|
<br />174'2
<br />
<br />35
<br />
<br />FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO
<br />
<br />is an agency crented by State statute. (eh. 231. p. 866, Session Laws of
<br />Colorado. 1941) for the conserVfltion, use, and development of t,he
<br />water resources of the San Juan and Dolores Rivers find their pl'illclpul
<br />tributaries. The dist.riet comprises seven counties find a pll..rt. of an
<br />eight.h county within t.he nnturnl bllsin of t.he Colorado Ri\"er in west-
<br />em Colorado. When the hoar" of directors of each of t,hose two
<br />districts passed upon UIC report nnd recommcndn.t,ions of t.he policy
<br />and re\"icw committ.ee, including the operat.ing principles, as revised,
<br />their separate l'csoJuUons, Etmong ot,}JCl' t.llings, cont.nilled the following
<br />Iangunge:
<br />
<br />COLORAllO RIVER \\"ATJ:;R CO:';:SER\"ATION' DISTltlCT BOARD
<br />
<br />Be ilfur/her resolved, That ill the opillio!l uf t.he board of directur:,; of the Colorado
<br />River Water COIJservation District, I.he Colorado Water Cotl~er\"atioll Board
<br />should adupt. a resollltion that. no further federally finallced transmolltltain
<br />diversiolL~ from the nat.ural Colorado Hi\'er Basin shuuld be approH'd for authori-
<br />zat.iun ullt.il the SIlr\'('\'S dc,;crihcd ill said ::;cclioll IV abo\'e are cOlllpleteu and the
<br />need for t.he llse of \\:ater ill .....estern Colorado has been rletermillcd, (Sec, IV,
<br />to which reference iR made, is ::;howll by the t.wu para~raphs contailled ill t.he report
<br />of the po!i<,} all(1 re\'iew C(lllllllit.tee, qLlOtecl 011 p. .') of these comlllent:,:., and CUlll-
<br />mellcing with t.he words "The committee rf:'coglliz{~~" El.lld "The policy of the
<br />Statp," r(:~pecti\'cly,)
<br />
<br />SOUTH\\'EST\';R:'>J W....TER CO~RE;R\'ATIOJ\" D1~TRICT ROARD
<br />
<br />* * * this board feeb it. ,;hollld interpose no objection to the proposed diver~
<br />sion, but \dt.lJ t.he clf:'ar ami di~t,illct. understanding this COllsent. ~hallnot. be COI1-
<br />~ider('d as waiver of ohject.iOTI:'; to an\' other federall\. fillRnced t.raJl~llloulltaill
<br />rli\'er:;ion of the water;; of the Colorado "ni\'er; ami with" t.he furthf'r llllrler:-;tanding
<br />t-hat. t.he Btate Water COllsen'ation Board of th~ Stat.e of Colorano ~hall Hot
<br />appro\'e of any othe)" such f('(lern.J1y finnllcpd diversion project. lInt.il the ~tlldif'':; (,f
<br />the needs of the Wl~.stertl slope be flllly cQlllpleted so that- all intelligent decbion
<br />relative to slIch Ileeds may be gi\"e(l, We feel that. after thc man:r and long delays
<br />in making slIch srlHiies and t.he promig{'~ ma.ne I>y ~()me high in a.llt.horit.y ill t,he
<br />Reclamation Service, the wcstcrll slope i:-; entitled t.o have ~Ilch "t.lldieg completed
<br />in the \'ery near futllrp, and t.hat no further federally fill8.llced t.ran~molllltain
<br />t..liversiulls shulIld be madc withuut, the completion of such illvestigations.
<br />At t.he meet,ing of the Colorado \Vater Conseryatioll Board 011 Fe.b-
<br />rUllry 22,195], when the reviser! report of the policy itnd review com-
<br />mit.tec, including revised operating principles for this project, was
<br />approved by the Colorado . Water Conservation Board, t,he board
<br />unu.nimollsly approyeo two motions which provided t.hat the rcsolu-
<br />t,ions, above mentioncd and partially quoted, submit.ted by Ule Colo-
<br />rado River '" ater Consel'vat,ion Dist,rict find the Sout,hwestel'n 'Vater
<br />Conservation District" he accepted and appro\'Bd as a policy of t,J,e
<br />Colorado 'Vnt.er Conscryution Board.
<br />9, Pnrngrnph 68, commencing 011 page 2;~J in about the middle
<br />thereof. stutes:
<br />,;rJlf~ flT?posed husic. ra~e of $3,60 per acre-f~ot, at the Pueblo Re"en'oir has heen
<br />'f;}etermllled to be \\"It.lUIl tile paYlIlent capaclt.y of t.he water \I~e~,
<br />It is respectfully requested thnt sueh pl'Oposed charge should not
<br />const.itut.e either a maximum or fl, minimum churge nor should it
<br />indicate a uniform elll1..rge or indica t.e where wllter will he. used or
<br />whet,her or not, eonsiclel'ntion in fixing eharges can be criven t,o ret.urn
<br />flows from suc-hl~Hse. The fi~lIr~ is, purely an ('st,i~lated uvemge
<br />charge per ficre-ftlot Hn(~ t.he (~lstr]ct. III allocllting such water should
<br />be flllowed complete Inti tude In eOIlllectioIl t.herewith.
<br />
|