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<br />i71C <br /> <br />'k/ Iud ~,u t/t,s 1JI,ut ct. ? <br /> <br />The Narrows Unit would serve multiple purposes. It would <br /> <br />supply supplemental irrigation water, provide urgently needed <br /> <br />flood control, increase recreational opportunities, enhance fish <br /> <br />and wildlife resources, and improve the downstream water quality. <br /> <br />Should the need arise, some of the conserved water could be <br /> <br />converted from irrigation to municipal and industrial use. It <br /> <br />might also be possible to provide some s~pplemental irrigation <br /> <br />water for upstream lands through exchange procedures although no <br /> <br />specific plans for such exchanges have been formulated. <br /> <br />Storage water would be released as necessary from the <br /> <br />reservoir to supplement the irrigation supplies within the 166,370- <br />acre irrigated service area of the Lower South Platte Water <br /> <br />Conservancy District. This supplemental irrigation water, estimated <br /> <br />to average 119,~OO acre-feet annually, would have a very favorable <br /> <br />impact on the overall economy of the area. <br /> <br />A water budget is attached which shows the average annual <br /> <br />historical water supply (for the representative period 1947-1961) <br />without the Narrows Reservoir and the supply anticipated with the <br /> <br />Narrows Reservoir in operation. The Bureau of Reclamation estimates <br /> <br />that irrigation benefits from the supplemental water would average <br /> <br />$1,631,500 annually. <br /> <br />3 <br />