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<br />r " ~ .. ..,. <br />d ,j ,.; .J , 'i <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />2. The North American Water and Power Alliance (1964), which would <br /> <br />divert rivers tributary to the Pacific and Arctic Ocean drainages of <br /> <br />Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory and tributaries to <br /> <br />James Bay to the western and north central United States. <br /> <br />3. The Western States Water AUj:!;mentation Concept (1968), to divert <br />. , <br /> <br />waters from the Laird and MacKenzie River basins in Canada to <br /> <br />various basins in the western United Sta tes.8 <br /> <br />C. The Concept of Protection or Equitable Treatment for the Basin of Orij:!;in <br /> <br />I . Present and Future Benefits <br /> <br />V ar ious wr iters have recognized that the transfer of wa ter from its <br /> <br />hydrologic basin to another hydrologic basin has potential effects in the <br /> <br />basin of origin. The extent of the effects is variable depending upon the <br /> <br />amount of water transferred, the location of the point of diversion, and the <br /> <br />na ture and extent of existing and probable future water uses in the basin of <br /> <br />origin. Writing in the Texas Law Review in 1965, Corwin W. Johnson and <br /> <br />Larry D. Knippa generalized on the potential effects of out-of-basin water <br /> <br />transfers as follows: <br /> <br />"The entire gamut of the manifold benefits from stream flow may be <br /> <br />represented in a single basin, and a diversion of water from the basin may <br /> <br />impair any or all types of benefits enjoyed by the basin of origin. Some of <br /> <br />these benefits bear the label 'water right,' and are given special protection. <br /> <br />-11- <br />