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National Treasure, contined from page 15 <br />themselves whether they believe that <br />restoration of Hetch Hetchy Valley should <br />be pursued. <br />For a copy of Paradise Regained, contact <br />Environmental Defense at 510- 658 -8008, or visit <br />www.discoverhetchhetchy.org. <br />Vital Part, contined from page 15 <br />to the goals of those who advocate <br />restoring Hetch Hetchy Valley. First and <br />foremost, however, we are accountable <br />and responsible for protecting the safety, <br />public health, and economic vitality of <br />the 2.4 million Bay Area residents who <br />depend on the Hetch Hetchy system for <br />safe, high - quality drinking water. Any <br />proposal worthy of serious consideration <br />or debate must go far beyond theory <br />to comprehensively address the very <br />important practical, legal, financial, <br />and political realities of water issues in <br />California. Sadly, more than 150 years <br />of history prove that theory and science <br />are often the easiest parts of the complex <br />equation and reality of water issues in <br />California and the West. <br />For more information, contact Tony Winnicker at <br />twinnicker @.sfwater. org. <br />CROSSWORD: Colorado River <br />by Mary Black <br />ACROSS <br />1. Special fundraising interest <br />groups, or waterproof foot- <br />wear for snow hydrologists. <br />5. Type of tennis stroke. <br />8. Pummel. <br />11. A means of travel for snow <br />surveyors. <br />15. 1/325,851 of an a -f. <br />16. _ Nuevo State Preserve, <br />home to elephant seals. <br />17. Spanish gold. <br />18. Tugboat sound. <br />19. Nat King or Old King. <br />20. Container that holds -30 <br />gals. of water or beer. <br />21. Hop on _ . <br />22. Bird prefix. <br />23. Name of a lake, a city, and <br />a canal. <br />24. Agency that enforces the <br />Clean Water Act. <br />25. Successful candidates. <br />NEON <br />mom <br />ONE <br />None <br />NONE <br />MEN <br />ONE <br />MEMO <br />NEON <br />mom <br />mom <br />NEON <br />NONE <br />MEE <br />mom <br />NONE <br />mom <br />OMEN <br />MEMME <br />C� <br />NOME <br />1� <br />1100 <br />mom <br />ME <br />0 <br />0 <br />11MMM <br />MEMO <br />11No <br />mom <br />ME <br />ME <br />No <br />NONE <br />26. Chow _ 27. A tourist - industry occupa- <br />tion on the Colorado River. <br />29. Agreement signed in Santa Fe <br />on Nov. 24, 1922, the Colorado <br />River <br />31. One of the p's in ppb. <br />32. Essayist Charles Lamb's pen <br />name. <br />33. One type of instream use on the <br />Colorado. <br />39. Poetic name for Ireland. <br />43. 48- Across is the 3rd largest one <br />in the world. <br />44. Went on the lam. <br />45. Nobel was one. <br />46. Funds solicited illicitly. <br />47. Grande and Bravo, for example. <br />48. Kalimantan, Sabah, Sarawak, <br />and Brunei comprise this. <br />49. Say it _ so, Shoeless Joe! <br />50. A large Southern Califomial <br />water district involved in the <br />Quantification Settlement <br />Agreement for the Colorado. <br />52. Inlets to the sea. <br />53. Mouths; openings. <br />54. These may be competing, as for <br />river use. <br />58. If you are exempt, you won't <br />get compensated for this. <br />63. Way out. <br />64. The Concorde, e.g. <br />66. Federal funding agcy. for the <br />soc.sciences. <br />67. Wedding vows. <br />68. Allows. <br />69. Shade of color. <br />70. Expert at golf or other sports. <br />71. Roosevelt and Hoover. <br />72. Salt cedar or cottonwood, for <br />example. <br />73. Fed. agcy. that is most inter- <br />ested in death and taxes. <br />Find solution at www.swhydro.arizona.edu <br />74. Frequent stopover for Delta <br />travelers, or a major ocean <br />(abbv.). <br />75. Alas! (2 wds.) <br />76. Former brand name in shaving. <br />77. Favorite. <br />78. Type of grass used to overseed <br />Bermuda. <br />79. Something you might get from <br />a water bank? <br />DOWN <br />1. Indiana athlete. <br />2. Ancient Greek marketplace. <br />3. One of the Lower Basin states <br />(abbv.) <br />4. Winter weather hazard. <br />5. A primary reservoir on the <br />Colorado (2 words). <br />6. Portion of oxygen compared to <br />two of hydrogen in water. <br />7. American poet, author of The <br />Blue Estuaries. <br />8. This tribe's land is located <br />partly in the Little Colorado <br />Basin. <br />9. Type of naval battleship devel- <br />oped in the 1860s, or a good <br />guarantee. <br />10. A component of eroded earth, <br />often. <br />11. Tread loudly. <br />12. The northern part is included in <br />Bush's `Axis of Evil." <br />13. Containing or involving atoms <br />that have acquired a net electric <br />charge. <br />14. Period of military service. <br />28. Depleted. <br />30. State where MIT and Amherst <br />are located. <br />32. In that, in Spanish. <br />33. Capital of Latvia. <br />34. Publisher of ArcExplorer. <br />35. Extended web of relatives. <br />36. Conveyance of choice through <br />the Grand Canyon. <br />37. - Tuesday, it must be Paris. <br />38. Smell of Spanish. <br />39. Org. of civil engineers that <br />focuses on water resources and <br />the environment. <br />40. Lease, <br />41. Fruit of the imagination. <br />42. Type of gas used in electrical <br />signs. <br />45. Type of energy abundant in the <br />SW. <br />47. Restore to confidence. <br />48. An opening drilled in the earth <br />to gather geophysical data or <br />access groundwater. <br />50. Area of a sailing vessel. <br />51. Antonym of wealth. <br />52. An important person in the ER. <br />54. Area of Colorado wetlands that <br />has shrunk from 2 million acres <br />to around 420,000 acres. <br />55. Make a real effort. <br />56. A beveled joint. <br />57. No longer in port. <br />58. Equal to (with). <br />59. Type of pool in the Lower <br />Colorado Delta. <br />60. This western state does not <br />receive Colorado River water. <br />61. Comic strip by Mel Lazarus. <br />62. Manufacturing center in west- <br />ern Germany. <br />65. Pumping _ (determines how <br />much groundwater can be taken <br />from a well). <br />March /April 2005 • Southwest Hydrology • 33 <br />