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<br />,~ <br /> <br />Ie' <br /> <br />(. <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />"As f.I. total [.nmlal sllpply, cpproximately. 250,000 acre- <br /> <br /> <br />feet could be diverted to the South Platte l'later"shEld from <br /> <br />these three :projects. Because of the flattening out of the <br />topography (especially on the eastern side of the Divide) be- <br />low the diversion elevations here given, the di vertible areas <br />are limited as stated above. <br />"Due to tho intense develonments of the uresent supnly <br />. . . <br /> <br />of the South Platte River, a considerable part of the water <br /> <br />cOi'1ing from Q,bove Platte Canon is now used below Denver for <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />senior priori ties. For this reason it is only necessary to <br />convey wD.ter from Williams l!'ork and Fraser River down Clear <br />Creek to its mou'ch near Denver, in order that a considerable <br />amount of this water may be used in exchange for that now de- <br />ffi2.nded from above Platte Call on. This makes the.t l)art of those <br />Sup,lies )hysically available above Platte Canon. The supply <br />from Blue River would enter the headwaters of the South Platte <br /> <br />drainage. <br /> <br />"The Commission is 8lready familiar with the total water <br />supply 0 f the Colorado Hi ver, (;Ild of the consumptive uses at <br />,resent from the drainage area, as well as future consumptive <br /> <br />uses outside the Basin. <br />"The supply that it is poss ible for Denver t 0 divert <br />(1.5% of the entire stream flow at Ymma, Ariz., assuming that <br />this supply lost nothing in tr8J1Sit) is too sme.ll to ha,ve any <br />mn teriG:.l effect on the water supply throughout the Bas in. <br /> <br />ll. <br />