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<br />.'1 <br /> <br />l(.i <br /> <br />I'a\le j <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />l."t"':V.lSlons. <br /> <br />It is .llllperativc lhat ColorCJ.tlo ~-\)111...)\'" S!.I,i..t ullci :,1du!~t <br /> <br />l.llL' rcvLsions, for. the .::llLorl1<lti.v<..: is Lo up:->l~L Lt'H~ dl'~i LCdLI..' 1.l"II,Jlll'( <br /> <br />of cooperation which ezists among the seven states of the 8",,;in. <br /> <br />"l'hi~i c()ntinu~d c,:c.()j>C.[.!Lj'j(' <.'ff"('rl-L Ll1Il0nq all :--;l.'\/l,'ll 0[: the ILl:;i:: <br /> <br />StiltE,S is th(2 only ,yay a sat.lsfactory solutiOt~ tc the ,..It'ohl121n ,';In <br /> <br />l)\~ ,]t: til i.:-.(_~~j. <br /> <br />The effor:t. h;J.~-l C'iJch of thc~ sl.'::tlC:~i ~ll:d man': l'(_'dl~I.-,.,) l <br /> <br />ayencies involved in the matter and workin~l together ~n dll Gffoct <br /> <br />\-/hich cannot be accornplishc:d on an individuCll water-user !leis!.:; '.)1- <br /> <br />even by any individual state. <br /> <br />All of us in Colorado, or for that mattcr, th~ status of th,' <br /> <br />8asin could argue for days over who is the biggest ~ulprit in lllls <br /> <br />matter, and no agreement could be reached on that question, nor <br /> <br />would resolution of it improve water quality in the Color~do River. <br /> <br />It is only through the cooperation of all that the problem can be <br /> <br />contained. <br /> <br />Colorado surrlies more water to the ColocLldo !{!.V'_)l' :-:\'C'L'-'lll <br /> <br />than any other state. <br /> <br />Colorado also has the larqcst pOI'\: ;('] or <br /> <br />unused compact water in the upper basin of any state. <br /> <br />~\li_t.i1 ~:C"J(1"J <br /> <br />to ,,;alinity, it is only through this basin-wide approa~h that it <br /> <br />v/ill Dt;: p03sible for Colorado to continue to (h:~velor' Zllld ;:~,-lk.l~' ll~:;l~' <br /> <br />(Jr ~ Ls ;jr;Ll~-)cd compa.ct ~l:.Jr.h..)rt:.ioned wat~'\rs. <br /> <br />'l'h.t:-3 C\Jlll1ll.L:-_:::: Ll):1 :-:\~(",ll,i <br /> <br />cr_::J(~ct i:il11 prop,Jsals wh-.LC~ \voulJ stand a C!:.H-;i..>~ 01.- Ul)Sl~LL.:. ~.jll.' <br /> <br />l)~sin-wi(ic a~proach to the pro~lems. <br /> <br />AdolJtl0i1 of ':':li1'f '.:,uc:, ~_'L-(I:_)U:-jd j~.; <br /> <br />by this Conunission would be a great disservice to the pCv;)lc <br /> <br />,c <br />C'L <br /> <br />Color::>do. <br /> <br />Based upon the studies of the Forum, as i;~c1ic,1t(;:3 ] n t!:C' 1 ')'I:.; 1;,'- <br /> <br />port, no chance exists for salinity levels to 0;,:cl~ed liI...:: ;i.Ul1h.'l' l',' <br /> <br />1467 <br />