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<br />.,t., . <br /> <br />.';'j\ <br /> <br />DOG{51 <br /> <br />. 'I <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />4> <br /> <br />Various recognized groups of experts have filed report after <br /> <br />report through the years sta ting tha t. there is wa ter being <br /> <br />wasted by evapotranspira tion in the sump area. If we dOli' I, <br /> <br />make use of this water how can we prevent someone, or anyone, <br /> <br />else from putting it to beneficia 1 use. We cannot ignore t,he <br /> <br />sump area and its condi tions,. about which reams of documents <br /> <br />have been written and expect the problem to go away simply <br /> <br />because we are distrustful. <br /> <br />Ei~hth assumption: <br /> <br />The government won't take over the <br /> <br />operation of the project in the future. <br /> <br />Here again .we would point to the unique feature of the bill <br /> <br />whereby two out of three on the operating committee are local <br /> <br />appointees. This fear is unfounded when one reads the legis- <br /> <br />la tion. <br /> <br />Ninth assumption: Someone will claim the water in the un- <br /> <br />confined aquifer of t.h., closed basin if we don't use it under <br /> <br />the Closed Basin project. <br /> <br />With so milch evidence available it seems strange that this <br /> <br />should be questioned. We would point to the diversions of <br /> <br />water from the western slope to the urban areas and plains of <br /> <br />eastern Colorado. Or, closer to home, of the establishment of <br />