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<br />\, <br />- \ <br /> <br /> <br />. olumbia River Basin <br /> <br />MONTANA <br /> <br />CALIFORNIA <br /> <br />'(WYOMING <br />( <br />\~ <br />FlA~ING GORGE, <br />Salt Lake City ", ~: ~AM ~ram~e <br />* , ~,. GRANiV 'DAM' *C~ye~n.e_.,. <br />CENTRAL UTAH wil., S fORK DAM t . fort Collins .. ---- <br />PRGJECT GREEN OUNT AIN DAM . Boulder <br />. ..~G1e 'ood Springs * Denver <br />Colorado River Basm Grar' JUflcti,:._.. 'kEILLON DAM <br />U. T AH \ I ~.. .fDe!:~'.eh.l.__.-~ .Colorado Springs <br />t i I ~ ~'\::,\'?:> ~ I.,'ont.use............. . Pueblo <br />1/ ~'<:y ~~' CURECANTl UNIT DAMS <br />',,"" (,<,.. ... . , rr-.> . COLORADO <br />La~ V~gas : GLPl ~~ "'- <br />HOOVER DAr;f' \ CANYON DAM . .. "NAVAJO DAM -~__ <br />. SAN JUAtHHAMA PROJECT <br />DAVIS D~.j,i \'hihms \ p!; _!~'. <br />''''0 -, ,,!!1~;1_.,1 * Santa Fe <br />";'"'----::- r, ,.. \,;. . <br />,'.;"\1.1'; ~-,... <br />o I,., __. . Albuquerque <br /> <br />r--'_."....; <br />! <br /> <br />NEVADA <br /> <br />i Los Angeles <br />\ . <br />" ./ <br />COLORADO RIVER AQUEDUCT PARKER C.". <br />\ <br /> <br />\;~- <br />IMPERIAL DAM- <br /> <br /> <br />~-:.'~-'-:"'!""'+r "'--. <br /> <br /> <br />.. ..~.~:(.'/NEW <br />~t)ni~~~__ ,. MEXICO <br /> <br />IZONA I () Tucson <br />CEN. ARIZONA PROJECT <br /> <br />~-,- <br /> <br />.~~--_. - <br />; / <br />.-I <br /> <br />-'-.-._--...J <br /> <br />ALL TOLD, promises to water users along the Colorado add up to about 17.5 million <br />acre-feet of water a year. Average flow to the river is about 13 million acre- <br />feet. A yearly "deficit" of 4.5 million acre-feet thus is already in sight. Con- <br />servative measures and other improvements can reduce the deficit, but the Colorado <br />will still be overcommitted. One plan is to build pipelines to the Columbia River. <br />People in the Columbia Basin take a dim view of that. <br /> <br />u~s. News & World Report, M~ 9, 1966 <br /> <br />67 <br /> <br />-;2 3- <br />