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<br />No Interference with West Slope
<br />1. Diversion of 320,000 acre feet of
<br />water :from the headwaters of the
<br />Colorado River will not interfere with
<br />present water rights on the western
<br />slope or any possible future needs
<br />there.
<br />2. Rather than interfering with the
<br />scenic beauty of the Grand Lake area,
<br />it, will et~~.an~I?'<.i,t~t, b~v.ty.. J)Y.,.iUcr,ea&:,.
<br />- "llig tlle acreage of mountain lakes, alM
<br />ways a tourist attraction.
<br />3. Increased supply of water will
<br />stabilize northern Colorado agricul.
<br />ture,. do away with lean years of short
<br />water and raise general level of pro-
<br />duction. Average yield of sugaT beets
<br />would be increased by three tons an
<br />acre.
<br />4. The water it prQvides would cost
<br />at present estimates $2:00 an acre fo'ot
<br />plus about 15 cents for operating .exM
<br />pense. Figured another way, it would
<br />cost $46 per mil1ion cubic feet. After
<br />40 years cost of water would be only
<br />operating expense charges. When a
<br />farmer finds it necessa.r.y to purchase
<br />extra water under present cond1tfona~
<br />he pays from $100 to $200 a million.
<br />cubic feet for it. A million cubic feet
<br />covers 23- acres a foot deep.
<br />Unused Water Must Be Utilized
<br />In explaining the background of the
<br />project, Mr. Hansen said that under
<br />the terms of .the Colorado River com-
<br />pact, the upper basin states must pass
<br />75 million acre feet of Colorado River
<br />water to the lower basin states each
<br />ten years, an average of 7,500,000 acre
<br />feet-.a year. In some years it may be
<br />less, other years it may be more, but
<br />the average must be maintained over
<br />ten-year periods. Sixteen million acre
<br />feet of water are .now passing Lee's
<br />Ferry annually of which 12,000,000
<br />acre feet originate in Colorado and
<br />of which 6,300,000 acre feet a:re fur-
<br />nished by the Colorado River at the
<br />point where it passes into Utah.
<br />This huge supply of unused water
<br />cannot be utilized on the Western
<br />slope and is available for Colorado if
<br />arrangements can be made to get it
<br />across the mountains to eastern
<br />fields, Mr. Hansen said.
<br />Records kept of the Colorado River
<br />now at Palisade day by day for 30
<br />years show that in only one year ot
<br />the whole 30 years could western
<br />slope users utilize any more water
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<br />Head of Sponsor's Association
<br />Tells Rotarians Tunnel Project
<br />Means Increase of $12,000,000
<br />a Year for District's Farmers
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<br />Economic surveys show the Colo-
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<br />project (Grand Lake) to be nee(ied
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<br />Engineering surveys reveal it to be
<br />feasible and practical. The U. S. Bu-
<br />reau of Reclamation it is understood.
<br />will recommend a budget item to start
<br />work on the project.
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<br />Now it is up to the people of northp
<br />ern Colorado to roll up their sleeves
<br />and set up machinery for re-paying to
<br />the government the $22,000,000 which.
<br />the diversion pro)ect is to cost. ReM
<br />payment is planned in forty annual
<br />payments without interest.
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<br />That was tne summarization of the
<br />status of this highly important north-
<br />ern Colorado project made before the
<br />Greeley Rotary club Wednesday, Oct.
<br />15', 1936 by Charles Hansen, Greeley
<br />publisher, and president of the NorthM
<br />ern Colorado Water Users Association,
<br />who said that the project for diverting
<br />western slope water to the eastern
<br />slope fields would mean an average
<br />annual income increase for northern'
<br />Colorado farmers of $8,000,000 to $10,M
<br />000,000_
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<br />The Northern Colorado Water Users
<br />association, a voluntary organization
<br />of 135 of the ditch companies in the
<br />benetit area, already has been formed
<br />to promote the project.
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<br />A special effort was made by Rotary
<br />club members Wednesday to have as
<br />many farmers and water users as
<br />possible present to hear Mr. Hansen's
<br />explanation of the Grand Lake proj-
<br />ect.
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<br />The speaker utilized a large relief
<br />map made by reclamation bureau en~
<br />gineers to explain the mechanics of
<br />the collection system in the vicinity
<br />of Grand Lake. He used maps to ex.
<br />plain the distribution plans on the
<br />eastern slope and numerous charts
<br />to emphasize the need for- more water
<br />in- this area.
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