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<br />t6i-"t!lat{al'ly,lJtheragclll:'y,IIl handal ~I iIJ and \.lrtll~U1 :iiMa PfOfetC.tiU d'l...trt.t.2 t: J: <::. ~7""(.. "'!;
<br />"the'West': .ItE~wh~~aJ~dt~_ all,of ~u1herJ\t C'a'lf?rnl~S '):nn~'aer6-(~l'Not '8U11>>i~' :.~ "';- .f'I:. . ~ptg'iI!)itj~~~ ~ '"
<br />'~j'tlon.~lbie.> go.,ltl\Ostx: coastal.platn w111 re3th ~UJ .~,..~orlnUontorlhbo ....~ :lt~:o;.<'l,,",
<br />SOt.l,tbifrri C:llHonT1.11 tOl.lT1-! most crltJt:aT palM .with a lPro'}~t. Ji.reqUNtoo lrt.Con-- . ...,..".~ : ,:f
<br />tJell. helHil)'-populaml Los (:ut~k, in watl'r Pl"e13~fl1:lY 'g~i()n4J .legitslaU"" in' ,:,\ 1 :~, S; 't4!.lt: i'f'
<br />Angel~'a~t!SanIfu.gC'trn~_ ~g-t.~gh t.he dis ldl,lctdw~b.~,a!~tbQ' lJU 60 !" '~-, ~
<br />troMlitan ..rUt Induded. trlet'. COJC)rad?i\h'~rA~utt ~~)~"ec~, t::::la.8.'J ,_ -.--;.~1.~:
<br />9l'lthalotaICifmill'9Lha.n~~ 4ttct.. \.... "'1.;:";:'1;1"" :-'~"""",x' OO/~~ ..l~
<br />mfiItoD ptople_ ',1t~iabIe etUniates of fl:Oo~ :: )'\,-e- ~Il A~'t'.."_ ~.~~ ." \A
<br />. N..." I>..bl. I 'ov....lhe...tbacIc:wlD,ba;The OQUrt. hu'~M' 'P'R'O'S'PE'C' ;;.,.,J'A'ia' ""
<br />% " when I.t wUl come are nex ~ tor..t1\If:pro l.JtU~'
<br />By_~lQOO. the dltt.rlc1.&1 tolmpoMlbleBtth1sttme. OalifDrnb' can""btcc: _,of M ',..... ...,.. .~.
<br />poputaUul will blt an .stl. Bul thla much" c......., ~'1l'.1t~,1D.. ~., . RUNOFF FROM'
<br />maUld~55 nrlll1on. nearlYj or the Southern CaUfornial m~). : ", . .
<br />oloo,hle "lI&t it'" \04ay. .~.... """'g Colorado R1T.! Tho-Co ~'v,.. . COLOR" 00 DIp i'
<br />B...... MWD g." .U I" :;.."...... MwD will be hurt l-tly. o.n. Iltohl~ MGfk I . .... . "
<br />wawr-1.2 mllu-.~! .'tJle"fmoet. becat.i8I!J Ita pl'lOr.l othtr 1'tJ1e~ ex t..-.....................-:.:>
<br />al'l;nually-~rom. the..Calora-j '.'ftUlI. are -jQnlor. to thoeI!. here believe 1t ls" tnlperatJ BOULDERCm. Nef'.
<br />da-, it Ls vlt.aJIy afrRted by tUl4 by th. SouU'J1,and", Ith,t dmttar ~ 'Ib. .-Cdondo 1:1\1.....
<br />',~In' lhaw_ to thel 100......._ lnlolld .grt., i_ba ...played ....p . rudf ~ -
<br />nYer. &-.-- . culC\1ra1 vllJeJ'll. .' in the Upper Bas1a. ' t.ak~ IJlOfJ:1ft ~ "" .
<br />J~n ~cknOW!edpd that: MWD and the thtee largt, I Tftnty' or more ~Jm. l\NUk r:4 neM"-r..,ooI\11ow
<br />tht' tod:rt~ decision couk! llTigatt01l dl!ltrict. now, .tioQfacU:UJelf.J'ePl.an.n.a f'AlntaJ1 CB1 the........
<br />rea:ult tn 8':' e\"~ntu.l. 10IIII of dlvert about 5.1 mllllon ae~: Colorado. Ut..Ib. Wyam.lng .t\.ed la9t morrth. b Btt.
<br />a aub,stantlal po r t Ion of fHlt of Oolor...do Rinr water' :and New Mexico. !-"" reeu of Redam.tion roe--
<br />)fWD. lIupply..a I. Jl'urt.henn~ wl1b full porttd Saturdaf.
<br />But the dlttnd has wbat ~. COUrt's dt'Cllllon will development" the project.t Repm.1 directoc" A_
<br />amaunu ~rt a 12 to l~year cut theM cUverelooa back to al.r-..dy luthor1ud 4Pd ~ B. WMt 8ltkI tM rubOt!
<br />JI'act' ~od. thanks to the 4.4 million acre-feet, or -H- der eonstructlon, tha dn fonec<Wt baa fallen wt.eaId.
