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<br />46 <br /> <br />1 be produced in the Rio Grande basin. Assuming gross crop <br /> <br />2 income of $150 per acre, this would amount to approximately <br /> <br />3 $2 1/2 million annual potential gross' income that could resul <br /> <br />( from the new water that Mr. Hjermstad estimates that could <br /> <br />5 be produced by this project. <br />6 The effect in the San Juan basin would be consid- <br /> <br />7 erably less as far as agricultural uses within the basin in <br /> <br />8 Colorado. It's only the minor tributaries of the San Juan <br /> <br />9 River that really have severe shortages at the present time. <br /> <br />10 The lands being irrigated from the main stem of the San Juan <br /> <br />11 River in Colorado have essentially a full supply at the pre- <br /> <br />12 sent time. <br /> <br />13 However, new water produced in the San Juan River <br /> <br />1( would be captured and utilized in Navajo Reservoir. It would <br /> <br />15 be available for diversion by the San Juan-Chama Project in <br /> <br /> <br />16 New Mexico. Residual flowS-passing on through Navajo <br /> <br /> <br />17 Reservoir would go on to Glen Canyon and Lake Mead. <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />Q <br /> <br />These residual flows, Mr. Tyner, would in fact <br /> <br />19 help the State of Colorado meet her commitments under the <br /> <br />20 Colorado River Compact and the Upper Colorado River Compact, <br /> <br />21 would they not? <br /> <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />2S <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />This is true, and Colorado also receives a portio <br /> <br />of the net power revenues that are produced at Glen Canyon <br /> <br />power plant. <br /> <br />Q In other words, if there is more water available <br />