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<br />. MiL CAL.J\itLI,: How, in ycrur .judgment, would be the best way <br /> <br /> <br />to :]onserVG the last drop of watGr in the :';olorado River for <br /> <br />uenet'icial purposes? <br /> <br />r.JI,~. UTL"ICH: By using the water iln the high lands, going <br /> <br /> <br />right down the River, so thct the return flow can be usad over <br /> <br />and over E.gain. <br /> <br />MR. CALDI,ELL: ",'hen the last drops would finally get to the <br />lower users if there are 2ny - the l~st drop would get somewhere <br />on the lower river. Heve you any idetJ as to what the size of that <br />that <br />/drop would be in the Colorado River? <br />Mil. ULLRICH: I don It know -it would be sufficient to keep <br /> <br />the river at tts present level at le~st. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />M:l.. CALiM1LL: It woul.d be a 1arrre :.;mount of wc.ter undoubtedly <br /> <br />from our experienoe up here? <br /> <br />MR. w1LrlICH: It would. <br /> <br />MR. CATJDIlJ:;L:': \':e a ould not hold more than a nominal amount <br /> <br />of water up here. and should there be just exactly enough for <br /> <br />all the irrigation interests on the river, and one thcrus8nd ecreS <br /> <br />required i'crigation in the Imperi8l Valley, how 8h011<1 we find <br /> <br /> <br />out if there was sufficient water for them? How would that first <br /> <br />be determined? <br /> <br />MR. ULLRICH: By having used all thG Water we could on the <br /> <br />upper high lands on tile ri vel' sYGtem. <br /> <br />S.L. <br /> <br />I <br />., <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />I <br />.l <br />I <br />I. <br />