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001 H:1 . .- . . , importance to the district because by its manner of:operation it is the means for supplying, by its one-third, J!!P~acement for appropriations antedating Granby Reservoir and our 11va B. Adams , I Tunnel, which are upstream on the main Colorado RivJr. To that purpose the reservoir serves as an additional arm 0 part of , GranbY Reservoir and a guaranty to our tunnel diverJions. , I The remaining two-thirds of the reservoir are I primarily I . for power purposes but are also, quoting Senate Dociment 80, (p3) "to supply future use for domestic purposes and for the irrigation of lands thereafter to be brought under cultivation in western Colorado., Water not required for the above purpos~s shall also be available for disposal to agencies for the develJpment of oil, I I The government'power plant at Green Mountain Reservoir, by , water begun in 1943 to be run through the reservoiriand under its turbines, is a large producer of money to repay thelcost of the entire project. For that power plant the government is claiming the right of continuous flow of its capacity of 176Q cu. ft. per I sec. Such continuous flow helps our transmountain 1iversion. It acts as a buffer to supply appropriators down stream who other- I wise might claim the right to compel Granby Reservotr and the , tunnel to stop diverting. Should Denver be adjudged the right I to antedate the Green Mountain Reservoir, then in c~se ,of short- ages downstream, the District and not Denver would ~ave to stop , , , , , , The United States, as owner, joined by the Dittrict, before I , any evidence was taken, withdrew its claim in the Btue River shale or other industries." diverting. c. ~ Supreme Court ~ , adjudication in the Summit County Court. In Federat District Court was begun, June 10, 1949, a suit by the Unite~ States for , I declaratory judgment to adjudicate the project Western Slope water I , I -5-