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<br />docision which tho lowor statos look upon ~s vit~l for thoir <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />,- <br /> <br />till. HOOV.:lR; Then tho 'luGstion botvl0en you mod 1;r. Horviel <br /> <br />is puroly tho 'luostion of minimum botwoon any ono yoar, <br /> <br />}m. EI.l::mSOll, I would lilw to apply again this Colorado <br /> <br />3ido. If you study tho docision in tho TIyoming-Colorado caso, <br /> <br />. you may find that th<:ct is not altoGothor truo, that the Colo- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />rado River is appropriatod. llow it is truo no doubt as <br /> <br />Director Davis says that tho Co1ore.do River Qt tho ImllOrie.1 <br /> <br />lloadge.to is dry today. It is also truo tlm t a lC\rge volume <br /> <br />of vrotor has passod that haadgate this year. Applying tho <br /> <br />Vlyoming-Colore.do (locision to tho Co10r0.do river, the ImiJorial <br /> <br />Irrige.tion Dictrict will have no dome.nd upon any uppor division <br />that <br />by reason of that fact,/thct river is dry thero tOde.y. <br /> <br />Bocause during. this year a large volumc of water hQS pe.ssod <br /> <br />by that hoadgate unu~ed, and the Supremo Court has hold that <br /> <br />the lowol:' division must provide tho storago to tako Care of <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the surplus waters cf the stream e.nd provide for their low <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />soason neods. In that way and in that phase, tho Colorado <br /> <br />docioion is not f2.vorable to tho lowcr statos, but docs put <br /> <br />upon thorn the burden of reservoir construction. As I concoive <br /> <br />the situation, it is foundod primarily on tho Ilrovisi6n for the <br /> <br />storage of wator to carry the surIllus flow of this stroam OVOl:' <br /> <br />to those pcriods cf shortage whon the wator Gupply may bo <br /> <br />doficiont. If V18 talw a ten year averaGo and.with that apply <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />a low minimum flow to tho stream, tho upper states are doing <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />their part in supplYing the vlater to the 10Vler statos Qnd dir- <br /> <br />ectly in lino Vii th tho application, of your Vlyoming-Colorado caso <br /> <br />by the Supremo Court. <br /> <br />15th-S.F.-26 <br /> <br />26 <br />