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<br />RepresentatlveI Public
<br />Its Submtnmltt.ee on All-
<br />~ri..tlQliI in separate
<br />1ng6.
<br />NO other mrthe:ast Q)loraoo
<br />~~, K. Ted Pollock, former
<br />101' 01 Fort Morgan and
<br />sldem"Gf Citizens for 'The
<br />!'OWl, imd Eul D. Franklin
<br />Incumbent mayor of
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<br />ha.:!llts d!ln.ctol"i, but quickJy It
<br />was demonstrated that they
<br />were . very 1IfTUl, D and not
<br />particularly \f,'ell-informed
<br />mioonty .,.
<br />He descrl.becI Narron. u a
<br />"very llOUIId ilIvestment" for
<br />\he United S\alt:s taxpayer.
<br />''The di\'ldems which it will
<br />pIIy, in terms or increased
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<br />"ATE .ENGINEER ON NARROWS: NO.lI
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<br />live. in all envtromnent wbi
<br />wefeeJ Is best for I:hem. Withaut
<br />NUTOwlI,l'mahtdthatalotof
<br />them would have to look to the
<br />ciUes for jobs - and I think all
<br />ci us would agree that urban
<br />JlOpWi.tkm eoncentr.t1on i$ 8
<br />JI'O'WinI natl:onal criBi3."
<br />f COIl&l.aued oa PaJe 3) .
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<br />Ge}tingWater Downstream Big Question
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<br />B)'JOlINLAPoRTE
<br />Time. *,,1 W1'lter
<br />.':,dUor'. .: TblI .. \.be
<br />lZId ... I jNrtq 01 Irtk:ln
<br />teD~froirJ\'1 I1D:1n aDd
<br />JdlLtd Prea laterv.lew with
<br />Kedper; .&ale taalneer, The
<br />rvteow ft. iD.IUated by .
<br />ItIt from Tbe 11ma, uti
<br />~er replSI;tedly ,lrelled u...t
<br />was bGt taklll.l a poaiUoo
<br />ber for.. or .....III.Il Lbe
<br />1"(0... . proJt't1.; K.lp.ero.
<br />rTlIW'f ftIIS aft -ma kept at
<br />.ble, ..ttirae) Ient:n.r.
<br />re pqdlDi I Ia .,011 Il1ed
<br />wt the pril)ect 'by u op-
<br />IUon p'DIlp i.D1o which the
<br />e hi' eIItered I' I defea.
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<br />; far as ,elting water
<br />nsb'eam. is concerned, lbe
<br />)Ose<! Narrowa reatrvoir
<br />Fort Morgan is ".. piC in a
<br />.," in the 'NOl'dlI of C.J.
<br />oer,s1a!eengiilet!r
<br />S. Bureau of Reclamation
<br />oates of downstream loues
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<br />of l~ per cent are very low,
<br />Kuiper claimed. "M.y 8iQt8t
<br />cllID.plamtia J don't think ptq!le
<br />know what the bell tbey'l'tl
<br />getting."
<br />He dted an eum.ple 0( I
<br />meel:i.ugiDSterl.i..n8i1l wbicll an
<br />official of the Fort MOPJIUl.
<br />Caual, whicb comes right out of
<br />the reservoir, thought the anal
<br />was safe [rom any larJe IClIiSeS
<br />beuUlll! o{ ita ~ty to the
<br />~jeel. .
<br />Kuiper J bowt'\'et, c\aimed .t
<br />that meeting-a clail'll. he said.
<br />b II rei u 0 f fie ill J
<br />admowl~t all user.
<br />WOLdd bue to sbare down.
<br />stream lQSlW!8 ecll'-lly.
<br />In other words Morgan CanaJ
<br />would have I' much down.
<br />stream loss 10 stand IS South
<br />RellerVltion Ditcb near
<br />Sterling. .
<br />Those losses could be vet)'
<br />high-to an illdividw.l
<br />requesting In[ormatioo 00 ho9
<br />mllCn Narrows water he. cwld.
