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<br />!-iR. KROEGER: <br /> <br />NR. CRANDALL: <br /> <br />NR. BERTHELSON: <br /> <br />NR. mlOEGER: <br /> <br />NR. BERTHELSON: <br /> <br />!>lR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />I,m. CRANDALL: <br /> <br />NR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />about 4.5 million acre-feet available for use <br />in the Lower Basin. which is considerably below <br />their present uses. That is. you have to strip <br />out the Mexican Treaty and the river and reser- <br />voir losses, and the two together total about 1 <br />2.5 million acre-feet annually. Then you add <br />the net river inflow below Lee Ferry of 700,000, <br />and that leaves water for actual use in the <br />Lower Basin at about 4.5 million acre-feet. <br /> <br />The reason they have been able to get by <br />"lith that release through this time is that <br />they have been able to draw upon storage from <br />Lake Nead. Fortunately, just before the closure <br />at Glen canyon occurred, we did have a very good <br />water year. Considerable storage was accumu- <br />lated in Lake Mead which is n~l gradually being <br />dr~~n down to compensate for the small releases <br />that we are m~cing at Lee Ferry. But since Glen <br />canyon has gone in, I thiruc it is very signifi- <br />cant to note that we have only delivered 6.3 <br />million acre-feet on an average." <br /> <br />"Thank you. Dave." <br /> <br />"you are very I'lelcome." <br /> <br />"Could I make one other comment?" <br /> <br />"Go right ahead." <br /> <br />"Larry, actually "lhere are ,~e at next year <br />or the year after? Sooner or later we are going <br />to have to come up with more than this 6.3. <br />are I'le not? Or are ,.,e?" <br /> <br />"If we are going to deliver 75 million acre- <br />feet in the IO-year period which started five <br />years ago. 'VIe have to deliver. . ." <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />"About 8.6 million." <br /> <br />"Yes, about 8.6 million acre-feet during <br />the next five years. Now we can't do that <br />without draining Glen Canyon if this subnormal <br />