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0 , , ~ ,..... ~'. (;\J , ! C , " '-' II " : ! i! /:R ; -.; I I I 'I I:;, II; , . . 51 Irrigation and Drainage District. Mr. Gould. I think, Clyde, that if you can get close enough that they can probably hear you. MR. GOULD: Well, I think this evening we've proven one thing, that this problem like all other problems . :; nowadays are very controversial and don't have any answers. They're only compromises. But as I think about what we've been discussing, my mind can't help but go back to what Bob Mason was talking about at the very outset and that is that prior to the time that the dam -- well, the dam complex you might say, upstream was here, we had nothing but raging torrents and drought down here in the lower reaches of the River. And then I believe that since the dams have been placed in position we now have the reason why we have Yuma in the first place. I mean, Yuma was possibly here prior to, but obviously it had limited capability as far as development is concerned because of the resource limitation. - Now, with the dams, we have power. We have water and we 1'1 have it in relative abundance. But being associated with 'II water matters, particularly in this area and Arizona in general, appreciate the fact that our resources are very 'J., " heavily overworked, in fact almost to the point to where , I " " :':'1 ii we have more demands than we have resource. And when the Ii ii " -, " dam was originally built, all of the whole system as far as -- " ~ i that's concerned, it designed with optimum intent of --" I, was , , -----~ - ----- .u L.LLLLLl..LJ....L.