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<br />.\ <br /> <br />,~ \,/, , ,1') <br />(; l. :.......;:J ~ <br /> <br />is available in the rive , she can also divert some of that water and produce <br /> <br />wealth from it. <br /> <br />Summarizing, there are over 200 water use projects or units of projects <br />in the western United Sates which are either in operation, under construction, <br />proposed for construe on, or considered as desirable potentialities, which could <br />not exist ot- be considered except for compacts and treaty provisions. The estimate'. <br />cost Of these projects is in exC~ss of ~4,cccJoOC,OOO. The ~~OlL~t of water that tr <br />projects will make useable for the benefit of various states and countries is abou+ <br />45,000,000 acre-feet per year. <br /> <br />It is my firm opinion that, at least so far as the west is concerned, <br />by far the best way to develop interstate water supplies is by means of the pro- <br />-Jls~ons of rationally negotiated compacts, administered by compact commissions <br />tlorking in cooperation with federal and other relevant agencies. <br /> <br />Denver, Colorado <br />February 16, 1951 <br /> <br />(The foregoing paper was presented before the American Society <br />of Civil Engineers at Houston, Texas, on February 20, 1951.) <br /> <br />-l2- <br /> <br />