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<br />Ny name is Georp;e Kyncl. Other than the nornal int erest of a taxpayer
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<br />"antinr to live in a "roductive society which makp.s the best use of its
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<br />limited l...ater resources uith the least expenditure of my tax money, J
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<br />do not have a vested interes~ in an~r of the Drojects under study_
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<br />On nape 52 0.,[' your renort in l,thich you are exnlaininr the fipures
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<br />in 1'8b10 13 relai.i.nr.: to l..mdeveloDed stream t'loHs, you make the statement:
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<br />ll...~i, '")r:ou1d be pointed O1rt th'3t th2 dcvelon:lp.nt c.r several DI'ODOSed
<br />nro,iects, for 1vn~-c~h C'ondit1ol1nl water rir"nts hl.ve bp.en avlarded,
<br />cnnld sir,nific.antly red:lce trcse es-ttoo ted qu.9.ntities at key
<br />loc<;tions alDl1n' the .C'outh ~_Gttc: R.iver. It
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<br />Tf tr1c prof'osPc) oro.icci',s 80UJ ~i ::iqnifie2il.~1;v redl1ce the.""",~ "1". .....t:U.1 (;;',
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<br />thC':1 T Hould J.ikr.> to ~)ll!:F~';St t,bJt yy-'rhaps the nyoiects ltihich 'h:~v~ 'hef;J1
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<br />cO!;lrJ.eiJ.~d since 1953, t.;'18;'1'.i..;:ru1'es first recorjed in t'he table, have also
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<br />h'1d a :..~irnificant ef!'ect sn that the sirr:ole averagin,q 01' the fip,ures from
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<br />1953-78 nrovides an unrelia.hle base from w:-1ich to operate. I would further
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<br />~:;UP'?est tbat chanf'(Gs in irrtration Dractice and t:Je actual operB'tion of
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<br />projects would haye a sirrnificant. inmact on water that is available.
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<br />I "ould like to addrec,s mv first cO!1r'ents to "lternative. R(b)
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<br />ffJl-lnstream :'J2instem ~>t0ra[.:0 t.o nt'l~vtdc surmler'1cntal irrigation 1-1C!ter"
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<br />It, is m,V u:1derstand5;)[J" that tilt' pl';Lin [}urpose 01' t.his al t-,ernative },'ouJ.rl be
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<br />to store ,-later i.n :'""r,. or nl,'nty (1073) 80 thot it couJ.d be used durin,r
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<br />:/,en rs of' drou:";"ht (1976-7n~ .1nd t.hus T1rovide S Labili t;y to our ap'ri.cul tural
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<br />econorny. Hat-her thCln T,.;nrk on t'he rly'inciTlle n:' aVcra~7inp, T 'hrouJd SlJ2'Rest
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<br />that we try to conceDtl),~l.i.~jP \-lhot <1.ctuC11-1y ~'lould hnyp taken nlace if WI?,
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<br />had hAd a r'jain s-wem darr.. in nlace :in 1<)73 and if some of the other pronosed
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<br />nr:J.iect.r: h<1u been cOUlnletedo Since 1073 rt?nrt..::l;sentc:~d one of "t::e llirhest years
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<br />of u:1develoned si.rerF' flolr,' on r\:'Gord, it should r-ive ns the most optimistIc.
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