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<br />that this Council would also disagree with the statement, but I am <br /> <br />not so sure about the other agency which participated in the <br /> <br />preparation of these proposed principles. <br /> <br />In Colorado, as in most western states, about fifty <br /> <br />percent of our total yearly water supply flows down our rivers <br /> <br />during two months of the year. In order to support our current <br /> <br />population and economy. we must store the excess waters of the <br /> <br />spring runoff for use during the remainder of the year. This <br /> <br />requires dams. <br /> <br />Most civilizations and their cities developed along <br /> <br />perennial streams and rivers. Such was and is the case here in <br /> <br />the United States. I am sure that most people do not feel that <br /> <br />they should be drowned or their property destroyed because of man- <br /> <br />kind's ancient habits. Flood protection also requires dams. If <br /> <br />all of these dams are obscene, then let us be classed as an obscene <br /> <br />people. <br /> <br />We believe that the proposed principles and standards <br /> <br />for water resource planning unjustly and illogically single out <br /> <br />water resource development for discriminatory treatment. We know <br /> <br />of no other governmental activity, either federal or state, which <br /> <br />is subjected to a similar discount rate or planning procedures. <br /> <br />There have been, and probably will continue to be, errors <br /> <br />in judgment in the development of our natural resources and the <br /> <br />-10- <br />