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<br />000788 <br /> <br />... 5..- <br /> <br />."" <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />demands may be met and this without sny basic ahtmoe in <br />prior appropriation doctrine". Among' theSEl, '!.ithout <br />emDhas!s. he places: <br /> <br />a. Increased exploitation of qround water supplies, and <br /> <br />b. Purchase of water r:l.qhts from present ueers. <br /> <br />These methods of securinq water for munioipal and <br />industrial use are ftxtenlivel{ employed at present as they <br />undoubtedly will be in t e Eu ure. other methods mentioned <br />will be employed, but do not possess the possibilities in- <br />herent in the two discussed above. <br /> <br />9mDlovment and other Surveys. <br /> <br />Complete aqreement is expressed with the author's .. <br />statement at the bottom o.f paqe 12 and top of paoe 13 in. <br />which he oalls attention to the need for projeotions of, <br />"future employment possibilities in each me.jor field of <br />activity". However, the e.couraoy of the following ste.te~ <br />ment on paqe 13 18 stronqly doubted, "A better understaQ4"- <br />inq of the implioation of future economics expansion int <br />Colorado would help to resolve some intra-state conflicts. <br /> <br />" <br />. . <br /> <br />AGreement is also expressed with the "need in Colo~do <br />for improving resource development, as well as for othert <br />public and private activities, in 1D0re ClOtnprehensive and <br />state-wide economic development planninq". .. <br /> <br />In order to warrant the expenditure of considerable <br />SUlIIS of money for invest1qat1on, it would seem J:"etter to. <br />determine in advance that there is a reasonable chance to <br />secure data whioh would have some deqree of reliability.' <br />In speaking of future direct industrial water :requirement., <br />the author says, paqe 23, "any.rmmJl estimate for indus-. <br />trial use is fttremflv Dreoarious;-li"owever, because of the <br />extreme variat ons n water requtrements among different <br />types of industries". (Emphasis supplied). Such estimates <br />should not be used, it oo9S without S4yinq, as poliey bases, <br />In the case of oil shale development on th.Western Slope <br />much of the uncertainty has been removed - we know with <br />reasonable certainty that there will be industry located <br />there and the type of industry. Suoh assuredness is laok- <br />ing on the Eastern Slope. <br />