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, i 'I II ~n M C') .-l o o material continued to be of particular benefit to California citizens interested in the basic water supply problems faced by the more than 10,000,000 residents of California who are dependent wholly or in part upon Colorado River water. During the period June 18 to 24, 1969, the Wenatchee Daily World of Wenatchee, Washington, sponsored a trip called "Survey '69" for western water resources leaders. Vir- gil L. Jones, Colorado River Board member, and David B. Stanton, Deputy Attorney General, participated in the event. Also dur- ing 1969, California and Arizona water agen- cies planned for 1970 a tour of southwestern water projects by water leaders from the northwestern United States and Canada. The opportunity for western water leaders to meet and exchange views is necessary in order to bring about a greater understanding of western water resource problems and to establish better communications between the Northwest and Southwest. The Executive Secretary was Program Chairman for the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Colorado River Water Users Association, which was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 20-21, 1969. The Chief Engineer presented a paper on February 4, 1969, at the annual national meeting of the American Society of Civil En- gineers in New Orleans. The paper, entitled "What Are the Odds on Future Colorado River Flows," afforded an excellent oppor- tunity to discuss the Colorado River water supply problems with water experts throughcut the country. At a conference in Salt Lake City on Feb- ruary 11-13, 1969, entitled "Western Water Challenges and Choices," sponsored by the League of Women Voters, the Chief Engi- neer spoke on the assigned subject "Western Water-How It Is Used and Who Plans for It." This conference, in the planning stage for several years, was made possible by a grant to the League of Women Voters' Edu- cation Fund from the American Conserva- tion Association. Other speakers were from the western states, universities, Corps of En- 10 gineers, Department of the Interior, and the Bureau of the Budget. There were three League delegates from each of the western states, and from Texas and the national lead- ership, On April 6, 1969, Chairman Rummonds addresssed a largely northwestern audience at the Western Water Congress in Wenatch- ee, Washington, on the subject, "The Colora- do River Basin Needs Water." The program featured Senator Jackson of the State of Washington and speakers from Canada, Alas- ka, and the northwestern and southwestern states. On April 10, 1969, Northcutt Ely, Special Counsel to the Board, spoke before the Spring Convention of the Irrigation Districts Association of California on the subject, "Policy Options on the Colorado." He dis- cussed the water supplies and demands on the Colorado River, and what can be done to balance supplies with demands. On April 11, 1969, the Ghief Engineer pre- sented a paper before the Eel River Associa- tion in Eureka, California, entitled "A New Era on the Colorado." The paper summarizes the programs and problems of the Colorado River and their relationship to regional wa- ter development and potential California North Coast water developments. In June 1969 four members of the Engi- neering Staff made an inspection trip of ex- isting, authorized, and planned water supply projects in the Upper Colorado River Basin for the purpose of familiarization with Upper Basin engineering projects. In July 1969 the Chief Engineer and Mr. Burton J. Gindler, former Deputy Attorney General specializing in Colorado River mat- ters, published a paper in the Natural Re- sources Journal of the University of New Mexico School of Law entitled "Water Salinity Problems: Approaches to Legal and Engineering Solutions." The Board and staff continued to work in cooperation with the Colorado River As- sociation in the release of pertinent Colorado River information and data to the news media.