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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I~V ,{ <br />(, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />\!~. <br />,\ <br /> <br />001172. <br /> <br />STATEMENT OF CHARLES BOUSTEAD, GENERAL MANAGER <br />SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT <br />before the <br />INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS COMMITTEE <br />UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES <br />on <br />H. R. 4671 - LOWER COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT <br /> <br />August 23, 1965 <br /> <br />I am Charles Boustead, General Manager of the Southeastern <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservancy District, 900 North Main Street, <br /> <br />Pueblo, Colorado. <br /> <br />This District is a legal entity created under the laws of <br /> <br />the State of Colorado for the purpose of contracting with the <br /> <br />Federal Government for the development of the Fryingpan-Arkansas <br /> <br />Project, presently under construction. When completed, the Project <br /> <br />will divert from the Colorado River system in Colorado approximately <br /> <br />70,000 acre-feet annually for supplemental municipal, industrial, <br /> <br />and irrigation uses within the Arkansas River Valley in south- <br /> <br />eastern Colorado. <br /> <br />The perpetual diversion of Colorado River water through this <br /> <br />Project is absolutely vital to the operation of the project and <br /> <br />the welfare of the Arkansas Valley. <br /> <br />For these reasons the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy <br /> <br />District strongly supports the position of the Colorado Water <br /> <br />Conservation Board as set forth in its resolution dated August 11, <br /> <br />1965, regarding the Lower Colorado River Basin Project currently <br /> <br />identified as H. R. 4671. <br /> <br />L ~ <br />