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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- 4 - <br /> <br />A trip was made down the South Platte River with the water com- <br />/.t~tlr'I"1 <br />missioner who pointed out some of the conditions lie had been ~g about. <br />The first stop was made at the bridge crossing the river at Henderson. Here <br />the stream gag1ng station had to be moved 600 feet upstream f1'om where a lIell <br />was installed about 60 feet fI'Oll\ the river. This well is owned by the Davis <br />Estate, and every time the pump was started !lIld' stopped, the water in the <br />stilling well at the river gaging station would shaw a drop or rise of the <br /> <br />water level on the chart, proving that the pumped water was cmn1ng from the <br /> <br /> <br />river. During the drouth of the last Ileveral years, the water in the river, <br /> <br /> <br />wen churned up, would show the detergent suds from the IleIIver sewerage. This <br /> <br /> <br />froth has also been seen in the discharge from this pumped water. (Pump was <br /> <br /> <br />not runrd.ng iihen rtsited.) <br /> <br />The next stop was made to the south on the lIest bank of the river at <br /> <br /> <br />the headgate of the Brantner Ditch, the oldest ditch on the river. Seventy- <br /> <br /> <br />five feet west of the headgate, Mr. McIntosh utilizes what IIIllY have been an old <br /> <br /> <br />gravel pit as a pump sump. (The pump was not running, but several feet of water <br /> <br /> <br />was standing in the hole probably at river level.) <br /> <br /> <br />The Meadow IslaDi am Side Hill.headgate is located on the west bank <br /> <br />of the river between the outlet ditch for the Colorado Big Thompson water and <br />~ , <br />the headwork!! of the Evans #2 ditch which contracts for B1.g TOID'water. Near <br />the Meadow Island and Side Hill headgate, Mr. Muretta OWS' a well about 50 feet <br />from the river. The pump has a 15 H. P. electric motor and delivers about lDOO <br />gal. per minute. The plllllp was DOt 1'IUIIIing, but water could be seen in the lIell <br />at river level. It is possible when the Colorado-B1.g Thompson is sending water <br />