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<br />Fourth, and finally, the above conclusion must <br />be qualified by the observation that the <br />amount of [synfuels] development in anyone <br />Upper Basin state could be constrained by <br />interstate compact considerations. <br /> <br />Colorado DNR, "Draft 13(a) Assessment on the <br />Availability of Water for Oil Shale and Coal <br />Gasification Development in the Upper Colorado <br />River Basin, Summary Report", Oct., 1979, at <br />1-1 and l-2. <br /> <br />3. u.s. General Accounting Office (GAO) <br /> <br />Even the water-short Upper Colorado Basin <br />should have sufficient water for energy deve- <br />lopment until at least the year 2000. Because <br />the Basin is blessed with a bountiful supply <br />of mineral wealth (coal, uranium, oil shale, <br />soda ash, etc.) and cursed with limited water, <br />many studies assumed that the Nation's desire <br />for energy independence would eliminate all <br />unappropriated water. More recent studies, <br />however, suggest adequate water supplies in <br />the Upper Basin through at least the year <br />2000.' The Lower Basin, however, will continue <br />to be plagued by water crises. <br /> <br />U.S. GAO, "Water Supply Should Not be an <br />Obstacle to Meeting Energy Development Goals", <br />January 1980, at iii. <br /> <br />-6- <br /> <br />~~ <br />. ~ ~ <br />