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<br />FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO
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<br />diligent and has used its own funds to provide the water necessary
<br />for the Air Force Academy, lIS they agreed to do. I can assure the
<br />"entleman the Air Force Academy is not going to be short of water.
<br />This proje~t was designed primarily, I wish to state to my good friend
<br />from Florida, for irrIgation, and to provid!, ,supplemental. water ~or
<br />irrigation in the Arkansas Valley. MUIllClpal needs WIll reqUIre
<br />about 20000 acre-feet of the 69,200 acre-feet made available by the
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<br />proJect. . ., .
<br />The primary purpose of tillS project IS to prOVIde supplemcntal
<br />irrio-ation water for the Arkansas Valley. This was concClved of and
<br />designed long before t.he Air Force Academy was ever considered
<br />for our area or any other area, I might say to the gentleman. It is
<br />not a project designed to bring water to the Air Force Academy as
<br />such.
<br />Mr. HALEY. Let me say to the gcntlcman from Colorado, yon say
<br />this is not for that purpose. Yet the statement of the Department
<br />on page 7 here is that municipal growth is being retarded because
<br />of short water supplics and the community appe'Hs to h,nc ex-
<br />hausted its capacity for self-help.
<br />Mr. CHENOWETH. As I said to the gentleman, there are some 20,000
<br />acre-feet of municipal water provided for in this project, hut the
<br />primary objective and purpose of the project. is to provide supple-
<br />mental water for irrigatioR as the witnesses will inform the committee.
<br />The gent.leman has heard t.he evidence in other years ,mel I am sure
<br />he is familiar with t.hat phase of the projed. It is essentially a water
<br />pro~ec~, a~ irrigation project, a reclama.tion project to prOVIde water
<br />for IrrIgatIOn purposes.
<br />Mr. HALEY. Mr. Palmer, what is the bonded indcbtedness of the
<br />community out t.here!
<br />Mr. PALMER. I do ROt have t.hat. We will get it.
<br />(The information referred to follows:)
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<br />Oomparison, bonds outstanding to auessed valuation-, A.rkaua8 ValZev cities,
<br />}I'ryinupan--ArkanBas project, Colorado
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<br />(Thousand9 of doliEmj
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<br /> Asses511d Bonds outst.o.ndJng, Jan. 1, 1960 Pf'rcent, Percent,
<br /> total ~enero.l
<br /> CIty va.llle, bonds or ohUga.tlon
<br /> 1000 General Special School assessed bonds of
<br /> obllgo.. Revenue Improve- (esU. Toto.l VdJuatiOD """",d
<br /> tiOD ment ma.te) \'nlnol!on
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<br />Colorado Springs____ 1011,670 .5O 26,900 225 '.000 3,~, 775 33.5 0.'
<br />Plll'blo_...._________ Q6,B<< 764 5,368 693 Q,7IG lG,54l 17.1 .,
<br />Mam.anola___hh___ "0 3<l ---------- 36 7.3 7.3
<br />Rocky Ford_____..._ 5,976 n 84 ...------- 221 377 6.3 1.2
<br />La Junta.____________ '<1,,524 302 856 377 1,53.5 16.1 3.2
<br />"'" Animas__._.____ 2,513 ---.------ ---------- ------.37- 63 100 4.0 0
<br />Crowl<'y_._________._ L\3 ---------- .....----. 1.3 1.3 ., 0
<br />Wlley_______________ 262 " .--.------ ---------- 3 " ,., '.0
<br />Eads.._____________. 1,135 '" ---------- 48 ..-------- 307 27.0 22.8
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<br />Bouroo: Colorado Sta.te Planning Oomml~lon, :-'fay 16, 11161.
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<br />Mr. HALEY. 'Vhere do YOll get t,he data then to say that the com-
<br />munity has exhaustecl its resources for self-help!
<br />Mr. PALMER. May I step to the map a moment and identify some
<br />of the features and maybe we can clarify part of this.
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