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<br />I" <br /> <br />.) <br /> <br />.) <br /> <br />i,;r. :lcCLJ?~: '-chL1K, I hope, and I believe u::' ~metely we <br />will be able to de that. <br />IIr/ NC~V::LL: III :\-'our ~ssumlJtiotl of the cODsumptive ilse as <br />to tr.€ 1.3 ~,cre-feet. yo" have ~ade ~'ou:: ded-.rctions 2nd takGi'J <br />as the aver'ige, the whole ac~e2be 0:: the Vieste2'i'J sl0;;16. In <br />considering the right of the othel' states \Iould that pull <br />down tile c (msurr.lltive use you :-,ave figured at 1.3 ac:ce-fect? <br />Th"re is t.leUi'Jcomj)8.h[re i':'o:ect: ti,at is of c onsidel'able size <br />is:' t :1 ot I' <br /> <br />I,;r. lIi.K;;3: Yes si~. l'~l&t ;J~O ject irrigates Suf:le si~:ty- <br />si~ thousand acres. <br />I:lr. I<CRVIbL: N otrli thst anding- the very hii,h c onsumpt i ve acre <br />feet of that project, tn~t '.'!on-ld still leave 1.3 acre-feet fOe- <br />average cons-llmj)tive use in COIO~a(1_0?, <br />Er. l'IJE.L13H: Yes sir: In 'Cr,e 'Jncom~2_hbr3 VallE'" l'eturn <br />flow measuremet:!ts were mc-de b:,r the State Engineer's Office as <br />far back as 15 yea~s ago. S~ecial measu~ements of return <br />flow were made again in the past two yea~s. In February 1921 <br />I spent a day in the Montrose office of the Uncompahgre Proje~~ <br />cove~ing the apparent heavy llse of wate~ in the Uncompahl:;re <br />Valley. On that project the lateral gates aro so locked tnat <br />the ir~igator can draw the ma::imum amount ano. the irrigators <br />seldom lower their gates preferrinf:. to i-,aste the \'later back <br />to Erroyos 02~ lo".7er cencls whew not ased. Such wate:: is <br />measureQ twice. As a result ~at8r users e.re ch2rged up \'lith a <br />D <br />