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<br />OOil734 <br /> <br />Colorado'. Water JU.;~urt:.. <br />Pan I. B <br /> <br />D1'>>T IO/2L/S7 <br />S. B. Robeck <br /> <br />A BIlI!7 rlSl1!IPTIOll DI' COLOftAlXl' 8 !COII(J<T <br /> <br />'The p:re..rt am! tutuN d.U'-YVI tor water and other :.tural reeo~a <br /> <br />_... ou", or tDa noture and locaUoll of eonlXBic acUvit7 10 Colorado and <br /> <br />\hi reeton. 1'\:rU'lereo..., \he tu""" aoonoa1c croorth or tDa IU'" will 10 <br /> <br />loree port be da\endnad by pollc1a1 and pl'O_ follarod 10 tto unagsoent <br /> <br />et theee reacureea. It 11 "_11111, tbenlfore, to be fllldl1ar Vith \he <br /> <br />atructura or Colorado' I lconoey and the 1JIpl1cat1Cllll or croorth treDda to <br /> <br />.....urce UN. T!l1e 11 parUculorlJ' true or vater - the ujor relource <br /> <br />proU_ 1n troi. nlp.en. <br /> <br />Populo'lom Colorado' e populot1an 1. l.~cr..nJ1i at a rapid rata. <br />ToUI populoUon in 19$6 hu ban uUJoated b,r toe llureou ot 1he C..~.UB all <br /> <br />1,612,000. T!-.11 rAi'......,ta an a~nlp annual rate or inerol.. .ince Is50 <br /> <br />of 2.9 par cent or aJaoet till.. the rate of 1.6 par c,",t for \hi no'lon .. a <br /> <br />whelo . <br /> <br />~ projlC'lOD or rocent treDda 1nc!1cet.aa a toUI populo'lcn by 1960 <br />et !'rea 2.4 to 2.e II1ll1OD for the stata.Yfor the pariod a. a lIholo, th1a <br /> <br />--~I an acnual net increa.. of rouchl1 betoreen ):),000 and SO,OCO peraona <br /> <br />per y..r. <br /> <br />Tba ceeP'OrMc pattern of populoUon (.I'llIrth 18 ut.rer..ol,r ~rt.ant <br /> <br />for re..urea pol.1c.r, parUcularl,r va"'" pol.1c.r. The ropld crarth of tha <br /> <br />~JlTor _tropolitln aru, t.'ll loseor pinl in the reo1n1nC ares or the <br /> <br />Y w... Fa""'...., A Cr1 'lcd S"""..y ct 5evI:oal Foracalta or t.'le Populotlon <br />Sf rO'OMl~O, Un1~ra1t.r et Colorado, 19S7, p.)). <br /> <br />-4- <br />