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<br />ODn784 <br /> <br />CO~t4BNTS ON PART I OF THE REPORT ENTITLED <br />"WAn:R RESOURCE$OF COLORAOO" <br /> <br />by <br />Ivan C. Crawford,DiroPtor <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />'.'! <br /> <br />The following coaents on PArt lot the report <br />entitled "Water Resources of Colorado" are dbeoted to only <br />a few of thestatelDe~tB made in this report although there <br />are llIE1ny more that oould be oo_ented on in a similar vein. <br /> <br />Taken 41S a whole, Part I, the author's oontribution <br />to the report, e1llphuilles certain facete of tbe Colorado water <br />situation but the discussions outaide of those relaUnq to <br />eoonClJlio phases oontain a number of statements wh1()h, to the <br />writer at least, do not appear to rest on a fiJ"/ll foundation. <br /> <br />1. COJllnetlno Demands for Water. <br /> <br />The fhst part of this report, the 37 ptl,qe. whiQh <br />comprise Part I are thouqht-p:rovokinq, although in plaoes <br />sot!Iewhat oonfusino. <br /> <br />On paqe 28 of the report under the topio "The Need <br />for CQapreh.nsive State-W!deEoonOlllic Development Pro- <br />gJ'4llIlllinq"', the author Myel <br /> <br />'"To deoide among <>>mpet1nq demands for water, and <br />to &eCllre poJllllar understanding ud support, Colorado <br />wet have the best available lnfol'lllation on both (1) <br />the future employm$Dt and inCOllle expansion prospects <br />in aqdcul tUN, manufl1l.oturino, mining, recreatit;lll and <br />other fields of economic aotivity, and (2) thaprospec- <br />Uve water requ1rement. for lIUppOx-tinq the future <br />growth.- . <br /> <br />The first quesHon ariSing when the above 8tate~ <br />ment is analyzed is this * Who is to do the decidinq? <br />Is the State water law to bEl altered 80 as to permit ap.. <br />propriations by other meaos than those provided for in <br />the prElsent law? Does this mean that SOllle state aqenoy <br />under Ii new water oode would detem!ne whether water <br />should qo to avriculture or to industry? . If such is the <br />caee, industry on the Easbrn Slope could not secure <br />