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the project area with an approximate ,gross area of 34,320 acres, contains about 19,355 acres of non-irrigable lands which are mostly found in small mesas and rocky knolls and ridges, but with some considerable area of arable lands that cannot be reached by. the proposed distribution system; 9,451 acres of;;ne\~ lands, irrigable but not now under ditch; and. s-&me 5,534 acres of land now only inadequately irrigated; some of which, while under ditch, receive almost no water at all, and none of which at.present receives more than an insUfficient supply of flood water. History The Valleci to Dam and Reservoi:i", which will serve the Irrigation District and the proposed project, which is a part of the District, is only just being completed.(rt has been dedicateo. but some finishing work remains.) This reservoir has a usable storage capacity of 126,000 acre-feet. It is estimated that approximately the same ~~ount will be further provided by natural stream. flow of the river, thus making 252,000 acre-feet avail- able for irrigation. The Bureau of Reclamation is checking these figures. When the proposed project is completed this would serve a total develop- ment of 69,000 irrigable acres within the Irrigation District. !r 3 acre- re~s allotted per acre this will allow a surplus of 45,OOO'.acre-f!3et for seepage and evaporation losses and for the possible further development ,of' small scattered units not now included in any plans, and none of whfuch would be within the proposed project. These amounts of estimeted ava,ilable I .~ I ,. water are subject to check b;Jr the Bureau of Reclamation, which is now f r:: ~, ma~ing investigations in the area. k :.; Heretofore, without any water store,ge facilities, the Irrigation Distr.i'ct ;'. :': has been served b~r 33 individual, company, and Ute Indian ditches diverting t~ t~ (.