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<br />~ ,,~ <br /> <br />Basin water to the Lower Basin have surfaced. All have been opposed by most of the <br /> <br />Upper Basin States, and initially by some Lower Basin States, as violating the "Law <br /> <br />of the River." However, in my opinion, the Law of the River is flexible enough to <br /> <br />permit such transfers if the political will exists to do so, and it seems inevitable that <br /> <br />such transfers will be part of the future mix of water supply sources needed to meet <br /> <br />the municipal demands of California and Nevada, probably through leases, for a <br /> <br />defined term and subject to recapture on certain conditions, from Upper Basin water <br /> <br />rights holders to Lower Basin users u not permanent partial transfers of Upper Basin <br /> <br />apportionments under the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact. <br /> <br />36 <br />