WSP09274

• File Number: 8210.110.60
• Description: Colorado River Water Users Association
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 5/1/1947
• Author: CRWUA
• Title: Proceedings of the 1947 Conference
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

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MR" GIRLING: We just ca,me as representatives of a
small consen"ation district in Weste"ll Colorado. Although we produce a
large amount of this water- -we don't get any water,. -" like I say, really
we are not justified in taking up Colorado's position just now, as we just
represent a pretty small minority. I notice in our State's report it objects
to everything that is put in here.

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It looks like Colorado produces 65% of the water. We have the
same trouble in the Upper Basin States. They want to divide it for us,
and the Lower Basin wants to divide the rest for us, and we will wake up
without any water. I don't know that I have very much more that I can
say because! am new on this. The man we had on the Conservation
Board died about two weeks ago, and I am not too well up on these points.
Mr. Smith was here last fall.

MR.MATTHEW:

We are sorry to hear that.

MR.GIRLlNG: That upset our plans a little bit. In
Colorado we have a kind of representation from Grand Junction, just two
of them over there. In the Grand Valley, where Mr. Smith was from, they
have all the water they need. They don't take too much interest in this.
The Wester Projects are small projects with no large amount of water.
For that reason, we don't seem to have an outstanding chance when it,
gets to putting these things over for us.

MR. MATTHEW: Would you care to discuss these prcjects
that are in the (';olorado comments for early authorization?

MR. GIRLING: I don't know much about them except
there are about 10,000 acre feet, which really doesn't make much difference
in the Colorado River. The big projects are across the hill. I think practically
all those on the West slope are small projects. There's no big smooth area;
it's mostly valleys. On the eastern slope you g!"t big plains where you get
an acreage.

MR. MATTHEW:

Are these IZ projects mostly on the west

slope?

MR. GIRLING: In Little valleys I think most of them are
on the western slope" Some go down into New Mexico.

r.HAIRMAN: I would like to ask Mr. Girling if up there
there wasn't a compact treaty between New Mexico and Colorado wherein
New Mexico is drawing considerable amounts of water from the Colorado
water sheds.

MR. GIRLIN01 That's right. especially the Rio Grande.
They had quite a lot of controversy last yea"..

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