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<br />I ,oailng Into the ground along lhe Arkan.., Cheiry 'creei dam' sre flood conlrol ,'ruc- eU, The Upper Basin fund help, payoff con- pIpe gO",thro~gh the dam, and di:rl~"Dgi-
<br />By William H. Nellon I River between the Leadville area and the tures built by the Army Corps of Ellgineerl. atructton costs of such proJects ~s paoni~ ~n1 ~~e:~p~~le;i~~t ~~~l~~e~:c~~i~ g::er:fi~~
<br />Sentlnel.taU writer reservoir The conditions for the diversion of water Silt in Colorado Wesl There 18 a po It1ca 1 t Th tud' Id. I d b ki . to
<br />GLENWOOD SPRINGS-A Weltero Colo- The Colorado Water Conservation Board fr~m Colorado Welt for John Martin Reser. strufi1e o~er ~ctuRlly allowing Lake Powell ~rllnp'O!l8ft,~Uty~T~~ueaA~cr ld'inCin~~tra~fol~ ill
<br />rado water organllatlon Tuesday agreed to arproved about two decadel ago, after years vOir lollow: to f1l at thllli time. . f h diu'
<br />allow the we of lame water from Homeatake 0 controversy, a permanent pool for John -The waiver is lor a single purpose and _"Such diversions (from Hom~state~reek) promoUngd conthstrucll~n t ~ Y trt ec IC
<br />Creek a tributary of tbe Eagle River near Martin Reservoir and purchaled some water does not set a precedent. occur o~ at the peak flow Without mter. plants at am! roug au e.na all 0 pro-
<br />Redditf, to lolve I problem in tbe Arkan!8s rights for the permanent pool. But eacb year -"It 11 abolurely certain Lake Powell will ference Wlth 9;ny other. WeIi~er~,Slol?e ~se of duee energy, r
<br />Valley. I d' some Arkansas Valley water w8Istored, hold. fill' and s.pill by Aug. 3." This. is a In?ve to en- water at the time of dlVer51on. Thl.!l. means J.F. Ril..lckeJ and Frank Carlson. rrojecu
<br />However, the board 01 the Colora 0 River ers of senior rlghtll called the water out for list the aid of the ltate board lD forcmg Water that the 13,000 acre.feet would be dIverted nmanager and construction chief 0 WPRS
<br />Water ConservaUon District let four condl. their use. The "foreign" water imp,orted from and Power Resou!ces Ser:vice (formerly Bu. during the spring runoff.. " said that the aJeocy II conliderlng adding a
<br />tions to the deal. I Colorsdo West would oot be lubJect to the reau of ReclarnatiOIl) to 1111 Lake Powell on ...."That no Green Mountam ReservOir reo penstock to Ridgway Dam of Dallal Creek
<br />The board approved diversion of 13,000 calls The state board would pay Colorado the Colorado River in Arizona Ind Utah. lease from tbe compensatory pool results," Pro'ect for a possible hydro-i!lectric plant
<br />acre-feet of water through a transmountain Springs $5.40 an acre-foot for the water, and When Lake Powell is filled, a set of reslrlc. Colorado Spr.ings diverts w.ater ~rom the BI~e the:e The plan 1& 'under Iludy while excava.
<br />water diversion system to be .tored per. Bill McDonald, director 01 the state board, tions and procedures known as filline cri. RIver on which Green MOlUntaln. ReservOir, tion a'nd other initial constrructlon work Is in
<br />manently in John Mll.rt~n Reservoir between hopesthe rights bought by the board will pro- teria will eod, Endiog the criteria also ends Itorlge unk for the Grand Valley,lslocate~. progress
<br />Las Animas and Lamar. vide enough water to make up annual evapo. paymentB by the Upper Colorado River Balin The board Tuesday Ilso approved making . :
<br />The water will formla permanent pool of ration Joa. from the pool. FuM to utilities that generate electricity at application to the Federal EnerQ Regu.
<br />10,000 acre.feet of water in the reservoir lor The state board created a 'permanent pool Hoover Dam. The payments are to com. lato17 Commission to study the pO~llblllty of The board approved allocating $2,500. LO
<br />rish and wlldllfe. The 3,000 acre.feet of water in Cherry Creek Reservoir near Denver duro pens ate the utilities for loss of power that building a hydro,-electric g.eneration station the Mesa County group promotlngthe DomIn.
<br />above the 10,000 Icre.leet planlled for the ing 1957, a similar high water year, and has would have been genented at Hoover Dam if and stilling basm below It at ,the base of guez Project on the Gunllis.on Rlver I short
<br />pool would bp lost thr~ugh evaporation Ind. had no problems there. Both John Mlrtin and the water had Dot bteD Itored in Lake Pow. Ruedi Dam on the Frylngpall River. A steel distance upstream from Whltewater.
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