<br />e....pect al Soulh. Reservation
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<br />Ditch, KuipEr" oIfiee repbed,
<br />.fterstudyof ItreIm flowa, that
<br />based on ODe year'", 9pe!teDCe
<br />he mig)lt not get any----cero to 10
<br />per tl!Irt of the water, reluJed
<br />would get to the budpte from
<br />Narrows. During Obe year
<br />South ReservatiOll. cut aU 40
<br />secoad..{eet ~m and never
<br />saw an)'.
<br />There i$ also the questioo (If
<br />all extbange prccram in the
<br />Central Water CObr;eTVancy
<br />District upstream from
<br />NarroWl.
<br />'''Tf:Iey use the m~c word
<br />'aeQanse, ". Kuiper Mid. 'Ibe
<br />idea if that water from the
<br />Narrows could be used to
<br />aDt'Viate damage to ot.ber water
<br />rigbtl from wells ill (be dLlbict
<br />by repJ.ldng water drl'l"ll by
<br />thole. wen.. However, thole
<br />wella Injure righb: uplttUm
<br />[rom. Narrows, according to the
<br />ell.iiDeer.
<br />HOw does tbt water let up-
<br />stream'!, be asked-tht answer
<br />is the maaic word. "tJ.ehange."
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<br />He c:ommented, "We do III
<br />awful lot oJ water exchaJige, but:
<br />I've never found a WI, to rlID
<br />water uphill."
<br />M Jor useol Chatfield to store
<br />eJ:cballa:e water, Kuiper
<br />reported that the U.S. Artny
<br />Corp. of Engineers bl.
<br />prohibited th.at-that reservoir
<br />IS (Gr Oood eontrol bd the
<br />Corps will oot allow storage of
<br />cooxrvaUoo w.ter there.
<br />In Ibort, l.ben ia Ibe word
<br />"a:c:ha:nge," but. apparently no
<br />real viable method of excbarlge
<br />shown to make that ward any
<br />more than a "magic word."
<br />The same chAnnel losses that
<br />led to Kuiper'. C'Clllcer'nI about
<br />..fet)', discussed iJJ tbe flnt
<br />articleol thiJ series, a1Jo bid to
<br />water supply problell1a-
<br />boIding Ute water impounded in
<br />Ule reservoir for use as neeckd
<br />wilhout exc.essive seepale
<br />lo!oses. Bureau utim.ates
<br />figured year-l'OUIld losses m-
<br />stead of lasaea during the peak
<br />irrigation aeZlIOl'i in mid to late
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<br />!IUI1lmer when IJSenI wtl1 draw.
<br />"ater, Kuiper 1IS1e1'Ud.
<br />Kuiper also que.tJoDed
<br />whether the bureau could let
<br />enough water to rill Narivw8 in
<br />die rlrtt. plaee--o( ~ over
<br />l.3J,00Q '~(eet the bureau bI
<br />figuring will be available,
<br />Kuiper (i.gurtB a IiUl:mntial
<br />amount will DOt be, as doeI bia '"
<br />deputy, Jeris A.. DanirJsc:m.
<br />The bureau is COUllItmg 00'
<br />32,000 .ere.feet from the".
<br />Weldon YIIHey ditch, tbe.
<br />engineer said. That will not be
<br />so even if tile I:IlP"88U would get
<br />all of that "'ater, Kuiper and
<br />DanieJsou claimed. 11:Ie J2,W1
<br />acre-feet iI: blled 011 00II.
<br />slUll"tlve ed ~turn flow UIt-
<br />c:ousl.lmpUvel18l! beillf,about <<t
<br />per cent and return no.... abolll
<br />00 per eeal. .
<br />In olher warda witn all
<br />Weldon Valley w..ter rights only
<br />40 per cent \2,800 atn-{eet of
<br />the 32,000 acre-feet woW~ be
<br /><CoaUDtiKOD Pile 3)
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