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<br />51 <br /> <br />1 allied businesses of our portion of the State to continue and <br /> <br />2 grow, which is the same experience being enjoyed in other <br /> <br />3 areas. <br /> <br />( Aside from this consideration, we feel that we <br /> <br />5 owe a debt to the future generation to continue the study of <br /> <br />6 this relatively new field of water development and that the <br /> <br />7 state of the art can only progress through demonstrations by <br /> <br />8 operational projects. <br /> <br />9 Along with this, as in any new field, the area <br /> <br />10 of gravest concern is public acceptance; and we would lose <br /> <br />11 whatever headway we have gained in this field if we do not <br /> <br />12 continue an annual demonstration project. <br /> <br />13 When it comes to a just plain dollars and cents <br /> <br />1( addition which is enjoyed by the people of the San Luis Valle <br /> <br />15 in the increase of really a very small amount of water to our <br /> <br />16 total system on the Rio Grande and Conejos watersheds,., <br /> <br />17 excluding the effect this additional water might have on the <br /> <br />]8 underground aquifers of the Valley, it could be figured some- <br /> <br />19 thing like this: <br />20 On a long-term average there is about 1,149,000 <br /> <br />21 acre feet of surface water annually developed by snowpack <br /> <br />22 and rainfall in that area. Of this amount 332,000 acre feet <br /> <br />23 is the obligation to be delivered to downstream states under <br /> <br />2( the terms of the Rio Grande Compact. <br /> <br />25 If we could add 60,000 acre feet to that each <br />