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<br />c.'") <br />l>J <br />...., <br /> <br />The lands under the Davie Ditch receive water only during the high <br /> <br />flow of heavy run-off years. In low run-off years very little or no <br /> <br />water is diverted bJ' the ditch. <br /> <br />Project Water Supply <br /> <br />Water studies have been prepared to show the adequacy of supply <br /> <br />fot' the irrigation of 6,000 acre.s oJ land under the Grass Valley Canal <br />~, <br />and 488 acres of land under theAditch after project development,with <br /> <br />allowance of 1,000 acre-feet of capacity in the Rifle Gap Reservoir for <br /> <br />use by the City of Rifle. During the period 1937-1943, inclusive, <br /> <br />sHortages would have been experienced on lands under the Grass Valley <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Canal as follows: <br /> <br />Year Shortage Year Shortage <br />1937 9% 1941 CJf, <br />1938 0% 1942 17% <br />1939 7% 1943 0% <br />1940 13% Average 7% <br /> <br />Water supply for lands under the Davie Ditch would have been <br /> <br />adequate in all years. The City would have been provided its full <br /> <br />allotment of 1,000 acre-feet ih all years. The Rifle Gap Reservoir <br /> <br />would have been filled to its capacity of 10,000 acre-feet in all years <br /> <br />and the lower Rifle Creek Valley lands would have been provided a <br /> <br />full supply. Very little opportunity exists for the use of return <br /> <br />flow water on project lands. <br /> <br />, .1 <br />..!.~ <br />