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<br />r', <br />I' .' <br />i <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />STATn:EN'l' <br />on <br />THE OPERATION OF THE SAN JUAN-CHA.'lA PROJECT, COLORADO NE\\' <br />MEXICO, AND THE RELATED IMPACTS IN THE SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />Presented to <br /> <br />THE SUBCOMHITTEE ON ENERGY RESEARCH AND HATER RESOURCES <br />OF THE SENATE CO.'1J'IITTEE ON I:JTERIOR A?W INSULAR AFFAIRS <br /> <br />by <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />S. E. REYNOLDS <br />New Mexico State Engineer <br /> <br />.Tune 12, 1975 <br /> <br />Mr.. Chairman, for the record, my name is S. E. Reynolds. <br /> <br />_. <br />I am New Mexico State Engineer and, ex-officio, Secretary of the <br /> <br />New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission. <br /> <br />San Juan-Chama Reclamation Project <br /> <br />The initial stage of the San Juan-Chama Reclamation Project <br /> <br />was authorized on June 13, 1962 by Public Law 87-483; this legis- <br /> <br />lation also authorized the 110,630 acre Navajo Indian Irri9ation <br /> <br />Project on the Navajo Indian Reservation in northwestern ~ew <br /> <br />Mexico. The San Juan-Chama Project was authorized for the principal <br /> <br />purposes of furnishing water supplies for approximately 39,300 <br /> <br />acres or land in the Cerro, Taos, Llano and pojoaque tributary <br /> <br />irrigation units in the Rio Grande Basin and approximately 81,600 <br /> <br />acres of land in the existing Hiddle Rio Grande Conservancy Dis- <br /> <br />trict and for municipal, domestic and industrial uses and providing <br /> <br />recreation and fish and wildlife benefits. <br /> <br />/ <br />-,.. ---- <br />~J <br /> <br />/1' <br />