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<br />002734 <br /> <br />TRHNSMITTED FROM <br /> <br />)v <br /> <br />02.15.91 12:00 P.Ol · <br /> <br />'1 . Luj~~ leaky bucket, . ,:', .' <br /> <br />"IT'S A GOOD tblng Manuel 1.u- If auppUea were 'abundant' Some <br />. .:. jan is only secretary uf the lnte- have coDStdered seWng their wa- <br />. : rior. If he were entrusted with the ter to downsueam iDter_ta, or <br />. Treasury, he'd probably be trying swapping 10M. for the right to <br />. to ship greenbacks to the' Japa. preempt doWDBtream allotmeuta <br />" . nese. . In future years. Others have pro- <br />'~\A. " Lujan's suggestion that Colora- posed leaIes UDder wblch Irrip- <br />\" 'do and other upstream states do- ton bere might be paid to let <br />\.A ,nate surplus water to drought- their flelda dry up 10 CaUfomia I <br />5Z . stricken California may not be growers could UN their ,water. <br />~ quite tbis ludicrous. Hut It de- But all of these'schemes have <br />, serves to be sunk just as quickly. run Into opposition from the Colo- . <br />,.. In the first place, it's presump- raclo water eatabllsluneot, mainly I <br />,tuous to beUeve tbat lbe Upper because they might upsft the Ie- <br />: Colorado River Basin will have gal applecart OD wblcb the up.. <br />. any water to spare this year. WiLb Itl"eam and downstream tlmnan~ <br />~' winter more than half over, the are balAnced. AI a result, the iD- <br />~ snowpack in Colorado is coDSider- atitutlonal m...-b.nl~ that could <br />ably below. normal for tbia time sanction I1Ich ouHi-atate aales or <br />of year. . exchanges simpi)' cIo~'t aI.8t. <br />, It would take unusually heavy Flnally,U's DOt clear that help <br />snowfalls in March just to bring from the upper ba8ln could reaDY' .. <br />. the levels up to averago, much be UHd. Tbe'aqaeduct that I1nka . <br />, less get them to a point where the Southern CaUfomla to tbe CoIora. <br />. reservoirs might be overflowing do River system a1read)'.1a run- <br />later 1n the spring. And with the ninl at 85 percent of capacity, <br />jet stream lying farther nortb and 1D any cue Arizona appar. <br />than usual, nobody in Colorado 18 eoUy bas offered to . provide <br />forecasting that kind of inunda- enoulb utra ..ter to ball out its <br />Uon. A single 12-inch snowfall, as neighbor. . <br />we had this past week, won~t do. . Th1I lIn't to I&y that new wa)'ll <br />the trick. of flueDcblDg the reglon's tbkst <br />Secondly. it's preposterous to mighl. not be explored. However, <br />assume that any water user in Lujan has done Uttle but stlr up <br />Colorado would be willing to give mud wiLb b1s W-conceived. foray <br />away ~his precious resource eVeD Into these waters. <br /> <br /> <br />. " <br /> <br />. f <br />i <br />