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<br /> L~o):',n, The Colorado Vlr8l~n_ Storage
<br /> lr""'U.S.Cl.S. R1v..rRcpor,t .. ~"'and Deman.! Uppe~ B.~.ln "'om
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<br />l~l.l 19.JOO,OnO Z,1Z7000 11 H7,OOO
<br />Hl5 1Z.~'10 000 , 760,nOO J4.tSOOOO
<br />l'lIt, 17.Z90,MO l,llS,OOO 19,515,000
<br />1917 ll.a~O.Ooo l,4.9.000 l4,JO'/,OOO
<br />1"18 J.I.bJQ,OOO l,n;8,OO IS. 1.18. COO
<br />1"19 10. ~,IO. 000 I. ~?O. UOO IZ,1JOOOO
<br />I'!~O 19.7W.O~O 1.651,000 311.000
<br />Iq~ I ", ')0,0110 l,(,Sl,OOO' Zl Hl.ooa
<br />19U . .1110,1>00 l,'IS7,OOO l~, 737.000
<br />l')~l 17.Z10,oon Z.,Q8,OOO 19.HR.QOO
<br /> 1?Z,107.000 75.000.000 15,000,000 4l,I07000 00
<br />1~l4 Il,'160.000 Z.llO.OOO JoJ,S80,OOO
<br />19~5 II..llO,OOl' Z,lll,OOO U,481,QOO
<br />19~" lJ.?HO.OOO l,lZI "00 II>,lOlllOO
<br />1?l7 16. 5~0, <J,OO Z,560, 000 1'1,100,000
<br />l\'l~ a,31000(l l,,5G,OGG H, 0.000
<br />l'1l9 19,I?O.<lOG l.lU,OOG ll,'Hl,GOO.
<br />19.10 U,GSO,GGG l,175,000 ISnS,OGO
<br />1911 6l16.00G 1,707000 8,18l,001l
<br />1931 15,150,000 Z386,000 11,6lll,llOO
<br />19J1 9,7Z9.000 1,973,000 1\1,1Gl,OOO
<br /> 154,615,000' 75,000,000 15,OOG,OOG 46162000 00
<br />19H ~,.Hl 000 1.5H,000 5,9U,000
<br />I~J5 9,8~5,OOO l,OU,OGO 11,918,000
<br />I\'H, U.\'30, 000 2,212,000 U,l4l,OOO
<br />1 ~37 1I.810.00G 2.lIZ,OOO 14082,000
<br />1~38 IS,'llG.OGG 2. 50S. GOO 17,918,000
<br />19H 9,360000 1.913,000 1I,3H,00G
<br />19'Hl 7,055,00G 1818000 ., H 000
<br />1911 16 OlGGGO " 8,000 18,1080GG
<br />1912 I1,OIG,OOO 2,447000 19,451.000
<br />194) II,UO,OOG 2,180,000' U.42G,GGO
<br /> H 8H.OOO 75 OOGGOG , ,00, 00 " 00" .
<br />1944 'll.lOG,OGG , 100,00G 15,300,000
<br />19H " 530000 .Z,IGO,OO U,6)0000
<br />194(, 8,1U,000 2,100,000 IO,8l2.000
<br />19H U.490,000 2100000 15,590,000'
<br />19~8 U,610,000 2,100,001l 15.710.000
<br />19~9, 14 HO.OOO 2,100,000 , .440000
<br />1')50 11,(1-(0,000 2100000 1J,14G,GQG:
<br />1951 9,811,000 2.100000 1l91l,GGO
<br />1952: 17.96G.OGO 2.IOGQOO 20,00,000
<br />1953 8,161,000 2,100000 10,881.000
<br /> \43.55(,,000 75000000 75000000' 26,181000 ~1>,444,1I00
<br />1954 , 10G,000 10,SZ7GOO
<br />~ 2,100,'000 12,110,000
<br />~ 2100,00 14,140000
<br />1951' 2,100,000 26,0)0,000
<br />~. 2,1110; 00 ZI,74000
<br />~ 2,100,000 It 411,00
<br />1960' . Z,100,000 14,750,000'
<br />1961' 6,6UOOO '. a,lOOOOO 8,743,000
<br />19 ~. 14.170.000 2100,000. , " "
<br />91>l' .~, 500 00 2100,000 . 00000'
<br /> 140,'181000 75,000000 75,000000 17,12,000 _9,019000
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<br />"SUrfBdi"'Water S1r~f" Coktrl'do Rlverl,.r..!Ilroullll 1'50, Willer used I felll suro llIe buro..u's 'tllures Bre lOll high. ILl had
<br />SUl>l'ly PBper H nu/ P"~ 5201 Ihroug', 1940, W"ler Supply used lhem, 111ft tndk;BIm Vlllll" flow '" L~ ~rty would hBYB
<br />P"per H 1133, Pogo ~151 196M3. C<msllmptlve llse U. S.' been htllher _ M.D,
<br />Bunger's +abJ.e:-Proycs No '/'Iateb--lack
<br />Thcll, in 10-year segments, zona for the strip of that state
<br />the table Indicates the water-' which Jies in the Upper Basin,
<br />al/allable, In 1014.23 thllr~ were '1'hls percentage amounls to
<br />192,107,000 acre.feet. This would 3855 375 acre-feet per year,
<br />allow 75 million - acre fcet to ' BU~ger believes Johnson's de.
