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<br /> <br />f <br />t <br /> <br />LEEDS. HILL AND JEWETT, INC. <br /> <br />make use of the water apportioned to them under the recommended <br /> <br />decree, Arizona and Nevada would have to construct new projects. <br /> <br />These projects would be as feasible as any of the projected projects <br /> <br />in the Upper Basin. Neither Arizona nor Nevada can be expected to <br /> <br />forego use of the water apportioned to them. Their new projects <br /> <br />will thus be competitive with every new project in the Upper Basin. <br /> <br />California, even under the presumption that its existing uses <br /> <br />are in no danger of curtailment, will still be dependent upon the <br /> <br />unused part of the water apportioned to the other States in both the <br /> <br />Upper Basin and Lower Basin. This will be true even to the extent <br /> <br />of supplying watel' through existing works in California to meet <br /> <br />demands that are already greater than those stated in the Report of <br /> <br />the Special Mastel'. <br /> <br />It is not to be expected, on the other hand, that Colorado or <br /> <br />New Mexico or Utah or Wyoming will acquiesce willingly in <br /> <br />limitations on their development sufficient to insure enough water, <br /> <br />under the apportionment formula recommended by the Special Master, <br /> <br />to satisfy existing California uses. <br /> <br />It follows, therefore, that should the Supreme Court resolve <br /> <br />the present controversy between Arizona and California in accord <br /> <br />with the recommendations of its Special Master, there will be created <br /> <br />a new and greater conflict involving all the States of the Colorado <br /> <br />River Basin. <br /> <br />-12- <br />