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<br />e <br />0612 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />amounts to about 5,740 acres. All other irrigated lands in the vicinity <br /> <br /> <br />are served by direct diversions without the benefit of detention stor- <br /> <br /> <br />age, except for a few small reservoirs on tributaries. <br /> <br /> <br />68. Municipal water supp~y. - The source of the municipal water <br /> <br /> <br />supply of the city of Trinidad is in the northern headwater tributaries <br /> <br /> <br />to Purgatoire River. Several of these tributaries are diverted into <br /> <br /> <br />Monument and North Lakes. These lakes have capacities of 2,200 and <br /> <br /> <br />1,000 acre-feet, respectively. Water flows by gravity from,these lakes <br /> <br /> <br />through a new filtration plant, located several miles east of North Lake. <br /> <br /> <br />This plant was recently constructed at a cost of approximately ~~50,000. <br /> <br /> <br />From the filtration plant, water flows by gravity through a pipe line <br /> <br /> <br />down the river valley, and supplies several small communities between <br /> <br /> <br />the filtration plant and Trinidad. The city of Trinidad has constructed <br /> <br /> <br />several reservoirs, for fire supply and pressure regulation, the largest <br /> <br /> <br />of these being the Madrid Reservoir. The Madrid Reservoir, 70,000,000- <br /> <br /> <br />gallons capacity, is located on the right bluff of Purgatoire River op- <br /> <br /> <br />posite the small town of Madrid. The maximum demand on the municipal <br /> <br /> <br />water system rarely exceeds 7,000,000 gallons daily, but the system is <br /> <br /> <br />believed capable of supplying a daily demand of about 10,000,000 gallons. <br /> <br /> <br />IMPROV~}ffiNTS DESIRED <br /> <br /> <br />69. Public Hearing. - In order to ascertain the desires of local <br /> <br /> <br />interests with respect to improvements for flood control and allied pur- <br /> <br /> <br />poses, a joint public hearing was held by the District Engineer, U. S. <br /> <br /> <br />Engineers Office, Little Rock, Arkansas, and a representative of the <br /> <br /> <br />Department of Agriculture at Trinidad, Colorado, on September 8, 1937. <br /> <br /> <br />The hearing was well attended and included state, city, and county offi- <br /> <br /> <br />cials, local business interests and farmers, and representatives of <br /> <br /> <br />Federal agencies, railroad companies, and irrigation organizations. <br /> <br /> <br />Local interests described the extensive damages caused by the great <br /> <br />27 <br /> <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />~' <br />