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~ t,93 Since then I was advised by Dean Crawford of his receiving a resolution adopted by the Agricultural Planning Committee, dated March 9, 1956, which reads: I Mr. Ivan C. Crawford Director, State Water Conservation Board 212 State Office Building Denver, Colorado Dear Mr. Crawford: I During the meeting of the Ground Water Sub-committee of the State Agricultural Planning Committee held in Denver on March 6, 1956, the effectE of House Bill No. 82 which was passed and approved by the last session (1956) of the General Assembly was discussed. House Bill No. 82 provided for an appropriation of $25,000 to be used to defray the expenses of investigations, surveys and studies of the closed basin project in the San Luis Valley either independently or under cooperative agreements of the agencies of the U. S. government or private agencies, provided that any such cooperative agreement must first be approved by the Governor. It was the expressed opinion of the Ground Water Sub-committee that such studies, survey, and investigations would lead to a proposal to pump ground water lying within the Closed Basin of the San Luis Valley and that the water so developed would be used to help satisfy the requirements of the Rio Grande River Compact. The Ground Water Sub-committee feels that such use of the ground water of the San Luis Valley would do irre~able harm and damage to the ground water supplies of the San Luis Valley north of the Rio Grande River. It is believed that such action would seriously deplete, if not entirely consume, ground water supplies now being pumped and used by hundreds of farmers in the area. It is further believed that such action will result in the lowering of the water table to such an extent that the method of sub-irrigation, upon which the farmers of the valley are fully dependent, would become impossible.