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<br />COLOBADO RIVER BASIN F IWJ I~;CT
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<br />75
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<br />)ITIQNS
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<br />.ult of Ulltny
<br />seutat.ives of
<br />ion States of
<br />uated before
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<br />the cOHll11ittee's hMrings lust year and cont-inued until the hearings
<br />in 1fav of tills year.
<br />As diseussed more fully else,where in this report, the conunitt,eo
<br />received nmple and conclusive t.estimony by witnesses from bot,h the
<br />upper Imd lower hnsirlR to the effect that the wat.er supply of the
<br />Colorado River is not only insuilicient for potential requirements of
<br />both bll.."lins hut is not sufficient to supply the amounts of water
<br />npportioned by the Oolorado River compact. It seems applirel1t,
<br />that t,lle ]ong~term opel'frtion of the c.entrl11 ArizoIlll unit at He full
<br />ctt,paeity is possible only hy temporarily using presently unused
<br />water 11pporhonetl in l(l22 to the upper bnsin h;y the 00101'H40 River
<br />compnct. As tho upper btl,..'lin development progresses there wlll
<br />come n, timo when thIS water will no longer be ItVllilahlc for use in
<br />the lower llllsin. However, both Government. ltnd publie wit,ne..'lses
<br />testifjed tlmj-., even without llugmenting the wllter supplies of the
<br />Colorado Rivel' the central Al'izonf.\. uuit is feasiblo bused on both its
<br />l~glllentiqelY!ent and t~1e .long-torIn watlll~ supp~y CSt.iJ?111tes of the
<br />1'1vor. 'nus IS t.rue, pl'1nclPI111y because of t.he mcrellsmg Heed for'
<br />mUllicipaland industrlal water with its att(o,ndant higher watel'charges.
<br />Without augmenl,ntiou of thE} dver, all b;v{Jrolngic studies show (1)
<br />that, majo1' shortages in water silpply co.uld oceul' soltwtimo about
<br />1990..2000, 01' within 2,1} to 35 years, ' fwd (2) that there will not be
<br />enoug-h watel' in the river with its exi$ting storngo il.cHities for the
<br />upper hltsin to deliver 75 milliona('J'e-leetu.t J,e~ Ferry in every 10-
<br />yeul' period, IlS required by Hw Oolorado River compad, HncI at the
<br />Slunc tiIne cOllSlUnptivcly utilize its eOlilIJact-ltpportiQned 7.5 million
<br />lwre-feet per yeu,r, '1. ~hUSl tbe npPl'ohonsiol.l of tho upper basin c.<m-
<br />eerllill~ the n'leaptul'e, whop. needed, of water to be t..empol'arily used
<br />in tho lower bnsm is fully understood by the eorrnnittee,
<br />It is the view of the commiUee that the teems negotiated by the
<br />Upper nnd Lower Division States; as expressed in the langua~e of Litle
<br />VI, COllst.it.ute a fail' and reaso\.lll,ble solution to the problem ofpI"otect-
<br />iug the future wnt,or res.QlU'co development, of t,he foul' Upper Division
<br />Stat.es, and, in t.he interim, until the water is required upstream, pro-
<br />vide a full aqueduct for the vitally lweded cent.ruL Arizona unit in the
<br />nren, that is nJreltdy encmUltedlig a ch\fwiont wat~l' supply, Only
<br />fut.~n'e events CII,n l1,(\cm'ately :(Iol't.'l'aythe r~s\1l~si but. the committee
<br />heliev(*.l tho,t the agreements mcorpol'!1ted 111 tIt e VI rcliect a truly
<br />commendl~ble type of w~tter statesmanship inn, river basin long notc(!
<br />for itofl hitter cont,roversies over the use of l\.n extremely limited wn,ter
<br />supply. . .
<br />Title VI implements the provisions or the Colorado HiveI' compa.ct
<br />by providing detailed Op61;ltting o1'ite1'il1 for the dams ltnd reservoirs
<br />coIl;structed on the river, particll~arly operll.tions at Glen Canyon Dam
<br />wInch govern the \vl1tel' deliverIes at Leo Forry under j;he Colora.do
<br />River compact..
<br />Storage in Ll1ke Powell ia the key to whether tho Upper Division
<br />States miD deliver wa.teI' at Lee Ferry as required by articles IH(c) and
<br />lll(d) of the comptwt, without. c\1!'tlllJrnent 0.[ n~p(\r basin consumptive
<br />\tses. If there is no WILt~r storage in .Lake I owell to make the re-
<br />quired l'el~~<;es durinv; periods of drought" it!s po~siblo that npP,er basin
<br />consumptn'o uscs would ham'! to he eurtniIed 10 order to dIseharge
<br />the compa(~t obligations. The greater the storage in Lake .Powell, the
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<br />l'u,ph (i) of the
<br />iver Oompact,
<br />
<br />l in para-
<br />said COlU-
<br />State of
<br />the diver-
<br />~()ntinued
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<br />. cUrlsit:lert1,ble
<br />e effect of the
<br />Ie ligh t of the
<br />Although the
<br />JIC commit.tee
<br />etlj,tion O:l the
<br />:l .refer to the
<br />IlllttLin Reser-
<br />he eommit.tee
<br />rights vost,cd
<br />.uoorprt,tatiou
<br />&Jnnta Doeu-
<br />any }'.ighls or
<br />lHle1' the Ia\vs
<br />
<br />by the filling
<br />01: produc1;ion
<br />T Deen made
<br />nsate Hoover
<br />on at Hoover
<br />in the futuro
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<br />lditures here-
<br />l' Bal.in fund.li) year to t,h()
<br />fund created
<br />tXlmmencing
<br />ives. $500,000
<br />'01' use in the
<br />, existing law
<br />.ame 'amount
<br />If any d~J:ficit
<br />d oxists after
<br />IJower Oolo~
<br />by title IV of
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