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<br />.' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />to the river ElL~')st as :'~'.'3t as a:,J!lliecl. <br /> <br />118 a "I2.tter 0:' fact, we are beginning to build drainage <br />systems tc drai!] :he lanrl, l2.f1cl all <lrfinBE'e woter is being dis- <br />charged back into the river to be vsed OI'er [',gEin 10Vler down, <br /> <br />th,us facilitatinc return flow. <br />:i'he return flow hes bedor1e an ir.1,?ortL~nt factor il1 the water <br /> <br />supply of any river system and in matinG estililbte::; cf the water <br /> <br />su,ply. return flow must be taken into consiQeration. <br />Anl,1 allocation of "he waters of the Colorado i:iver tiystem <br />must take into account the return flow froi'l the iTrigsble lands <br />in the highland reaches of a river ~ystem in order to be just <br /> <br />and equitable. You must also take into ccnsideration tbe con- <br /> <br />SUJn:?ti ve use of the water. <br /> <br />l'ffi. HOOV~~: ~he general conclusion is one and one-third acre <br /> <br />feet of consuc~tive useY <br /> <br />MR. UT",E1ICH: Yes. over a period of eight years. <br /> <br />------- <br /> <br />I,m. HOOVl;H: !:ls'.-e yo'.] made flny e:::tii:wte of the total probable <br /> <br />acreage of Utth that c0111d be irrigated from the waterS of the <br />Colorado rli ver'? <br /> <br />MR. U!.T,RICH: rJo. that all de"lends on whether you refer to <br />the present til",(J or the future. <br /> <br />W~. HOOVzn: ~Qkt future time. <br /> <br /> <br />tir, Ullrich: It would be hard fvr me to say - I could not <br /> <br /> <br />answer that offhand. <br /> <br />S.L. <br /> <br />. <br />