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<br />0032D9 <br /> <br />-5- <br /> <br />There ar~ five saurces fram which additional water maybe obtained I <br />1) interbasin diversians; 2) development of shallow and deep 'aquifers;' <br />3) weather modification; 4) demineralization and desalination of sea.water; <br />and 5) improved'management of present supplies. Each of these five sources <br />af additional' water will be discussed in detail.. <br />Brief mention of present supplies of'surface and underground:water <br />has been made previously. The fallowing table supplied by the Calor ado <br />Water Conservation Board gives a picture of present as well as pot~ntial' . <br /> <br />supplies from transmotintain diversions completed ar under construction I <br /> <br />Transmountain Diversion' <br /> <br />Average for 1930-55 <br />or period of operations <br />throuah 1959 <br /> <br />Potential <br /> <br />106.0OP <br />260,000 <br />2,800 <br />21,000 <br />19,000 <br />13.600 <br />422,,400 ac.ft. <br /> <br />175;boo .ac.ft. <br /> <br />a. Denver System (Fraser & Williams) <br />b. Calor ado Big T~ompson <br />c. North Platte <br />d. Laramie <br />e. Grand River Ditch <br />f. Englewood <br /> <br />35,700 <br />101,000 <br />2,800 <br />25,100 <br />17.300 <br /> <br />181,900 ac. ft. <br /> <br />. Denver-Blue <br /> <br />As of 1960, we are diverting considerably in excess of 181,900 a'c~e <br /> <br />feet of water. There is a potential of 422,400 acre feet. To this figure. <br /> <br />may be added a portion of the Denve:t~Blue transmountain diversion, the,'alllOunt <br />being uncertain'at'this time because of restrictions on its use. <br /> <br />Interbasin diversion of water presents some very perplexing problems. <br />When any new interbasin diversion is proposed it immediately creates ill will <br />and mistrust. With the add~d complication of agreements entered into by <br />River Basin Compacts, this mistrust is not confined to the borders of the <br /> <br />State. <br /> <br />",',.' <br /> <br />