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<br />,~ <br />~{:~# <br /> <br />;' <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />,.,; <br />'1>;, <br /> <br />" <br />~. <br />~ <br /> <br />;. <br /> <br />'I; <br />, <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />_Of <br /> <br />t'''' <br />~..". <br />" <br /> <br />Proponents of the project believe the ameunt ef wnter salvaged vJ:i.ll <br /> <br />~IJ <br />N <br /> <br />be so substantial as to enable Color~do to improve materially its <br /> <br />l_~ <br />'-:. : <br /> <br />i rriga ti on d evel opment . <br /> <br />The sole object of the San Luis Valley Drain (hereinafter <br /> <br />referred to as the Sump Drain) is to salvage ','/Uters lost in the <br /> <br />closed basin and permit tho Use of an equiVt'.lent ClIlount elsewhere. <br /> <br />It will not henefit neighborIng lands by draI=ge, as these lands <br /> <br />are of lIttle value and wIthout prospect of a water mlpply for <br /> <br />irrigation. <br /> <br />The origInal estimates of the umount of ""ter to be sal- <br /> <br />vaged by the Sump DraIn were greatly exargerated. Later estImates, <br /> <br />made on cert~in defInite assumptIons ~s to the development of ~gri- <br /> <br />cultural territory on 'the vest sIde of the valley have sInce been <br /> <br />freely quoted without reference to theso limItations. Without the <br /> <br />proper limito.tions those estimates also give too optimistic 11 pic- <br /> <br />ture of the benefi ts of th 0 project. <br /> <br />The Committee has ~~ken great care in studying the supply <br /> <br />that may be c,nticipated undor a rercsonahle forecast of future condi- <br /> <br />tions. This study shows tho.t the course of irrigation development <br /> <br />in the valley bus been unusual, and bus a ve~J direct bearir~ on the <br /> <br />contribution from irrigation drains that may be n.nticipt'.ted in the <br /> <br />future; a SUll1l!Utry of the lands avaihble f:or agriculture.l development <br /> <br />in the closed basin and the wate~ supply avail~ble and used in their <br /> <br />developmont is thoreforo in order. <br /> <br />The area of land en the floer o.nd slepes of the clesed <br /> <br />basin, suitable for develepment if previded .dth the adequate ~~ter <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br /> <br />