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0991 . '-(Ii) The importation conter.lplated by the initial project of some 60,000 acre-feet would not go very far toward meeting irrigation short- ages. A large share of this water should be used for industrial and municipal purposes. I -. (b) Many people in the Valley believe that regulation of winter flaws of the Arkansas River is hiChly importaJIt for the welfare of the Vall,ey . (c) Because of urgency of demand for municipal and industrial water, the initial project should be "pushed" for early completion rather than taking a longer period of time to secure initial author- ization and construction of the longer tunnel needed to secure more water from. the Gunnison Basin. (d) The shortage of water is a handicap to the expansion of municipalities and industries in the Arkansas Valley. (e) Because of pawer shortage, the ceoent mill is forced to operate at part capacity and longer shifts, with decreased efficiency. (f) Unless adcii'Lional hydroelectric power is provided in the area, the local utilities "~l be forced to construct additional stCafl rC1f1er capacity. (g) He believes that flOst of the interests would favor a plan which includes hydroelectric power and would cooperate in an exchange and holdover plan to make this development feasible. 11. Mr. Beise el>:plained that the Southeastern Colorado Water Develop- ment Association is a nonprofit organization of some 3,000 meobers through- out the Arkansas Valley from Leadville to the Colorado-Kansas State Line. This organization is urging the early construction of the initial phase of the Gunnison-Arkansas Project. He sincerely hopes that probleos in present report can be resolved, report completed, and a bill for authorization of the initial phase and continued investigation of the ultimate gravity plan introduced and passed at the next session of the Congress. He expressai appre- hension that unless early authorization is secured, the various a[;encies in the Arkansas Valley will seek independent and more expensive sources of waier supply rather than working unitedly for the Gunnison-Arkansas Project. He suggested that specific problems be assigned to the various committee mem- bers for study and report at the next meeting. -' 12. Mr. Hoper discussed water problems of the City of Colorado Springs. The City has developed to the limit of its local water supplies and is now urgently in need of additional vu:.ter for municipal purposes. It has studied with interest, the project plans for both the Gunnison- Arkansas Projc:; and the Blue-South Platte Project. T:'lree alternate sources app2~r to be available to secure additional water supplies, ~dth the maximuLo available from each source as follows: .- 5