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<br />t-. <br />.. <br />~ <br />N <br /> <br />c.. <br /> <br />..,., <br /> <br />,"J " <br />': <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />" I <br />, <br /> <br /> I <br /> ,I <br /> I , <br /> - <br />,on <br /> ,,' <br />- <br /> , , <br /> " <br /> ~ ,-) <br /> i <br /> <br />I " <br />! " <br /> i! <br />: } " <br /> " <br /> L <br /> " <br /> " <br /> <br />'-' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1- ,---,-,---, '" ,,-----,---- <br />!I <br />I, <br /> <br />58 <br /> <br />heavier releases may be required. To accomodate the larger <br /> <br />releases a plan must be designed to keep the River channel <br /> <br />clean and free of encumbrances, even from the Mexican Border <br /> <br />to the Sea of Cortez. If the River is not free to flow to <br /> <br />the sea below the Mexican Border, the backwater in the Yuma <br /> <br />area could seriously damage farming in the valleys and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />would certainly create hazardous conditions amongst those <br /> <br />who reside and farm in the unprotected floodplain of the <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />River. A published study of the River, from Imperial Dam <br /> <br />to its delta in Mexico, is seriously needed and it should <br /> <br />include calculated capacities advisable as well as the <br /> <br />various impacts, conditions, and consequences that could be <br /> <br />expected from certain flows. <br /> <br />Our Association supports the controlled releases of <br /> <br />water from storage that started last Tuesday. In addition <br /> <br />to producing cheap hydroelectric power, it will save <br /> <br />millions of barrels of expensive oil that would have been <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />required to produce the equivalent energy by oil-fired <br /> <br />generation plants. It will also make additional storage <br /> <br />capacity available for the anticipated heavy runoff next <br /> <br />spring and may even reduce the anticipated releases expected <br /> <br />to be made after the first of the year 1980. <br /> <br />I <br />" <br /> <br />I I I d like to go to the delta of the Colorado River <br />I, <br />, <br /> <br />'i and pursue the problem that has been presented here <br /> <br />previously by others. I think that it's time that some of <br />