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<br />RAYMOND R. RUMMOND. <br />CM...UU..... "'ND COLO'...DO <br />.,....... CO.W.'..,0111..... <br />ca"'CMSLL'" V"'LLay COUNTY <br />W"'TIIII DI.T....ICT <br /> <br />r:1 t': (', ....' <br />t.w4..i.J I <br /> <br />Q <br /> <br />VIRGIL L. JOHU <br /> <br />.....LO V."OIl I.....I....TION DlaTII'CT <br /> <br />RAYMOND E. BADGER <br /> <br />EDGAR L. KANOUSE <br />D.P"'lIIYII.IllT 0.. W"'T." "'NO <br />Po...... CITY 0" Loa AN..LS. <br /> <br />....Ill 01..0 W...T.. AUTNO.IYY <br /> <br />CARL C. BEVINS <br /> <br />JoaEPH JlINalEN <br />TNII ...T.OPOLIT.... W"'T." PISYIIICY <br />OP .OUTH.... C"'LIPO""I'" <br /> <br />.....I...L ...I....TIO.. DI.T.ICT <br /> <br />HAROLD P. PELLEGRIN <br />...CUTI". .SCII.TAIIY <br /> <br />STATE OF CALIFORNIA <br />(olorado Qiver Board of California <br /> <br />MYRON B. HOLBURT <br />CMI." .11I...... <br /> <br />808 SOUTH BROADWAY <br />LOS ANGELES 1100111 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />DEAR GOVERNOR REAGAN: <br /> <br />I have the honor of submitting to you and the Legislamre the report covering the activities of the <br />Colorado River Board during the eighteen months, July 1, 1966, through December 31, 1967. Future <br />reports will cover calendar years rather than fiscal years as in the past, because the calendar year <br />coincides more closely with Congressional and Legislative sessions, with which much of our work is <br />concerned. We will still present hydrologic data by water years, ending September 30. <br /> <br />The Eighty-Ninth Congtess adjourned in October 1966 without passing the bill (H.R.4671), <br />which had been substantially agreed upon by all seven Colorado River Basin states, to authorize the <br />Central Arizona Project and five Upper Basin projects, and to initiate a solution of the water prob- <br />lems of the Southwest on a regional basis. This failure to pass legislation so keenly desired resulted <br />in a disruption of the Basin-wide unity behind H.R. 4671. <br /> <br />On August 7, 1967, during the first session of the Ninetieth Congress, the U.S. Senate passed a <br />Central Arizona Project bill. But it did not contain an effective approach to regional problems and <br />was unsatisfactory to the majority of the Basin states; therefore, the affected states continued to dis- <br />cuss new proposals aimed at bringing about a solution that would be satisfactory to the entire Basin. <br />Toward this end California made concessions and so while our immediate objectives are not as am- <br />bitious as they were in 1965 and 1966, our long-range goals remain unchanged. <br /> <br />H.R. 3300, now before the House of Representatives, contains the three major elements essential <br />for California's acceptance: <br /> <br />1. Adequate protection of the rights of existing Colorado River projects. <br />2. Initiation of steps which will lead to augmentation of the Colorado River. <br />3. Establishment of a means of financing such augment\ltion. <br /> <br />At this writing, we are hopeful of passage of the bill, approved by the House Committee on In- <br />terior and Insular Affairs on March 26, 1968, clearance by conference committee and approval by <br />the Senate and the President. <br /> <br />Construction of the Central Arizona Project, which would be authorized by the Act, would of <br />course place an added substantial demand upon an already overburdened river; a river which pro- <br />duced considerably less than its long-time average runoff for four of the past five years. So far in <br />the 1967-68 water year, its production is also less than average. Consequendy, the urgency to start <br />a program for supplementing from outside sources the water supply of the Colorado River looms <br />larger than ever. <br /> <br />April 8, 1968 <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />...,,~ <br /> <br />3 <br />