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<br />IIl!!.lOlWflml ON '!lllI: Ei'FECT OF PllOP08EO <br />DITDlSIONS OF 1I!l:l!:!l :rJlO1l GlUIlD <br />llIVl:Il lI.lnll51lZD TO ltl8filllI <br />SLOPX 011 mE .lVllL.lllLJ: <br />lIolTER SUPPLY OF 'lHl: <br />GlllliD V.lLLE! <br /> <br />, <br />. <br /> <br />SOOPX <br /> <br />On account ot the relathe high rat. ot run ott at the <br /> <br />watershed. at high .leYatlon on the we It ern dope ot the Continental <br /> <br />D1Tide, the largo exce.. ot stream. fioW' ot the Grand !thaI' ov.r tho <br /> <br />demand. on it tor irrigation and the .care!t,. ot "aiel' 1UPP1,. on the <br /> <br />.a.tern dope, the dberalon ot water trom the weatern slope to the <br /> <br />ealtern dope haa reeehed. & conl1derable amount ot atud)" trom thOt8 <br /> <br />1ntere.ted 1n irrigation development tor & pwrlod dating baCk to the <br /> <br />ninotbl. Th..e propo..d diverdona have a1_,.. boen Tlewed "Uh ala.rm by <br /> <br />water ~.r. ot the Grand Valle,. and p..tlcularl1 tho.. inter"dad below <br /> <br />Palla&@, a. the principal acroage ot undeveloped land. .1 ..ell .. the <br /> <br />bulk ot the land irriga"ed trom. the Grand Di.ibJ'.la7 in thi. ..et1on. <br /> <br />IJhe alara OTor those d.1'Yera1on. baa taken :tm:i:D 1n the acth. <br /> <br />oppodtloD ot tho Unit... Stat.. Reclamation SerTlco in UlIII interelt I ot <br /> <br />the Grand ValleT ProJeoi. .1;. the pre..n\ time U 1. QUe ot the prinoipal <br /> <br />argm.ent. 'being 'Uaed in oppotlt1on to the 'rri-t.'Ul'U181 amendaumt. The <br /> <br />Gran" JtIl'l.ction -sentinel- baa repeate417 atated 1n their ed1tor1ala, a. <br /> <br />an &1"gwlent against th. amendment, that on. ot the moth.. beb1nd the <br /> <br />plan wal the d1Yera1on .t we.tern dope water. <br /> <br />The purpou ot thh Jl.8IDOrand.tm1 11 to determine, from. the .tream <br /> <br />floW' record. ot the Grand B.1Yer and the uUmated. d1"erslOll.I to 'the ea..tern <br /> <br />,lope, the extent ot the interference, it &01, wlth approprla'.ra from <br /> <br />the Grand River. '.lb.e water suppl,. data uaed 1. in terms of monthly tlovr <br />