<br />mcet t~e demand of each basin " mand for a lawsuit against Ad;
<br />and shll leave 4~,107,000 acre- I zona Is illogical.' "Why punish
<br />fect for stor~ge m the Upper Arizona for doing something
<br />Basin reservOirs. Colorado should be doing7" he
<br />It will be noted that Colorado said. "If they do take the water
<br />gradually builds up a "bank" of It won't hurt us because we'r~
<br />reserve water from which It can not using it."
<br />draw to meet the demands of He said the positive stand
<br />tbe basins when tbe runoll cycle which Colorado should take is
<br />is in the "Iow" years, a trans-mountain d i v e l' s ion
<br />Ol/er half a century Colorado project. "We're not using the
<br />ends -up wltb a favorable bal- Willer that's available and if we
<br />anee of 17,162,000 acre-feet. don't divert It, we're going to
<br />Bunger says that for the lose it." .
<br />years 1943 to 1963 he used his He SaId there was 400,000
<br />own estimates on the consumed acre-feet available at Eagle -
<br />water. not being used - and which
<br />"I Ceel the Bureau of RecIa. should be diverted to the East
<br />mation's figures were too SI?,~., did th E t
<br />high," he ,said. Slopee::ere e:: ~~:e the ~and a~
<br />To hold the water, there are thfs is where we need the water.
<br />the Curecantl, _Flaming; Gorge, But the water .ls on the West
<br />G1~n Ca~yon !Ind. Navajo reser- Slope and it's nature's chat.
<br />VOU'S, with SIX .more proposed lenge to man to overcome the
<br />to a lotal capacity of 48,555,000 dilemma 00 he caD use the wa-
<br />acre.feet. .ter.
<br />"The flow at Lee Ferry for "The 3855 000 acre-feet is
<br />the. 50.year period exceeded. the ours und~r the compact. The
<br />estimate of the Colorado RlVer trans-mountain diversIon- should
<br />Compact Commission in 1922," be based on facts and not poli-
<br />said Bunger. "The people of Col. tics,"
<br />orado should know the facts, If He warned that under the
<br />they want to cry shortage in the compact there would be reo
<br />hope of getting some new water apportionment of the water de.
<br />for the basin, that's a, different pending on the use, "We haven't
<br />matter, been using the water on the
<br />"Colorado's big problem is to West Slope, and that can't go on
<br />get ready to make use of her forever,"
<br />3,855,000 acre-feet allotment be. Bunger proposes a project
<br />The water allotments to the fore the Lower' Basin gets it by like the Colorado Big Thomp.
<br />Upper and Lower Basins were default." son. He favors a 'diversion tun.
<br />made on the basis of the virgin . . . nei for the Blue River Eagle
<br />Clow, i,e., that which would have Bunger's reference was to the Basin to run through the Divide
<br />occurred . had man not made apportionment of water under parallel to the Moffat Tunnel.
<br />any use of, the Colorado River the Upper Colorado River Basin He would tap the Gunnison at a
<br />water in the Upper Basin, Compact, Under that compact, point south of Salida and run it
<br />The D.S: Bureau of Reciama- there was apporUoned to Color- through the Divide by canal
<br />tion compiles figures_ on the wa. ado 51.75 per cent of the virgin duct,' .
<br />ter consum~ in the Upper Ba. Dow "ath year, after, aUowance There will be more on water
<br />,.sin.., , .'."",... _ _.. , .of.SO;.:ll4!~~f:I'8.feet,y.early..to,Ad.._.Jater.,.,,,., '.',' ,-....._...,.
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<br />I,'rom Fuge t
<br />Arizona and CaJiComia and reo
<br />gnrdshlmscl(l\SIlC!n'PQI'U$an In
<br />his approach to water prob.
<br />lems, although he now lives in
<br />Wheatddge.
<br />Thc former member of the
<br />U.S. RecilulIation Bureau is cit.
<br />cd in "Who's Who in America"
<br />as the eountry'-s leading expert
<br />on the WOller supply of the Colo-
<br />rado River Basin, He also has
<br />an int<!rnatlooal reputation and
<br />was the cox-pert who found water
<br />in Jordon' when Ihe British said
<br />therc.was none,
<br />Now rctired, Bunger spends
<br />his lime tryillg 10 point out the
<br />common-sense approach to wa.
<br />tel' problems. He confesses to
<br />hal/ing only limited success.
<br />The "water cx-perts" are solidly
<br />entrenched and cannot concede
<br />10 Bunger without losing face.
<br />This attitude slops over into
<br />the Denver mctropolltan daily
<br />press committed to ignoring
<br />public interest on water mat.
<br />tel's, IUOI'e through ineptitude
<br />than dire conspiracy.
<br />Bunger believes there's no
<br />water shortage In Colorado. It's
<br />jllst n question of harnessing it.
<br />I He feels that ,'scrimping or sliv.
<br />log on water hel'e is as unrealis-
<br />tic as ralionlng corn in Iowa.
<br />The table he prepared for
<br />Cervi's ,charts the hIstoric flow
<br />at Lee Ferry, to which must be
<br />added the water consumed in
<br />lhe Upper Basin in order to ob.
<br />tain the virgin flow at Lee Fer.
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