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<br /> <br />However, if reclamation costll are assigned !:opower, rates for power <br />shall. be such as to recover these additional costs withinlla reasonabl.e <br />timell. That policy would upset the provisio~;dn theR:eclamaUon . <br />Project Act of 1939 which set a limit of:40 years, and would leave the <br />length of repayment period wide open to inde~inite extension, possibly <br />so long that projects would be permanently $de:r control'of the Federal <br />Government. .!. .' , <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />GEORGE D. CLYDE: Before we can.fo-rmul~tewater andpo-Wer policies, <br />we must establish basic concepts. There are substitutes for: hydro power, <br />and for use of water in navigation, rec.reation and the li1l:e, but no sub~ <br />stitutes for water for other uses, clmsumptiveor nonconsumptive. Ba.sic <br />policy should provide first for full beneficial consumptive uses, reserving <br />for non-consumptive uses only those amoun~s neededin the interest of <br />public health, recreation, fish and wildlife.: Until ultimate consumptive <br />use development is reached, economical hYdro power should be developed, <br />but power should be a by-produce of other water use or control, and never <br />become paramount to consumptive uses; <br /> <br />PERRY JENKINS: The Federal Government sells falling water, and as <br />the water falls it passes beyond the places Where it can be used for con- <br />sumptive purposes. A policy should be adopted whereby the Government <br />will cease to confine priorities to power us~, so that communities can <br />divide the water to suit themselves. The oJUY way: Wyoming can develop <br />its use of Colorado River water is to preveht the Government from allow- <br />ing power uses to be created in lower reaches, and then telling her she <br />must let the water run down to those power' plants. <br /> <br />BLISS: Power rates on Federal projects should be such that power costs <br />would be reimbursed, but not such that the Government would make profit. <br />On the o.ther hand, ag:dculture produces'b~sic economy, without which . <br />there can be no p.ower development, and th;erefore deserves help.' <br /> <br />CLYDE: Energy should be sold at busbar~ or as falling water, or if no <br />private transmission lines are available, at load centers, and at prices <br />which will return the investment, with'int~rest, in 50 years. After the <br />cost with interest has been returned to the: Treasury, net revenueS under <br />a competitive pricing system should be uSl:ld to aid reclamation projects <br />that cannot fully finance themselves. ' <br /> <br />. The principal irrigation water s~ppl~es originate on high waterllhed.s, <br />which can be destroyed or depreciated byipoor management. We should <br />never permit private ownership of thosll l~nds where there is danger of <br />destruction of water-producing capacity. 'We must make full use bfour <br />wa.ter supplies. Transmountain diversio~sareneceuary to correct <br />nature's uneven distribution. Prevention;of such developments has <br />blocked full utilization. By increasing efficiency in use of wUer. we <br />could have a margin greater than the total remaining possible development. <br />On the average we now divert 4acre-feet(forevery I consumptively used. <br /> <br />BLISS: Someone has suggested that watef should be used where it will <br />produce greatest return in food and fibre! that is, take it from high ., <br />areas of short growing season to lower areas of longer growing season; <br />and produce greater returnS. I think however that every State is entitled <br />to some development of its water resourc;:es; .. . <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />-22.- <br />