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r � saying that since Monday of this week in Justice Hall's decision in the Eagle River Case, you have an additional question here as to how much water is going to be brought from the western to the eastern slope. We've had this with us for a few years - I don't know whether it's a hundred or not, but it's surely been a long time. I think that I would like to hear on this specific ques- tion - can water be delivered to Henrylynn, to Bijou Irrigation District and to Riverside from both sites or only from one site? Taking the liberty of restating Cecil's position, he seems to say that you cannot deliver water to those canals by exchange from the Narrows site. This is a fundamental engineering question that I think we've got to face, as I view it." MR. GILDERSLEEVE: "Thank you." MR. BARRETT: "I would say first, regarding the Bijou and the Empire area, that is, the area between Weld County and Narrows, if the selection is Weld County those lands can be served direct. If the selection is Narrows they will be served'by ex- change. As far as the Henrylynn and other areas above the Weld County site, they will have to be served by exchange. So all we are confining it to is actually the area served by the Riverside and Empire Reservoirs. If it's Weld County they can be served direct. If it is Narrows they will be served by exchange. Now what the exchange potentials are, that's a big problem that we haven't reached the answer to yet. That's involved in what you just men- tioned on increased importations. We don't know what they are going to be yet. That is a big part of the study which has not been completed. In fact, we've scarcely scratched the surface on it. I'd like to, just for my information, get a clarification on Mr. Osborne's statement. He mentioned the inefficient use of the two reser- voirs. That is true. We grant that they are inefficient and we would like to abandon them if BY-0