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<br />North Coa.tal Stream., Ocean StUdIed to "'" Feather Rim P.-oj"'"
<br />C C I d R. L t A' '. .......ir>ed ",ud"" of \he'
<br />ounter 0 ora olver ass 0 flzon~ state's u-yet-UOtdPped3
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<br />IC<l,.,[ p"n:,lll\, Lower B;hln
<br />d,ums on -the 1,3fO-milt-
<br />stream.
<br />The court 116'<; gl\ en .....rizo.-
<br />na more than enough water
<br />to satisfv the nM... of her
<br />proposed 51 billion-plull c~n-\
<br />tr;al Arizona Project ami the
<br />Pbeen.ix and Tucson mctn>-'
<br />,potl.tan centers. lIOlh in th~1
<br />',throes of population boom&.
<br />But A rirona, while I h e
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<br />ftghtlng for~ did not :tCore Oil
<br />1~very point.
<br />Calitornta JawveorJ reel the
<br />outrome could h a" e ~
<br />much more d41maging to
<br />~thern California.
<br />The U.s. Suprem~ Court. I
<br />tn Its 5 tQ 3 decision, could
<br />nave given Arizona an ad-I'
<br />dhionaJ nearly 1 million
<br />acre-feet oflColorado Rlvtt
<br />"-'ater C"lUMnia .lill hlUl a
<br />fightlng cbance to rl'!tam._
<br />'A:a. rnt\lation here 'W'l4f!
<br />~e croeiel If t~ '*"
<br />puted waCttf- is irretriev~ly
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<br />But beq.1lJ1" r-."orthern.CaI.
<br />l.fornb is blell:led with abun-
<br />dant strems. f1<JWin<< Ull-
<br />c'heckt"d into t.h~ Ilea, mllll.Y
<br />,expt'N contide.-.Jy feel that
<br />,ou!hem Caliront\l', _
<br />~oId taps wilt neY<<' ~n '.
<br />~e c08t. .f getlin8! '" _ _,
<br />wpljlJies bert' wilt ' ,-
<br />the b~ of ;~~ni" "~~,",'~
<br />The in.maI ph;.u;e of\tJ,.J:r,e"'
<br />state watn- plan-lhe Feath-
<br />er River Proj~ c08Unc
<br />SL75 bUlion. But iutertWt.
<br />cha'", wlll f\lD \hJ ~ ' ., ~
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<br />Th. ~Yfr' &1\.1...., PWl\
<br />ttalf'......:~undll'-
<br />t.aklnt aimed at. olt1matelyl
<br />btin~g aU ~_Ion\l&'~
<br />WitW l'WOUI'C~. ""' -
<br />"'Iu'ooo~ It the mlem J
<br />evl'!t oompTet<<i...,;wlh he u
<br />..._rid 115'" $20 bUlIQll,
<br />Kvell tn ..the..,d~l back-
<br />wa.sh cf lilt Vf'led;" bitter
<br />court decd8t~~ JOSf'Pb
<br />J~ fi-erc.ly da:hcated
<br />~U'DW1 of lhl" MetropOli-
<br />tan VI' a t ~ r Dlg~l"lct, ~t a
<br />hopeful tonf for !;"'l,l'he"n
<br />CalUomia'!1 \\ iI~l!r r lturp
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