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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />CHAPTER I: THE DIFFICULT CHOICES AHEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />How Much Water i s Enough? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Colorado's Options in Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />CHAPTER II: WATER AVAILABILITY ON THE "MIGHTY" COLORADO <br />~ RIVER ........................ <br />The ' Bi g Dam' Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Interstate Compacts and the Colorado River ..... <br />The Water Gauge at Lee ~erry . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Colorado River Tributaries in the Lower Basin .... <br />The Treaty With ~lexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Colorado's Share of the River . . . . . . . . . . . <br />The Lower Basin: Population + Political Power = <br />Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />i <br />1 <br />2 <br />4 <br />4 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />10 <br />10 <br />14 <br />CHAPTER III: FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT AND COLORADO WATER ....... 20 <br />The Upper Colorado River Basin Fund . . . . . . . . . <br />A National Water Policy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />State Repayment of Federally Financed Water <br />Projects • • • • <br />The Colorado Water~Resources and Power Develop- <br />ment Authority: A "Colorado" Answer? . . . . . . . <br />CHAPTER IV: THE COLORADO RIVER: ITS MAINSTEM AND PRINCIPAL <br />COLORADO TRIBUTARIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Description of Primary Tributaries and Main- <br />s tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Colorado Consumption from the River Basin ...... <br />Colorado's Proposed Utilization of the Main- <br />stem and Principal Tri6utaries . . . . . . . . . . <br />20 <br />27 <br />33 <br />36 <br />40 <br />4Q <br />43 <br />45 <br />CHAPTER V: THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER: LIMTTED SUPPLY, <br />UNLIMITED DEMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 <br />Western Slope Uses and Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Present Consumptive Patterns in Colorado on <br />. the Basi n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Future Consumptive Patterns in Colorado on <br />the Basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Technical Problems in Colorado River Use for <br />Energy Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />The Plight of Irrigated Agriculture . . . . . . . . . <br />A Concluding Note on Potential Demand in the <br />Upper Colorado River Basin . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />55 <br />56 <br />57 <br />60 <br />63 <br />65 <br />