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<br />000325 <br /> <br />- 2 -,0. <br /> <br />been vrell said that the Colorado ;Liver is Colorado's "last v:ater hole." <br />The need for Fater in Colorado is ever present. Lany of ti1e impor- <br />tant cities and tOems of the state need substantial additional quantities <br />of water if they are to grow and prosper.. Denver, Grand Junction, Pueblo, <br />Colorado Springs, Boulder, and other comounities all look to the Colorado <br />River y'ater to sustain their grOl'Jing populations. In all areas of the <br />state more water is needed for agricultural pursuits, The livestock <br />growers demand more irrigated pasture and meadm~ land. Industrial needs <br />are rapidly increasing. Vast oil shale and coal deposits are available <br />for synthetic liquid fuel production. Enormous timber reserves await <br />development under a sane conservation program. The industrialist, the <br /> <br />farmer, and the city ~ffeller demand more and more hydroelectric power~ <br /> <br /> <br />The satisfaction of these demands '.Till enhance both state and national <br /> <br /> <br />welfare, Colorado sees in the Colorado River Storage ?roject a means of <br /> <br /> <br />expeditinG' the attaim71ent of the desired d8velopment~ <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado greatly appreciates the expeditious manner in Trhich the <br /> <br /> <br />Secretary of the Interior and the Bureau of 2eclar.lation have prepared <br /> <br /> <br />and submitted the report no';, under consideration. It has qUieti", follOlTed <br /> <br /> <br />the consummation of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact. The Bureau <br /> <br /> <br />of Reclamation, in full compliance with the spirit and intent of the Flood <br /> <br /> <br />Control Act of 1944, has kept the states directl:' affected fully informed <br /> <br /> <br />during the course of its investigations, The Department of the Interior <br /> <br /> <br />and its several agencies, particularly the Bureau of Reclamation, are to be <br /> <br /> <br />cormnended for the manner in which this important undertaking has been <br /> <br /> <br />handled., <br />