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<br />000599 <br /> <br />: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />water diversions in the San Luis Valley. This has resulted in severe <br />economic hardship to an area which is already economically depressed. <br />The resulting bitterness towards state officials and among neighbors in <br />competition over the same water supply is a condition which can be <br />eliminated by construction of the project. Unless remedial action is <br />undertaken, a series of protracted legal battles will take place over <br />the next many years, none of which will produce an additional drop of <br />water. <br /> <br />In terms of immediate economic hardship and the creation of lasting <br />enmities among neighbors, the San Luis Valley has the most critical water <br />problem in the state of Colorado. It is therefore recommended that the <br />Governor and the members of Colorado's congressional delegation be <br />urged to support and actively seek an addition .to the President's rec- <br />ommended budget which would provide funds for Closed Basin project <br />advance planning in F.Y. 1976 in the sum of $l50,000, and the further <br />sum of $50,000 for the transition quarter. <br /> <br />It is further recommended that, in relation to any other additional <br />funding requests that might be made for this coming year and the <br />transition quarter, the Closed Basin request be designated as the first <br />priority. <br /> <br />FLS:mm <br /> <br />-5- <br />