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<br />0.-, ">3'1<: <br />L11..., l-,l <br /> <br />-\>- <br /> <br />'!he Rio Orande C:;,.ru1l ;;atGl" I1sElrs Association has recmtly installed, <br /> <br />at an approximate CO$t of $10$,000. which was ful~ paid frcm its <br /> <br />fund when construction WAS c,~mpleted, improved hcadworks for the <br /> <br />Rio Gramm Canal. Five electrically oper:1tell ar.d automatioally <br />controlled rAdial gates regl~late the depth cd' the water m the canal <br />1lithin one-qunrter or an inch. ?he total length of this canal and <br />its latel'QJs is 210 llIi1es and there are 125,000 acres of land irrigated <br /> <br />by it. <br /> <br />The 1IelldJrntars of fOUl' major river basins lie in Colorado. v:!.IU <br /> <br />the Colorndo. the Rio Oranda, the Alokansall, and Ute !.lissourl. JI.!I" <br /> <br />result, V/Ilter produced in Colorado's high J:lountains n""B out 1n all <br />d~tion.s into adjoil1lr€ s't.ates and beyond. For t.his reason, Colorado, <br />ror many years, has been concerned With progl'It1lS relating to basinwide <br /> <br />development and the adjust=nt or interst&te water relations. The <br /> <br /> <br />state 113 0. si~t.ory to eight interstate water compacts. These <br /> <br /> <br />compacts, toget.her 'liith decrees of the SuprCl1\El Court of .l;.he Un1ted <br /> <br /> <br />statoes, cover (!}'very major river ,~f the StAte and !l0lll8 of their tributaries. <br />