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<br />OJJ394 <br /> <br />-5- <br /> <br />tions as JMY now be re~uired. to o.void interrupting the progressive devel- <br />opment of the State. were made by the Bureau of Reolamntion when on June <br />6. 1944. all those projeots thllt appeared. from pending and completed in- <br />vestigations. to be most needed. feasible ar.d economioally justified. Vlere <br />recormnended to Congress for postwar construotion in Colorado. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />13- The major intrastate problems that c onfrllnt Colorado are those <br />involving diversions frcm the Colorado River Basin for use in otrsr seo- <br />tions of the State. These are created by the unequal distribution of land <br />end water resources over Colorado. - 70 percent of the water resouroes of <br />the Stnte being in the Colorado River Basin. \\est of the Continentnl Divide. <br />whereas that bnsin corrtains but 26 percent of the irrigated lands and but <br />5 percent of the arable lends awaiting reclamation by irrigation in Colo- <br />rado. The polioy of the State of Colorado. with respect to export diver- <br />sions from the Colorado River Basin. is expressed in the Colorado \Inter <br />Conservancy Distriot Law (Sec. 13. Session Laws of 1937. as amended). which <br />provides that, <br /> <br />(a) Any works or facilities planned or designed for the exporta- <br />tion of water fraIl the nntural basin of the Colorado River and its tribu- <br />taries in Colorado shall be subject to the provisions of the Colorado Ri- <br />ver Compnct and the Boulder Canyon projeot Act, as aznendedl <br /> <br />(b) Any such works or faoilities shall be designed, oonstruoted <br />end operated in suoh a manner that the present appropriations of water, <br />end in.addition thereto prospeotive uses of water for irrigation and other <br />beneficial oonsumptive-use purposes. ino luding oonsumptive uses for domes. <br />tic, mining and industrial purposes, within the natural basin of the Colo- <br />rado River in the State of Colorado from which the water is exported. will <br />not be impaired nor increased in oost at the expense of water users within <br />the said no.tural basinl end. <br /> <br />(c) The faoilities and other meens for the accomplishment of <br />said purpose shall be incorporated in, and made a part of, any project <br />plans for the exportation of water from said natural basin in Colorado. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Under the said policy 0 f t h3 State of Colorado the intrastate <br />problems incident to exportations from the Colorado River Basin are be- <br />ing solved as repidly as the detailed investigations and project reports <br />are completed by the Bureau of Reclnmation. Colorado points out that <br />the recent reorganization of the Bureau of Rec le.ma.tion has delayed the <br />completion of project investigationsl that the boundaries of regions now <br />established. though helpful to States such as Utah and California. inas- <br />much as the SnIt Lake and Boulder City offices have charge of the areas <br />involved in both the points of diversion and the places of use of such <br />exportations. are aaverse to developments in Colorado. inasmuch as the <br />State and its citizens are required to deal with the Salt Lake office. <br />in charge of the Colorado River Basin, and with the Denver and .Amarillo <br />offioes, in charge of river basins in Colorado east of the Continental <br />Dividel and that the Report on the ColoradO River Basin shows the esti- <br />mated costs and potential depletions of exportation projects under in- <br />vestigation by the Denver and Ama.r1l1o offices, but does not report the <br /> <br />\> <br />