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<br />- <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />0671 <br /> <br />~lainJ by. means df levees and channel works substantially in accord- <br />ance with plans presehted in House Docum~nt No .:387. The request by, <br />I <br />local interests fof ~ review of thia report was based on theif desire <br />for furtherihvest1gatibn of dam sites above Trinidad as an alternative <br /> <br />, <br />to the authori~edpfbject for the purpose of pfdviding flood protection, <br /> <br />" - ,I,.' <br />and at the same time conserve a.nd reg~ate the water supply fbr irri- <br />gation. The autho~ized chJnne+ improvement project would be unnecessary <br /> <br />if the. upstream reservoir project considered herein for both flood con~ <br /> <br />trol and conservation of water is. authori~ed. <br /> <br />,,; <br /> <br />66. Irrigation improvements. - Irrigation improvements in the <br /> <br />Purg~toire River basin above Trinidad consist prin~ipally of small <br />diversion dam~, irrigation headworks, and canals.. <br />67.. There are seveJ? low diversion, dams, ,from 3. to 7. feet in heig~t, <br />on purgatoire River between the mouth of Long Ca,nyon and,the mouth of <br />San Francisco Creek. The irrigation project area is served by 13 ditches, <br /> <br />ranging in capacity from I to 700 cubic fee.t Per second. <br />\,. "; <br /> <br />The diversion <br /> <br />structures, m~n canals, and distribution systems are adequate, No im~ <br />, , .:' ~ ... <br /> <br />mediate improvement or rehabilitation of these facilities is considered <br /> <br />necessar,r, and it is believed that these works will continue to be <br /> <br /> <br />maintained by individual ellti;>rprise. .The only irrigation storage reten- <br /> <br /> <br />tio!" reservoirs are J9hns lake and the Hodel. Johns Lake, with a stor-' <br /> <br /> <br />age right of 345 acre-feet, has not been operated f9r many years, 1'he. <br /> <br /> <br />Model Reservoir is an offptream structure, located on Chicosa Creek, <br /> <br />owned and operated by the Model land and Irrigation Companr' The pre- <br /> <br />sent usable st?rage capacity of the Model Reservoir is less than half of <br />I' ..: ' <br /> <br />the decreed ~torage r~ght of 20,qOO acre-feet. Other irrigation,facil- <br /> <br /> <br />ities .owned by the company are Model Diversion Dam, located on Purgatoire <br /> <br /> <br />River at mile 152, and Hodel, Canal. The pompany also mms a majority Of <br /> <br />shares in Jqhns ).i'lood Ditcl1. .The irrigateq area under this system <br />,',r ,." <br /> <br />26 <br /> <br />