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<br />. <br /> <br />consumption, nnder it-s righ'Gs. posGes ovsr the spill-way ~m:1 <br /> <br />is now tem~)orcri1y used b;y the flood we.tcr irrig8-t~()n syst-8m8 <br /> <br />(lenr Denver. <br /> <br />"The l:::.nd s surrroung.img ,the city irTigated by, direct <br />flC1V,. are well served with e.mple water supply. The flood <br />water irr ig~t'tnriml;lystems. embracing 300,000 acres, u})on which <br />$12,000,000 has been spent for irrigation structure:::alone. are <br />R_e:!~e <br />only able to secU!'0. about four-tenths of (',n acre-foot/per ye!:.r. <br />A large pr,rt of 'this limited su?p1y consists of the unused <br />city stoncge w['.ter. '. This Hill be tr..ken from these It\nds ::'.s <br />the citw consumption incrct\ses. <br /> <br />"Given 0. normnl growth of the Citw, more water must be <br /> <br />provided o.nd this o.dc1i ti onr.l water must be obtmned without <br /> <br />'~ <br /> <br />decreo.sing the ~I:lter now cvo.ilable for agriculturel resources. <br /> <br />"There :;.ye only two possible Vle.ys of increC',sing the <br /> <br />wcter ~v~ilcblc for the ~lctte V~llcy from the hecdwcters of <br /> <br />the South Pl~ttc River: <br /> <br />"First, by aao.itionr.l storege resEr:t'voirs t\bove PIette <br />~ <br />Ce.noll to conserve the remC'.ining uncontrolled flillod flow. <br /> <br />"Seconcl, by the lmrchaso of hr.:;, l['l1o.s in South Park [I,no. <br /> <br />eb2.ndoning the irrigation thereof. <br />"So completely is the stree,m flow of the South PIC'.tte <br /> <br />now C'.ppro}')r iatod and de vel oped that a reservoir e.s large 2.S <br /> <br />Lake Cheesman (79.000 c,cre -fliet) VJould not be able to store in <br /> <br /> <br />the 2,Vero.gc ye ar. mor e thE,n 14,000 acre-feot. Flood waters <br /> <br />rema~n~ng for storaGe only OCClrr in years of le.rge run-off, <br /> <br /><e <br /> <br />D <br />