from December 1 to March 31-;. <br />Construction of a reservoir with 12,000 acre-feet of irriga'tion capa- <br />city at Long Hollow site in Colorado would enable retention of con- <br />siderable amounts of water, thereby materially improving the supply <br />to Colorado lands both as to quantity and distribution. <br /> <br />Because of compact observance, the supply to Colorado would be <br />less than under the final (twowreservoir) plan. AE in the final plan, <br />one of the greatest benefits of the initial development would be the <br />improvement in service, resulting from storage of early season water <br />(prosent excess diversions) to improve distribution through the later <br />months of the season., <br /> <br />The annual water supplies to Colorado, pOSSible under the initial' <br />development with only Long Hollow Reservoir constructed, are compared <br />with past diversions in the following tabulation) and the monthly <br />values, including regulation of decreed water, are shown graphically <br />on drawing 56-D-324. <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />'r <br /> <br />25 <br />