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:. Kaisans . water.. hil• <br /> Lo�mair ..'Day \yy s 3 . o. r o:Z ; „ . • <br /> • • BYI:IBBY QUAID neighbor '.:. • • . <br /> As ocrArEn Piti s WxrrER • :.: : Kansas offici mere on hand to ,:: The - river _ • the ArKANSAS' <br /> • : ASHINGTOIV _(AP). :For: war i;,lawmakers that, the ;ColOrado River,: as Kansans • call it =- 'enters <br /> ytays, Colorado officials and water plan .woiild interfere.. with a U.S. $,mesas ,neat. Coolidge; :population <br /> • en gin1 'rs have searched fora way to `u p zre`me :Court rulm s that 4 '" ri <br /> - P , � y X88, ad•flo ihrough rnajor•v�iestern: • . <br /> ' �' a enou water for Elie t i0teA, diverted �$ om44f g sa cities :. and town .passing '. <br /> expanding populaatron • kin`s. a Arkans %. , r a t tro Arkansas City •before exit_ <br /> r52'rra xv> sol . . <br /> utionois a plan to eventu •'ansans were legally entitled to .. mg: into Oldathoma. It is :the j o iy <br /> • ally enlarge two reservoirs that store ::';,. ...Missile is a:billAitned; boost - renewable;•source..of:,water for <br /> or,: the <br /> precious Arkansas River water. But n�apacity Fryingpan . state and recharges aquifers in addi- . . <br /> . ,:the plan runs afoul of ..the :federal i' asPro s :. <br /> !..,... j ect, a stem. cif d ams, tiori'to.supplying farms and munici <br /> . •.gone ment which said Tuesday., reservoirs and 'tunnels:. that delivers :,.. ;Gies.; • <br /> • • . :..durit g - arcongression.akhearing that • watetbfr . west • of the Rocky • <br /> it ails to acco nt:for the;: needs.'of•.; Mountains • to•farm. fields •and :cities <br /> • Kansas;;:,: iColorado's. dawnriver ji i heeast • . ...'• .• . = • • <br /> • . t Tlfe thing that :1imits Colorado s.. . <br /> . .. <br /> growth -- isu iwater,' said: <br /> Cofotado :GOP..Rep.:Joel:Hefley, • • <br /> .wh noted =that- his:-state•'s; growth in` . <br /> population':over'theast• decade has " <br /> earned it-onother House seat.' • <br /> Hefl � serves ..on• the :•House <br /> • Committee on Resources • and 'ifs' <br /> Subcommittee on Water and•Power,. <br /> , ..which • heard testimony On the • legis • . <br /> tPoion Tuesday.: 10.U1711 1t1W4y. .. • <br /> Hefley's bill. atitliorizes feasibili -. . . <br /> ty: =studies of enlarging Pueblo Dam • <br /> andf:Reservoir and Sugar Dam <br /> on, Turquoise Lake under the water <br /> storage , plan developed ": by the • <br /> :Southeastern Colorado Water and <br /> Storage Needs•Assessment. - • • ' <br /> The measure also ..appears to- <br /> ,allow; darn construction after com- <br /> pletion of the studies: >without. a con - . <br /> - gressional; :OK, said John Keys, <br /> commissioner. of the • :Interior . <br /> • Department's' • Bureau .: of • <br /> Reclamation. Willi&' this is legal <br /> • under a 1939 statute, "it • Conflicts. <br /> •with how :Reclamation has., done <br /> business. over 30 years," Keys <br /> said. ' • <br /> "`. - Colorado's population expanded <br /> •31. p ercent to 4:3 million during that <br /> tinhe ;, compared` to • 13 percent <br /> nationally, and last year, joined <br /> NeVada:"and Ariiona as' the nation's <br /> .fastest= growing states, : <br /> • Regardless of Colorado's needs, <br /> • • its .plan would deplete the supply in <br /> Karhsas from the Arkansas River, • <br /> s aid David Pope, chief 'engineer for <br /> • •'water resources . at -.;'the Kansas <br /> :Department of Agriculture. • • <br />