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<br />1(::,;;;' <br />J".",:~~',. <br />Ii' <br />{to. <br /> <br />supplies in areas outside of the River basin proper. <br /> <br />As time passes, new uses for water are found in connection <br /> <br />with mining and industrial developments. Projects which a <br /> <br />few years ago were considered as infeasible because of <br /> <br />costs are beCOnllTlC; fGasible by reason of a change in <br /> <br />economic conditions coupled with the use of the water for <br /> <br />the development of power as a by-product. <br /> <br />'1'he allocation to the Lower Basin under the Compact <br /> <br />is not sufficient to meet even the requirements of present <br /> <br />existing projects in that Basin, which are now constructed <br /> <br />or undoI' construction, v'.'ithout any allowance for other <br /> <br />v <br /> <br />f8&sible projects now planned fu~d which should be developed. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />As has been stated many times heretofore and is of <br /> <br />such vital i~Qortance that it is repeated here for <br /> <br />emphasis, the total water supply of the Colorado River ts <br /> <br />not sufficient to meet the re~lirements of possible de- <br /> <br />velopments in the United States alone, even if there Vlere <br /> <br />no allocation of water to Mexico. This means that any <br /> <br />allocation of water to Mexico will result in a sacrifice <br /> <br />of' projects in the United States. Putting it another way, <br />for every acre of land irrigated in Mexico from the <br /> <br />:'~"','r " <br />" <br />" <br /> <br /> <br />;' <br /> <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />Colorado River, an acre of land in the United States ,must <br /> <br />perpetually l~emain barren desert. <br /> <br />- 4 - <br />