<br />time It t..k..- to ~in Con8ft"&' 75th of the tint 7.05 mUl10n on. water .lNallabl. ,In. ' ify in th. past '"It'lll
<br />,lonal Approval (M develop.. aere-feet of mainst.rea.m wa- 1.h9.'er Basin will b6.Jactl- mootb8 becau.e of be-
<br />. menu: like the Central Acizo. cuably hea,,-y_ low a norTO&I pnlIOtpoita.
<br />-na Project and other pro- teor. assuming thOlt muct1 Is In fact. the Colorado Rlnr Hen. RaJnfaU- in May
<br />grama in the Colorado', a,-allable. By the MJtle to- Board bellevf!lI these deVil- W'M 20~ of riormaL
<br />UppE"r Basin. I ken the rourt has held tha\ 1000000000nta .,-hm eompleted
<br />Yet, de.plte the inescap..: Ariiona' j~ entitled to 2.8 will Jera\:. only 7.1 toiwdti
<br />bte dwindling of the di8trkt's million. an.1Wt - at"flilable ba
<br />CoIondo &upply, JeoJlfln I'e--: The damaging pinch tot' Lower BuIn. Eventually,'
<br />aewed a pledge ~IWD hasl Southern California w III there may be only 8 IJ\1IDen
<br />made many tlm~ $lnC"e the: conte w'hen the mainstream: to divide. The bollrd puu it
<br />celebratPd C"a~e went t-.efore, flow faU. below 7.5 mUlIon ~ ""..y:
<br />the Supremf' Court 11 )'ean I"cN"-feet. "There Is real danger that
<br />ago. ~ I,. Thi$ jj) a pracUca1 problem 'piecemeal authol1zation of
<br />lie pronll~f'\1" lh3t n?t InvoJ\'ing. as the court cue InlfW prC)JectAI wUl result in
<br />now nor in the future will did. ,'lrtu.lly the entire Co- 1C)\'e-r.commJ~nt of the de--
<br />they I th(....~ per~on' Ih.ing I? lorado Rlvtr baain. Above lpendable ",..ter .upply and
<br />the dl~tnct) suffer an) <ihm- all. it 1& California's problem. ~UH man.made ,hC)r'tage&."
<br />tag. of water." This !lUte's Colorado Rlv. I '
<br />It', hla belief, for example. er board cootanda that poor Grip Lbo._a'"
<br />that MWD will share hand. runoff condkJons in the put .Wa.ter tXpert.a f~ th
<br />lOttIely in probable $II:\'lngs 10 YNf1I ha~ already made Supreme Court', dl!eWlon
<br />nt more than 900.000 acre- less tlban 7.5 million acre-feet as\lI8:~ to 100&tn Oailt(ll'"o
<br />fH't ,.,r Colorado ",'atel' now oC water available 'for Call. '. grtp on tDet CQIotIc5o.
<br />wa"t~1 lhrOll!lh l"f'ep38e and tamhl. Arizona aM: Nt"Yada. nta!n!y tMI- 'uoft pt.'-
<br />lTIsuffident storage but 'Sa!- .~ven in wet years. a tion haa beea 1Jn.n'feUnra~
<br />\..gelilble \l.!th proper c~onser- llubsLan&ial part -lJl th. flow weakened.
<br />\'alian nll"lnOOS. will be held back in Lake Even !\"ortJ'Il'utt Ely. !lp&-
<br />. I' Mea d Glen Canyon and dal l&Sifltant attorn~ gene!'-
<br />Schedul~d De I"ery other _ Up6tream reservoirs a1 who bandied ~fornia'a
<br />Jell '!l e n I!I ah;o look.lng AltoSelher, r&;en oIrs in the ca~. recogniJles that the
<br />toward the echeduled dehve-- Colorado :"!lt~ have a statl!-p.artkularly Southern
<br />ry of l'ea\.her Rh'er waler Istora.ge C3plcKy of 60 mil. ICalUorn.Ia-taces.a period
<br />here in 1972. although the f.llon acre-feet, but thl:Y are 'of uncertainty........ "'-lC\lum
<br />1.5 million acre-feet MWD urrently holding only 20 that must be flUed..
<br />will receJve wae Inte.nd.P.d to million. -. His .dvlc..: ~ake an e-arly
<br />supplement the dlslnct,; Co., ).tuch of California's con- dedsion on sizIng and en
<br />lorad? supplv.:not ~rn all a ~em about t.1le rher's gra-: largtf1l' the Feather River
<br />substitute f?r.IL. 'J u a 11 y dimlnlsl'ling flOVo' Project to bring more water
<br />Rut. ~1\\ 0;; hc~t long- stems not so much from th~ j here 'l"f\m the north.
<br />r..nge water .rupply mar be- limitations placed on tl1is I
<br />the t:d. )'laJ anri vth<'"r 9Late's u~ a.~ it d~s from
<br />:..ort.h Coastal streanls. the water _.. 0 It sum I n g
<br />.Jensen has ~pvk"l1 10n- I I~. 1 A 1
<br />X h pro l"Cla p olnn",I.I n r 1:ona I
<br />,glngly about th~ - 0 r t and thE.' Cpper Basin 5tdtH_ I
<br />(CId,;L'. pr~pecl~ and i1J.~
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