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<br />(" <br /> <br />-, <br /> <br />(.1 <br /> <br />conserve the unused flow of Rifle Creek for the irrigation of lower <br /> <br />Rifle Creek lands. The summer flow of East Rifle Creek would then be <br /> <br />available for diversion to the Silt Project area. Under this plan the <br /> <br />irrigated area would be increased from the 4,300 acres possible under the <br /> <br />Harvey Reservoir plan to 6,000 acres. The plan of development as dis- <br /> <br />cussed in this report is the same as the Rifle Gap Reservoir plan discussed <br /> <br />in Report #48. <br /> <br />Project RepOrt No. W3A. In October 1941 a revised report was <br /> <br />prepared. The report stated that project interests had voiced a decided <br /> <br />preference for the Rifle Gap plan of development as it provided for <br /> <br />conserving more of the water now wasted and included for irrigation land <br /> <br />not possible of service under the Harvey Reservoir plan. <br /> <br />The revised report suggested development under provisions of the <br /> <br />Case-?fueeler Act which permitted the use of WPA and CCC assistance. <br /> <br />Preliminary Desi,gns and EstillJa.tes Report - Rifle Gap Dam. In <br /> <br /> <br />December 1940 a preliminary designs and estimates report was issued by <br /> <br />the Denver Office of the Bureau for a 10,000 acre-foot reservoir at tpe <br /> <br />fl;ifle Gap site. <br /> <br />Geolot;ical Report - Rifle map Dam site. In January 1941 a Geological <br />Report was prepared by Associate Ceologist Mansfield Merriman on the <br /> <br />Rifle Gap dam site. <br /> <br />PreliminarY DesiRns and Estima,tes Report - Harvey Gap Dam. In <br /> <br />March 1940 a preliminary desings and estimates report was issued by the <br /> <br /> <br />Denver Office for enlargement of the Harvey Gap Reservoir from its <br /> <br />present capacity of 4,850 acre-feet to 8,000 acre-feet. <br /> <br />, {~ <br />iLJ <br />