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<br />.lr"E:L~ND. 51AP~f1~~O~' 6. HOU..IES, <br />PROF'E~510N.I"L CORPORA,ION <br /> <br />Mr. Harris D. Sherman <br />January 26, 1976 <br />Page -14- <br /> <br />c~ <br /> <br />Frankly, the amount of such water that would be available <br /> <br />cannot be easily estimated now. <br /> <br />However, it would be used <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />as a direct flow right and, given the amount of water in <br /> <br />storage for the Narrows project, it is probable a high <br /> <br /> <br />percent of the water presently being used would continue to <br /> <br />be availaole as project water. <br /> <br />With regard to exchanging water to upstream <br /> <br />tributary storage, no one has suggested with credible evidence <br /> <br />that any material amount of water at the Narrows or Weld <br /> <br />County sites can be feasibly exchanged in the manner suggested. <br /> <br />All studies and practical evaluations show this cannot be <br /> <br />done. <br /> <br />Perhaps the most pur suasive evidence of irrigation <br /> <br />benefits is that written requests for more than 189,000 acre <br /> <br />feet of water annually from the Narrows Reservoir have been <br /> <br />received by the District and only 104,000 acre feet are <br /> <br />available for the District to distribute. <br /> <br />These requests <br /> <br />have come from more than 180 individuals and entities, some <br /> <br />of which are among the largest irrigilLi,on districts in <br /> <br />Colorado. <br /> <br />CONCLUSION <br /> <br />Any objective analysis discloses there are really <br /> <br />two alternatives--the Narrows site or no storage. The <br /> <br />substantial amounts of water now flowing unused into Nebraska <br />