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And another thing is that we have not yet gotten to the point where we can say yet what we are going to do concerning the possible reuse of foreign waters. As you will see on your map, we have substantial sources of transmountain waters which are brought right into the Poudre Basin, the Joe Wright ditch, the Skyline ditch, the Cameron Pass ditch, the Michigan ditch of the city of Fort Collins, the Grand River ditch of the Water Supply and Storage Company. These ditches bring the water over from the Laramie River. We have perhaps, on the average, some 48,000 acre-feet of foreign water which has been developed by cities or irrigation companies who bring foreign waters into the Poudre Basin which is extremely good for the fish of the Poudre, I assure you. The only way you can reuse foreign water is by exchange. If the city uses foreign water, if Greeley uses foreign water, the only way that they can again make use of their water is by putting it back into the river and by exchange taking a similar amount. The same thing is true and I have put it on this map, of the new proj- ect which is being developed. Here is new foreign oil water which is being developed by the subdistrict of the Northern Colorado Water Con- servancy District. The only way that the cities of Greeley or Fort Collins who might be participating in that project can use that imported water twice is by exchange and a 1975 right would in my judgment sub- stantially imperil the possible use. I was reading this new book by Micbener,"The Centennial" which I rec- ommend to you. He was writing concerning a mythical town of Centennial located just below Greeley on the Platte River. There is one chapter in there where he talks about the irrigation systems of the Poudre River, which is a stream which he likes tremendously. And he said in his book that he was flying over that and he looked down in this dry season of August, one of the driest years on record, and he saw this blooming garden which was amazing to him because the people in the state of Colorado, the users on the Poudre and the Platte, were using this water six and seven times as it went down the river. And he said in his book, "No other place in the world uses so wisely every drop of water to which it is entitled by law." And I was thinking that I hoped that when we get through with our deliberation today we will give Mr. Michenerno cause to change his opinion. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Stapleton: Thank you, Mr. Fischer. Would you like to comment, Mr. Hobos? Mr. Hobbs: First of all, you are recommending that the board not adopt a minimum stream flow. Mr. Fischer: That would be my recommendation. ~ Mr. Hobbs: What does the statute say? Does it direct this board to recommend minimum stream flows, or not? Mr. Moses: It says, may. Mr. Hill: the North Fischer's Mr. Chairman, I am Alden Hill from Fort Collins. I represent Poudre Irrigation Company. I would like to add to Mr. remarks without repeating that to tell you also that my history -17- 1 1