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<br />tVATER \^JAR <br />IN THE WEST <br /> <br />- ....LU. ":-ll:\ R1HEO B ~ Sf'l <br />J ...",IR \.. Ii H hi: RICH IN <br />WATER. Northwest has 12 per cent <br />of all runoff water in U.S., only 3 per <br />cent of the people. With its own boom <br />reaching the takeoff stage, the North- <br />west is fighting against a plan to <br />divert Columbia River water to the <br />Southwest <br /> <br />r ~ :: <br /> <br />~ .. = <br /> <br />:: ., ~ <br /> <br />; ~OPOSED: A giant aqueduct linking <br />the Northwest with the Southwest <br />Crossing mountains and desert, it <br />. would carry a man-made river from <br />the Columbia River to the Colorado <br />River. From reservoirs on the Colo- <br />rado, water would be delivered into <br />Arizona and southern California. <br />i States in Colorado's upper basin <br />~ could keep more of that rivers water <br />i for their own growing needs. <br /> <br /> <br />:I <br />~~, c - -)~ <br />:~---- -2'.._ _ . <br />',~ -/-\ <br />~ ~" <br />......f.... i <br />I . <br />, <br />I <br /> <br />\ L..~,~ .;._~. .:-,~,:'.~' -,' .~: - j~ <br />I <br /> <br />COLonADO RIVER BASlil: RUNNING SHORT OF <br />WATER. Sout:lwest has 1 per cent of runoff <br />water in U. S., to supply 13 per cent of the <br />people. The Southwest sees Columbia River <br />as the source of water needed to sustain the <br />desert boom and supply needs elsewhere in <br />the Colorado watershed. <br /> <br />-33- <br />