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<br />. <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />A report on the Mancos Project, dated N~y 1937 presents <br /> <br />plans and estimates for a reservoir at the Jackson Gulch site of <br /> <br />10,000 acre-feet capacity 3nd at the Weber site for 7,615 acre-feet. <br /> <br />At subsequent conferences with officers of The Mancos <br /> <br />Fublic Irrigation District and with representative landowners under <br /> <br />the District, it Was representect that: <br /> <br />(1) The ulti~8te District arEa that will ever be irrigated <br />is 7 ,000 '~CreR. <br /> <br />(2) Tlle S'-lppi~El3nt'11 storege desirod for this area is ),000 <br />ncre-feGt ~lt the \leboI' site. <br /> <br />This suppleoental rcport presents the conclusions 3S to water <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />supply aV3ilClble under s'lch a plan, and the cost of' the f'8cilities <br /> <br />desired. <br /> <br />Since the report on the Mnncos Project was cODpleted, <br /> <br />continuation of streao gncinG on Middle and East Mancos Rivers <br /> <br />has supplied LorC than one year of record which hCls been utilized <br /> <br />to check and revise forIJer studies of totol wator supply Me: its <br /> <br />distribution between the three brenches of Mancos Rivor. <br /> <br />Reference is mac!e to the original report (pp. 7-31) for <br /> <br />description of the project area, !ill;: for discussion of the fGl- <br /> <br />lowing topicS: <br /> <br />n3~~ <br />'. <br /> <br />Irrigation Develo~nt, <br />Previous Investigntions, <br />Cli~ate, Markets, <br />Agriculture, Land and Sails, <br />and Wc.ter Rifhts. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />. <br />