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<br /> <br />" <br />1 <br /> <br />,~ <br />',} <br /> <br /> <br />".\ii. <br /> <br />LEEDS, HILL AND } EWEIT. INC. <br /> <br />TOT AL OF PROJECTED DEPLETIONS IN UPPER BASIN <br /> <br />Year Acre Feet <br />1965 2,779,000 <br />1970 3,526,000 <br />1980 4,855,000 <br />1990 5,629,000 <br />2000 6,134,000 <br /> <br />The foregoing estimates of depletion of the flow of Colorado River <br /> <br />at Lee Ferry were based on published and unpublished reports of the <br /> <br />U. S. Bureau of Reclamation and various State agencies. The magnitude <br /> <br />of these projected depletions differs little from that set forth in earlier <br /> <br />reports by the Bureau of Reclamation, but the probable time of deve10p- <br /> <br />ment has been condensed to conform to construction schedules, the <br /> <br />status of Feasibility Reports, and estimated dates of submission of <br /> <br />other Feasibility Reports. <br /> <br />In my opinion, the economic potential of the Upper Basin justifies <br /> <br />and will force early development to the limit of the water supply avail- <br /> <br />able, now that the Upper Colorado River Storage Project is under <br /> <br />construction. This situation is glowingly des cribed in a pamphlet <br /> <br />recently issued by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, as follows: <br /> <br />-10- <br />