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<br />On behalf of the Lo~r
<br />South Platte Water ConSl1rvancy
<br />District, I'm ple8St!d to provide
<br />you .wth this booldBt containing
<br />information about tha Nsrro'N$
<br />Unit.
<br />The unit will ~nersrB the
<br />most economical new source of
<br />irrigation water aVBilsble on the
<br />t!Iilstem slope of Colorado by
<br />conserving ....rBr thBt has been
<br />IBlIving the StatB unused. This
<br />emount is far greater thml the
<br />amount Colorado is requimd to
<br />IiZlfId IlCf'0S8 the StrIte line by
<br />temJs of the interstatB compsct
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<br />In addition to supplemantal
<br />irrigation watar, tha unit will
<br />providtl much ntHNi9d flood
<br />control for downstream
<br />communititlS and abundant
<br />rocreanonlll opportunities.
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<br />M8jor wildlife NeBS will b8
<br />enablishBd to incf'S8S8 the
<br />QUality snd qusntiry of wildlife
<br />in thBproj9CtsrlNJ.
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<br />Constrvction of the NarroV4
<br />Unit is the rt:sult of YeBr.I of
<br />plllflning Bnd Gtudying, hundmds
<br />of meetings, and countless hours
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<br />of work. Now we arB in the
<br />process of building B dam and
<br />re.rvoir which is e$Si!fltial to
<br />the growth lmd economy of
<br />northeastern Colorado, and M!J
<br />solicit your SUPPOl't for this
<br />worthwhile endeBllor.
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<br />-Supplemental water for
<br />irrigation and increased crop
<br />yields on more thsn 287,000
<br />acres in Colorado's fertile South
<br />Platte Valley;
<br />-Flood protection for
<br />downstream communities;
<br />-Hunting, fishing and other
<br />recreational activities for
<br />thousands of Coloradoans and
<br />visitors.
<br />These features are what the
<br />Narrows Dam and ReserVOIr sre
<br />all about.
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<br />The Narrows is located on tf1e
<br />South Platte River in northeastern
<br />Colorado, Plans call for
<br />construction of a dam 4.2
<br />miles long and 147 feet high
<br />containing two separate
<br />spillways to handle anticipated
<br />floods.
<br />With 15,000 surface acres at
<br />the top of the joint.use pool, the
<br />Narrows Reservoir will be the
<br />largest reservoir in Colorado and
<br />will store 498,000 acre-feet of
<br />water (an acre-foot consists of
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<br />of water reQuired to cover an
<br />acre of land to a depth of one
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<br />Much of the reservoir content
<br />will accumulate from water that
<br />previouslv has been flowing
<br />unused at an average of 370,000
<br />acre-feet per year, During 1970
<br />slone, nearly 800,000 acre-feet
<br />of water were lost to Colorado
<br />users.
<br />In addition to construction
<br />of the dam snd reservoir, plans
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