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<br />.1110 arid dCKrls to the Gutr or ~i(ornia. IIle mient)' Colorado Rivet
<br />provides Iirc"IUPpor\ for 17 millkln people. In wpplyin, water (Ot people.
<br />;qlricullllre, energy and indumy, the Cokmxio River and illlribuUries
<br />d,,,;n ;a b,,_in o( ;olmosl 250,000 "'lll",e "lues or mon: tru.n cil;hl PC' a:nl
<br />..r n"" lut..l ;ate;, of I~ 48 onnlq:uoUl 'UIC~ And. bcCi<WC it ili lhe
<br />lIf~"'loooJ ur the m;a>>l~ Iq;ion through which il Oowa,lt iJ prob.bly I~
<br />m".l conuolk<l ;lIk.llilij:.atcd nvcr In the world.
<br />II h.l' bo".-cn .. ,;amp",i", '1;11'11 wllh killer lluotJs III tho: "Pong ;md ;a
<br />lIlere trickle in '1Ummcr~ It i111'i1ctcd IIUny IoClllcmcnu 3nd blcrdcluoy-
<br />.~l """c. I',,,h;ahly ,100.: flat "rru.l..l rutin,.: the C..I",...Ju;and ,"llil.lu-
<br />1:.lIle. 10 mUN bcnclki;&! uMl W.II> by the Cliff Dwclk:n of Mew Verde in
<br />S"'''lhwulcrn ('.(Ilor...!.._ They ucv..:lup..;d .I Iystel1l of cll\X:1r. 11..01. "nd
<br />r..rllll~ h;IIi1\:Clo ;&l'uunJ 1000 A. D. ,.n<.I well: bclicvoJ II) Itiol~ ~n
<br />driv.:n out ioI00UI 300 y.:~,..I~ler by dro~ht. One of the e'lrlicr tliverUonl
<br />"I ""~."". hlll<", "'''' lor ,",'''''''"' "..nl,'n "" Ih" C",..., R,v", III SlII.lh-
<br />""",.11.'," WYl,lmi~ ioIl'1.luntl 11$54. Uql.tl1U11jO in Ihe 1l:t!l.O> motc "nil more
<br />I",~I.' l;I,:;(le pr(ljCO:II were: ODnJlru\7lc:d (In lubul;lflCI of the Colorioido, bUI
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<br />IIU effort w:u made l!ltnuol l.be maWlcm until 1935 when SoWder
<br />Dam was completed.
<br />Later renamed Hoo'l1:r Dam, tOe projea was the rlI1l oC I Ie.ria
<br />pl...nncd to mcel thc ap,portionmcnllet forth in the 1922 Colorado RIVer
<br />C...mp;oel lliYklint: IlK: W".e:B ''''I_n Ihe 1I1)p\:r b.J.,.jn lIIio1l1:5v(Wyunll~,
<br />C.ulor...Jo. New MO:.II,)I;o;uwl Uliih, anll the lower ba$l.tlIUl~o( Anwna,.
<br />Nevadl and California.
<br />TodlY, tbe river iI bcm, called upon 10 aUcvtate l.be nation', encrJY
<br />crundi. The tHalin Itllc' of Colorado, Utalt and Wyomin& contain 42 per
<br />IXnl ur lI1c oountry', low.....lpltur co;al; 100 per oenl or Ihe rocoveriiblc
<br />otl UJ.dc ioIlItl 95 per Cl:nl of lhe ulioInium tle:polit.. 8y cXparWon ur
<br />existing Itytlroelectric pro~eu and cnl;Ition of Mldilional projccu. Wll
<br />mallion kilow;aU, of ilUotiollluoJ pWnl COlpiol..:ily could be <Midoc.l to lhe
<br />Color<itlo River I)'llcm. The clunu.tod triplq of the mlion', cnew
<br />00..'<11 by the ye;lr 2000 wlil wbl!:onri;oUy lno.;~ the bunko on tloe
<br />b'l>l.ll .1'Ilc. ;and ilK: rl~r, WnLl: .v;at.l.;Wility uf the Color;otlo', w;alcn will
<br />be "I much ;I f;actor .. lhe m~or cconomK:, soci.al and environmcnt;al
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