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<br />~'1'ATJ:;lV1J:;~T m' lVLIt, lJl>Ll'H K UARl'J>~TJ:;R, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
<br />GREELEY, COLO,
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<br />1\1.1'. CAHPBNTER. :My name is Delph E. Carpenter; residence, Gree-
<br />ley, Colo. j lawyer, practice limited largely to irrigation and inter-
<br />,tate water In \Vs.
<br />Ml'. MICHENER, Whom do you represent!
<br />Ml'. CARl'l':N'l'lm. I lun the personal representative of the governor
<br />of Colorado, fur tho purpose of this hearing,
<br />This measure (II, ,u. 6821) was introduced for the purpose of per-
<br />nutting tht', Revell Colorado niver States to enter into a contract re-
<br />speding thu future Hse and disposition of the waters of that river,
<br />pursuant to Al'iiele T, section 10, paragraph 2, of the Constit,Htion,
<br />The Colorado River is the third largest river in America. From the
<br />standpoint of develupment it is still young, so tu speak. It dis-
<br />charges annua.lly, on the a.verage, sOIuetIung over 17,000,000 acre-feet..
<br />That would be enough water to cover 17,000,000 acres 1 foot deep;
<br />that is the average discl",r!?e, Of t,hat) about 15,000,000 acre-feet
<br />now goes to "\Vltste in the (ru}f of Calitornia. This wa.ter has its
<br />origin mostly in three of the States; that is to say, Colomdo,'~ Joming,
<br />and Uta.h. Home of t.he wa.ter rises in New Mexico, and some in
<br />Ariwna, One-half of 1 pel' cent of the flow rises in Nevada, "nd there
<br />is substantially none uf the water rising in California,
<br />Ml'. GOOOYKOONTZ, What do you mean when you say it goes to
<br />waste in the Gnlf of California!
<br />Ml'. CAlmm'l'ER, It goes out into the Gulf of Californi"11nnsed,
<br />M1', GOODYllOON'l'Z, Well, it wiJI still flow there under this compact,
<br />would it not?
<br />~{l'. CARl'NN'l'ER. It would; except.. in so far as consumed in the uses
<br />nloJlg t.he river.
<br />!\11'. GOODY](QON'l'Z. What I mea.n is, you are not going to divert it
<br />to any other outlet?
<br />Mr. CAHP1<lNTER. No; only in a milloI' degree. The California
<br />people divert; a great ]Jer cent of this water out of its natural drainage
<br />OYP-J' into the Snlton Sen, where the return waters evaporate.
<br />TllO CHAIRMAN, Of course, that is all old problem,
<br />Mr, GOODY KOON'l'Z, That has been going on for some time?
<br />Mr, CARl'gN'l'IOR, Yes; that has been going on for some time, And
<br />tho State of Utah has a present diversion, ill what is known as th~,
<br />Strawberry project of t,he Reclamation Service, where the waters of
<br />this stream are diverted into the Salt r,ake Basin, through a tUllnel.
<br />Thore will be in the courSe of time some minor diversions along the
<br />Continental Divide in Colorado from the Colorado River drainage,
<br />throug-h the mountain range to the Atlantic side, by intermountain
<br />tunnel, fur municipal and similar purposes" but probably not to ex-
<br />ceed 2 pel' cent of the water supply as a maXImum,
<br />r might say that, of these States, Colorado fUJ,nishes 60 pel' cent
<br />of the annual runoff, vVe irriuate at present wout 1,000,000 acres
<br />of land in Colorado, and fUl'llisll about 10,5,00pofr'cre-feet to the river
<br />~fter irrigating the 1,000,000 acres, I mention these matters merely
<br />In paSSI'Il~.
<br />Oue t.hmg further: In the Grand Canyon district, a large develop-
<br />ment is now contemplated, The California Edison Co, recently filed
<br />in Arizona n, claim for the rig-ht to build a reservoir at Lees Ferry,
<br />eommonly known as the 'lf1,,,..: ii n "oA. site, which would amount to
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