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<br />At the second meeti_'g of the Committee, R, 1.1, Gildersleeve, Chief Engineer
<br />of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, presented the report on storage pos-
<br />sibilities on the Gunnison River which might inundate a portion of the Gunnison
<br />(Blac).: Canyon) National lIonumcnt,. This report covered potential storage effect-
<br />uated by a dam below the National I.ronument. A copy of this report is attached
<br />hereto as Appendix E,
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<br />C. B, Jacobson of rtegion 4, Bureau of Reclamation, presented a report on
<br />the other items covered by the Committee's request for studies made at its
<br />first meeting, This rej,ort is dated December 12, 1951 and presents Plans A,
<br />B and C, and is attach~d hereto as Appendix F. Plan k contained in the report
<br />is the same as the Colorado River Storage report of the Bureau of Reclamation.
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<br />During the discussion at the second meeting, there was presented to the
<br />Committee a list of potential reservoir sites in the Gunnison Basin compiled
<br />by the ~ater Board staff and the Grand Junction area office of the Bureau of
<br />Reclamation from Bureau reports and other sources, showing reservoir capacities,
<br />estimated dam and ~servoir construction costs, based on 1949 prices, and unit
<br />costs per acre-foot of capacity, The list comprised 22 sites totaling 1,917,400
<br />acre-feet, exclusive of the Curecanti Reservoir (2,500,000 acre-feet) and the
<br />Parlin site (2,550,000 acre-feet), and ranging in capacities from 1,000 acre-
<br />feet to 750,000 acre-feet, and in unit cost per acre-foot storage from ~i638 to
<br />~26. This list of reservoir sites is attached hereto as Appendix G,
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<br />It was agreed by the Comruttee at the second meeting that the storage
<br />provided in the Gunnison Ba~in must consider, among ather things, the follow-
<br />ing in the interests of the State of Colorado:
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<br />1. ~isting uses of water in the Gunnison Basin.
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<br />2, Water requirements, inclUding storage, for projects, shown
<br />in the "Gunnison River Project Reconnaissance Report" of the Bureau
<br />of Reclamation.
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<br />3. Water required to prOvide supplemental water for presently
<br />irrigated land in the Gunnison River basin.
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<br />4. liater requirements for industrial purposes, particularly in
<br />connection with the processing of coal reserves for potential syn-
<br />thetic fuel production,
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<br />Following further discussion of ways and means of obtaining additional
<br />data, particularly with respect to other storage alternatives in the Gunnison
<br />Basin, it was concluded by the Co~~ittee at its second meeting that Region 4
<br />be asked to furnish additional studies similar to the studies already Inade ,on
<br />the following combinations of gross storage:
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