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<br />""'. <br />? <br />i; <br /> <br />lt0045:l <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br />i <br /> <br />') <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />we are advised that Colorado must use every means possible <br /> <br />to avoid a reactiva tion of the suit now held in abeyance in <br /> <br />the Supreme Court. We must rely on experts in their respective <br /> <br />fields, we must heed the advise of our attorneys and legal <br /> <br />advisers. <br /> <br />Seventh assumption: <br /> <br />That New Mexico and Texas won't claim <br /> <br />more water as a result of construction of the Closed Basin <br /> <br />Project. <br /> <br />Tbe legislation prohibits any clsim to additional water by <br /> <br />the downstream states or the United States. Quoted from <br /> <br />S. 520 is the following: "As the waters to be salvaged by <br /> <br />means of this project a re waters which arise in the closed <br /> <br />basin .......... the rights of the United States and States <br /> <br />of New Mexico and Texas shall be subordinate to the needs <br /> <br />within the basin of origin, and no right to demand contin- <br /> <br />uation of exportation of ground water from the closed basin <br /> <br />to the Rio Grande sball accrue to the United States or to <br /> <br />the States of New Mexico and Texas to the detriment of water <br /> <br />users in Colorado." Also quoted from H. R. 16012, Sec. 108, <br /> <br />"Notbing contained in this Act shall be construed to abrogate. <br /> <br />amend, modify, or be in conflict with any provisions of the <br /> <br />Rio Grande Compact; or to shift any legal burden of delivery <br /> <br />from the Rio Grande or the Conejos River to the Closed Basin. .. <br />