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<br />I <br />I <br /> <br />ano. such [, reservoir would hr.ve tc r;re'!ide lcrge cc.p(',city for <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />over-ycl'.r storc,ge. <br />"Thero c.re 46,000 ceres of ho.y lends in South Pc.rk. <br />Tho w~ter eVapor~ted in their irrigation Qffiounts to opproxl- <br />rnctely one e,cte-foot )er acro :per year. The aberoonment of <br />irrigc.tion of these 21rcy lr,nds would ",cld rcbout 45,000 cere-feet <br />per annum J,;o the stre~.rn flow. Tl1ese snpplies (lI'C not suffi- <br /> <br />cient in volume to proviile for the future needs of Denver CJ1d <br /> <br />tho co untr;}' imDcdic.tely surrounding tho eity. <br /> <br />"Tho only other [',vc.ilc,ble water is from the hec.dwr.tors <br /> <br />of Frc.ser River, Willirr;ls Fork ['JJd the :Slue River. The to:90- <br /> <br /> <br />grc.phy of the Contincnct;nl Divide limits tho [crec~ of dro.inq>;e <br /> <br />o.vcil~blc for diversion frem these sources. <br /> <br />i~' <br /> <br />"On the Fl"aSCr River it is possi blc to construct a di- <br />vorsion system [',t en elcvc-:.tion IDf from 9,200 to 9,300 'feet. <br />The ~re['.thus drained would be, in round nurnbern, 100 square <br />miles; the c.nnual mec,n wc.tor supply 100,000 acre-feet. <br /> <br />"On Willie,ms Fork the di versi on system c::,nnot be 100e- <br /> <br />ted below approximately 10,300 feet elev~tion; tho c.re~ drc.in- <br /> <br />ed would be 40 squcxe miles; the annuc,l mecn w['.ter supply <br />50,000 ecre.feet. <br /> <br />"On Blue River the di versi on system c ennot bo located <br /> <br />beloTI 10,000 feet elevetion; the ere['. dr2ined woumd not be <br /> <br />more thc.n 150 squere miles; the 2nnuel water supply approxi- <br /> <br />~ately 150,000 core-feet. From this sup~ly certcin edverse <br />rights mu:ot be (leductec.. <br /> <br /><.' <br /> <br />D- <br />