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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8200.300.40.A
Description
Colorado River Compact
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Date
3/29/1922
Author
Colorado River Com.
Title
Hearing of the Colorado River Commission Convened at Grand Junction
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<br />~. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />-T <br /> <br />MR. NO.'\VIJ::L: Do ;/0U think they \Vould be willing to st&nd on <br /> <br />th~t 'yoPosition? <br /> <br />1.1;-t. HA.-el.B: I sm not in & position to Gpeak fer the Colorado <br />people or fnr thE' loc[' 1 corTlittp.l3. I 1:e,t'lrtled from CQlifornia <br /> <br />only bight before last, and ha 1'8 not been in touch In th the local <br /> <br />situation at all, <br /> <br />MR. CAI,m'l:,,;JJL: Mr. Hrrpp.r, aG r-n 8no:inee!r, you don't usually <br /> <br />have any di. fficul ty in getting wa ter to run down stream, do you, <br /> <br />the difficulty is in keeping it up stream, isn't it? <br /> <br /> <br />MH. HAn2,i<,'R: ~hat.ifj true. water will not run up hill. <br /> <br />I<Lit. CALD\I.v;LL: In Colorado it is all down hill. How is the <br /> <br />best way to conserve water, to keep it up stream until you can <br /> <br />use it or let it run down? <br /> <br />lB. HA:rf'liR: Thct is a very large question. It seems to me <br />the rel&tive merits of storage s~tes upstream and down depend upon <br />the conditions in each case. I don't think any general stotement <br /> <br />can be made for &11 cases, <br /> <br />J.G. CALDWh'LL: Well, suppose we hcd,'a river where it waD nec- <br /> <br />essary to concerve the last drop to irrigcte all the lLod snd the <br />people lower down on the river would oppropriate the water first <br />and thereby acquire a right, according to your sktement, l'oOuld <br />that militate agBinst the proper use of the water up stream? <br />MR. HAilPlR: It "'''ould in case of a stream where ell the wat8r <br /> <br />would be appropriut(!ci, <br /> <br />G.J. <br /> <br />I <br />J <br />
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