WSP06721

• File Number: 8200.300.40.A
• Description: Colorado River Compact
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 3/29/1922
• Author: Colorado River Com.
• Title: Proceedings of the Colorado River Interstate Compact Commission, Denver, Colorado March 31 - April 1, 1922
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

exist, c.r:.(I, whose futlJ.re \'Iolf~.re is cssonti;:,,1 to c. heo.lthy

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growth of the City.

proviollS to tho Cit;y's eoquiring the )rivc.t01.Y ownei\,

we-tor ];llc.nt of the Denv':lr Union \-h',ter CO!'lpm;y', there existed

::'- Utilities Cor,1Illission, erected fer the pm'poso of construct..,\

ing ;:" new we.ter pl::nt fo~ the City of Denver. Investigetions

were made of ::,,11 possible cdditiom:.1 weter sup)lies for Denver.

These investigc.ti ons enu reports were me-de by ~.fr. R. I. Meeker,

who is no',; h2.ndling the investigc.ti ons for tho steto in con-

nection with the Colore-ao River Commission, end Mr. J.B.

Lil)penc ott, Assi stc,nt 'Chief Engi neer of the Los Angeles nque-

duct, c,nd 12,ter extensive surveys 8on(1 investigc,tions wero n17,de

by the V;:;.n Sent Houghton Engineering Comy<:.ny of 817,n Frr,ncisco.

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These surveys 2nd investigr.tions net only covered the sources

of wcter sup)ly, but surveys were meue for tho nocessery

structures re'lu-',red to secure c.na. control e newm:\ter supply

(1S well e.s con.Tcruct ,':'. City Wr,ter Work's plr.ot.

Tho freser:t Cit:,! W1'.ter COmJ;lissioners, (',fter 2.ssuminc

offiCl:;, sccureo. the serv icos of Ih'. Gco. II. Bun for the pur-

pose of rcvie\':inB 0.11 ;1revious investige-tions thr,t hr.dbeen

mcue o.nd, in 2.d<'ti tion, to !n['l,;:e exh2.usti ve investigr,tions of

0.11 the ;Jresent uses of 1'J,J,ter from the PIette Vr.lley in the

uicinity of De~ver, the su~ply still r.vailable in the Platte

v2.11e~T for development, ['nd of all additional sources of

supply.

Investi.gc:tions of all these v2.rious engineers have
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