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<br />co <br />cr; <br />c.~ <br />- <br /> <br />c:: <br /> <br />,'"--;.- <br />.' ~-.'''.' <br /> <br />A storage capacity of 12,000 acre-feet is desirable at the Long <br /> <br />Hollow site and 12,000 acre-feet for irrigation capacity at the state <br /> <br />Line site. Provision for silting and for flood control increases the <br /> <br />desirable capacity at the State Line site to 32,000 acre-feet. The two <br /> <br />reservoirs properly operated would substantially improve the water supply <br /> <br />to both states as regards both quantity and distribution and would utilize <br /> <br />the entire run-off in periods of low flow. The present irrigated area <br /> <br />...----- <br /> <br />of 3,800 acres in New Mexico would usually receive an adequate and ideally <br /> <br />distributed water supply with the aid of the State Line Reservoir. When <br /> <br />State Line Reservoir is empty, stream operations would be in accordance <br /> <br />with the compact as they are now being conducted. <br /> <br />The supply for Colorado lands would be improved by storage of surplus <br /> <br />flows and regulation of flood water now diverted under decreed rights, to <br /> <br />enable average diversions under 1928-1939 conditions as follows: <br /> <br />Regulated new water <br />Regulated decreed water <br />Unregulated" " <br />Total <br /> <br />9,700 Acre-feet <br />3,200 " " <br />20,100 " " <br />33,000 Acre-feet <br /> <br />The resulting water supply would meet requirements for an average of 9,600 <br /> <br />acres but the 11,900 acres ordinarily irrigated at present, are likely to <br /> <br />be continued to be irrigated so far as possible, and a partial supply will <br /> <br />be the rule in most years. In estimating repayment the 11,900 acres net <br /> <br />area classified by the Bureau of Reclamation ,as irrigated, has been used <br /> <br />rather than the average equivalent area of 9.600 acres. In years of <br /> <br />abundan$~water the Colorado area may reach as high as 24,300 acres, as <br /> <br />it has in the past. <br /> <br />B <br />