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<br />Samuel B. Nelson resigned from the Board
<br />effecti,'e August 4, 1967 and Joseph D. Moore
<br />resigned effective August 8, 1967. On August
<br />II, 1967 Governor Reagan reappointed Ray-
<br />mond R. Rummonds, Joseph Jensen and Virgil
<br />L. Jones, and appointed new members Ray-
<br />mond E. Badger as representative of the San
<br />Diego County Water Authority, Carl C. Bevins
<br />as representative of the Imperial Irrigation Dis-
<br />trict and Edgar L. Kanouse as representative of
<br />the Department of Water and Power, City of
<br />Los Angeles. Mr. Rummonds was re-elected
<br />Chairman at a Special Meeting, September 5,
<br />1967.
<br />The Board unanimously authorized the prep-
<br />aration of resolutions in honor and appreciation
<br />of the services of Fred W. Simpson, Joseph D.
<br />Moore, and Samuel B. Nelson as former mem-
<br />bers of the Board, at the special meeting of Sep-
<br />tember 5, 1967. The state legislature enacted
<br />resolutions of appreciation to Mr. Simpson for
<br />his 26 years of devoted service to the citizens as
<br />a member of the Board. Mr. Simpson was ap-
<br />pointed by Governor Culbert L. Olson in 1941
<br />and served continually until August 1967. He
<br />was Board Chairman and Colorado River Com-
<br />missioner from 1952 to' 1962,
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<br />Negotiations and Conferences
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<br />In carrying out its statutoty responsibilities,
<br />the members of the Board and staff participated
<br />in numerous negotiation meetings and confer-
<br />ences concerning a wide range of mareers affect-
<br />ing California's interests in the Colorado River.
<br />These are described in more detail in the re-
<br />mainder of the report and include meetings with
<br />representatives of other states and the federal
<br />government concerning (I) Colorado River
<br />legislation, (2) sereing of water quality standards
<br />on the river, (3) present perfected rights (pre-
<br />1929 uses of Colorado Rivcr water), (4) opera-
<br />tion of the Mexican \,yater Treatv, (5) accurate
<br />compilation of data on water supply and use in
<br />the Colorado River System, (6) river manage-
<br />ment and water conservation, and (7) regional
<br />planning.
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<br />Liaison and Information Activities
<br />
<br />In addition to the meetings on specific subjects
<br />mentioned above, members of the Board and
<br />staff areended and participated in numerous
<br />meetings of organizations concerned with water
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<br />policy at local, state and national levels. Such
<br />organizations include the National Reclamation
<br />Association, Colorado River Water Users' Asso-
<br />ciation, Southwest Water Council, Irrigation
<br />Districts Association of California, the Southern
<br />California Water Conference, committees of the
<br />Los Angeles and State Chambers of Commerce,
<br />Western States \,yater Council, Nevada Water
<br />Conference, the Pacific Southwest Interagency
<br />Committee and the California Water Resources
<br />Association. The Chief Engineer and Executive
<br />Secretary were members of the program com-
<br />mittee of the Colorado River \Vater Users'
<br />Association in 1966 and 1967. The Chief Engi-
<br />neer was ptogram chairman for the 24th annual
<br />meeting, in December 1967.
<br />Board members, staff and counsel spoke to
<br />various organizations interested in Colorado
<br />River problems and regional water planning for
<br />the Pacific Southwest.
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<br />Dallas E. Cole, Chief Engineer, presented a
<br />paper before the Society of American Military
<br />Engineers in Portland, Oregon on May 10, 1967
<br />and at a seminar at Oregon State University at
<br />Corvallis, Oregon on May II, 1967" discussing
<br />the need for the development of new sources
<br />of water for the Southwest including interbasin
<br />transfers. Among his remarks:
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<br />". . . Imerbasin transfer of water from areas
<br />of surplus to areas of deficit is by no means
<br />new. For half a century the Colorado River
<br />Basin states have been conditioned to such trans-
<br />fers, and several large regional projects are built,
<br />being built or being planned in the Southwest
<br />to take water to where people want to live. The
<br />California State Water Project is a prime exam-
<br />ple. When finished in four or five years it will
<br />carry about 2 Y, million gallons of water a min-
<br />ute into the arid south half of the state from the
<br />north half. Even so, it will not reach the vital
<br />agricultural areas in the southeast corner, will
<br />not directly help the other states of the Colorado
<br />River Basin, and will not even take care of the
<br />metropolitan coastal plain after about 1990.
<br />Long before that, additional plans must be
<br />laid. . . .
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<br />"For the Southwest as a whole, excluding
<br />northern California, the solution appears to lie
<br />in the importation of supplemental water from
<br />an outside source not only to augment the quan-
<br />titv of water in the Colorado but also to im-
<br />prove its quality. The growing water deficiency
<br />simply cannot be overcome by bereer conserva-
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