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319 We feel that after the many and long dela;y-s in making such studies and the promises made by some high in authority in the Reclamation Service, the Western Slope is entitled to have such studies com- pleted in the very near future, and that no further federally fi- nanced transmountain diversions should be made without the com=- pletion of such investigations. This consent and approval is made because this Board is aware of the great and urgent need of Pueblo, Colorado Springs and other nearby cities in the Arkansas Valley for additional water, and our desire to act the part of a good neighbor to these cities. I Respectfully submitted, The Southwestern Water Conservation District /s/ Dan B. Hunter /s/ Ira E. Kelly /s/ William A. Wa:)' /s/ D. W. Sexton /s/ Archie B. Toner /5/ William Finnegan /5/ D. Lewis Williams Mr. Barnard: "I have a statement I would like to read to the Board as follows:" "On behalf of and speaking for the bI.iddle Park Water Conservancy District, I support wholeheartedly the statement made by J.lr. Delaney on behalf of the Colo- rado River Water Conservation District. The Middle Park District comprises Grand and Summit Counties. The condition of our water users is dif- ferent than that of other Western Slope consumers in the particulars I shall explain, which fact impels these remarks. All of the waters involved in the discussion here tOday, as it affects Denver's contentions, is de- veloped in these two counties. All of the lands we irrigate and all the lands we plan to irrigate by means of units of the proposed Colorado River Storage project, are located between the points from which the water is diverted to the Eastern Slope and the compensating reservoirs. Thus, the waters on which our economy depends is being taken out of our area in two directions, east through trans mountain diversions and west to fill reservoirs to replace the water taken east. We have the right, and we here and now assert I