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<br />.\' ByJOHNLAPORTE a ground water recharge 'Nmows reservoir near Fort parenUy include a auinber r4
<br />. 1 TlIIIu St.aIfWrl\er demonstration projeet eoo. Morgan, bat claimed it would DeW wells where ~tiog weill
<br />(Editor's' Dote: \ ThlI II the dueted. by the U.s. Geologieal 'cost more !or groUll.d water could be used,
<br />Wrd lI:D,d Unal article bl a .erin. Survey, . Colorado State recharge than tor th~ dam and', Jerls A. DMl.e1!ori,' Kuiper'.
<br />""ft~p,. (ram _ Times aM University ll.1ld Groun.I,i. W~leT ' reservcir, '. . , , : dt'iNt~. queaUoned retl'elltill1
<br />". AiloclatedPrelllnten<lew with, AppropriatOr! 01 the South Kuiper cited the proposed . beoelIts . aod lIood control.
<br />; CrJ, Kuiper. Colondo'. slale PlaUe that indicates ground. Badger-Beaver project south 01. Recreation use, be said, would.
<br />l . eolfneer.: Tbe interview...... water c:ould be stored lor about Fort Morgan and Brush U. be heaviest in July and August.
<br />,~ IaJUattd by .. requestfrol!l Tbe $2 an acrH'!Ot. " having '.lnmendous potential" :- precis~ly wben dra;."dow.na for
<br />1, 11met~ lJId Ku..Ipu repeatedly In the proJect cWve!U were if there is a free river. However, irrigation are at the maxunUlI1.'
<br />';.';, .treIICd Uaal be WII oat tallol borrowed and a cana.l extended Narrows would. atop. aoy Kuiper referred to a mud flat
<br />~; . 'pcJ&llIlUl elLher for or ap.InJt to twb sLorage ponds in the possibilities of a' free river,. sib1aUcm being ~Ible in those.
<br />~,:; tile- NarroWl proJed, Kulper'. Merino. area~ The canal and stopping everything when Lbe~.. monthl with. t~e beavy.
<br />i~.. Narro~ .fll~s are belDI kept Ie pondi were abandoned due to: is 00 caD downstream. .' :.. -' d,ra~WDI....: ~ ' . .
<br />~. tbe:;",Late \Ittonae, ',Ieoeral', heavy leakage, but the ground It is an elther-OrpropOsltlon-'~' As 'dor nood eontrlll,+
<br />~. oInce' peD~O. . bWlul1 rued water storage principle ealls lor you cannot ha,ve haUl Narrow(' Danielson teU Clatflelcl. MOImt
<br />~ a.alnsl the .proJect by a. opo just Lbat.-.Ieakage to let the; and further development; of.',Carboo and CherT)' Creek would
<br />(, poslUOD. Jioup Into whlch'the' water UlI~egroLlDd; . recharge. "II you ..do build. handle uplltream wat~ that.
<br />'\ atate ha.. lellteM IS I deleD- .. Monilonng wells and gauges' NllITOWS it'l an bTevenible could create fioodIng. Tributary
<br />~4:aIl..&.),ll:.t,l. '."': .; at lhe entry poiot and below the aet," KUiper said. Upstream flQodlng such as Bljou Creel
<br />;V;'.;I . -,' .. ' - , 1,rechar&e area were used. , water development,; he.,68id,.~,wou1d, oot bei controlled .by
<br />f,'~\Grolmdwaterreclwgecould . Obviously,wheacamparedtoi would be impossible.", :',' NarroVr"!;:'.',.. ;
<br />:: be I more viable alternative to Narrows (about 'IUS an acre- ~ Kuiper's office bas a alaa c. Proponenll of the dam often
<br />'(', \.he Narrows ~ha.n U.S" B~\l foot). the water in the recharge' member checking out. bureau. 'paint to unused water fiawing.
<br />" .o~ Reclamatio,n offieials 10- projeel would be cheaper,' figurea on ground water moo Nebraska as a reason Cor
<br />; ~te,'~lI, lrom the .office o~, Kuiper pointed out. recbarge. The bureau claims' a ~building NarTOWS. This. Kwper
<br />..C.J. KUlper,litateengmeer for. ,The U.S.' Bureau of ,8 to 1 benelit-colt raUo for sald,b a lalacy. Althougb one-'
<br />~!, Color:ado:'in~ates.. ',<. " Reclamation, conatructlon' Iround water recharge. third of one million acre-feet a
<br />i~ KUlper s office has data h'om agency for the proposed However; bureau studies' _po . (CoII.UnuedOIl. p_ie3)
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<br />eareer d.ay Lour lor Fort =- ::=.:~~e~:bW :::: about $~ a week 00 lood last
<br />MorgaD High Schoal students. It seek their votes. Year,
<br />was suggested ~wdeot~ be In. letter to congressional House Speaker Thomas P.
<br />allowed more time at the I .__ ~___ g' 'u. Q'N ill acknowledged that it
<br />buainess of Ibeir c:boice The eauc.llll. ....... \.C"r a am proml.X\.l e ,
<br />nen career day tour 18 'to be to veto the measure if il would be easy for him ~
<br />held in the fall lor higb schooJ paSlles, buf asked for assistance "bottle this one up, to but ..ad
<br />. - in defeaUns; It In Congress. he vlill insist on a clear vote on
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<br />The budget olliee estJ
<br />$5,7 billioo is needed to
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<br />miUee refused let raise t!
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