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<br />107 <br /> <br />concerned as to the status of the Paonia Project. The Paonia Project, <br />he explained, is a participating project of the Colorado River storage <br />Project, and it was their understanding that no further action can be <br />taken on the Paonia Project until this Colorado River Storage Project <br />has been authorized by Congress. "We are concerned", he stated, "that <br />should this Board approve Denver's request, it would absorb a major <br />portion of the earnings of ~he Colorado River Storage Project to the <br />extent that any further work on the Paonia Proj ect will be set aside." <br />Mr. Neill called attention to the f act that the Fryingpan-Arkansas <br />Project was consented to under the condition that.there would be no <br />further federally financed transmountain diversions until the Western <br />Slope surveys were completed. <br /> <br />Mr. George Cory, Montrose County Water Advisory Board, <br />was called on next. <br /> <br />Mr. Cory stated that his outlook on the situation is <br />different than expressed by Judge \Vhite and Mr. Delaney because he came <br />into the picture much later. He explained that his thoughts relate to <br />a projection of what might be done with the water in the State of <br />Colorado and that he is vitally concerned with the diversion of this water <br />on such a basis that no part of the State shall suffer. Mr. Cory <br />referred to the Compact of 1922, in which 7,500,000 acre-feet of <br />water were reserved f or future use in the Upper BaSin, under the <br />theory that development would oCCur at a much faster rate in the <br />Lower Basin than in the Upper Basin. This theory was recognized, <br />he stated, when the agreement was made on the Fryingpan-Arkansas <br />Project two years ago that no further federally financed transmountain <br />diversion projects be built until two things were done: (1) A complete <br />water inventory made of potential uses of that water, and (2) every <br />economic, agricultural and industrial aspect studied. Mr. Cory called <br />attention to the fact that itvBs brought out in the morning session <br />that Denver had increased 38 per cent in population. He asked why <br />this material had not been brought to the attention of the Board <br />months ago. Mr. Cory suggested t hat studies be made for each area <br />of the State and that the new Director of .the Colorado Water Conservation <br />Board correlate this information to show a coordinated water plan <br />which .fill benefit the entire State of Colorado. <br /> <br />The Board recessed at 3:30 P.M. <br /> <br />-* ~t- * * * ~f- * '-;} ~~ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />