WSP08048

• File Number: 8180.800
• Description: Purgatoire River Project
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 6/15/1954
• Title: Review Report on Survey for Flood Control on Purgatoire River - Colorado - Summary and Recommendations of Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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He states also that the project would be operated
in accordance with these first three conditions.

Whenever the feasibility of operating Trinidad Reservoir
in accordance with the last two conditions has been

demonstrated, consideration will be given to the full

utilization of the irrigation capacity in accordance

with all five of the specified conditions.
In support of this statement, the District Engineer
cites operation studies of the Corps of Engineers and the
Bureau of Reclamation which indicate that the Trinidad

Reservoir would deplete the usable inflow to John Martin
Reservoir by an average of about 390 acre feet annually
with 190 acre feet and 200 acre feet of this total being

due to operation for flood control and irrigation
respectively.
The District Engineer recommends in the report:
a. That the recommendation contained in House Document

Numbered 387, 78th Congress, 2d Session, be withdrawn.
b. That (1) the Trinidad Reservoir Project on
Purgatoire River, Colorado, be constructed by the Corps
of Engineers with funds advanced by the United States;
(2) the Bureau of Reclamation maintain and operate the
project; (3) the United States contribute to the

maintenance and operation of the reservoir project, in

proportion to the storage allocated to flood control