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<br />STATEMENT OF FELIX L. SPARKS <br />DIRECTOR, COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br /> <br />Before the <br /> <br />WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL <br />on the <br />PROPOSED PRINCIPLES ANr STANDARDS FOR PLANNING <br />WATER AND RELATED LAND RESOURCES <br /> <br />Washington, D. C. <br />March 20. 1972 <br /> <br />Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Council: <br /> <br />I appear here today as a representative and director <br /> <br />of the Water Conservation Board of the state of Colorado at the <br /> <br />direction of the members of that board to express opposition to <br /> <br />many of the salient features of the proposed principles and <br /> <br />standards. The Colorado Water Conservation Board is charged by <br /> <br />statute with the responsibility for protecting, developing and <br /> <br />conserving the waters of the state of Colorado and the prevention <br /> <br />of floods. The board has overall responsibility for state water <br /> <br />planning and has the specific responsibility of coordinating its <br /> <br />activities with those of other states and the federal government. <br /> <br />It was one of the first state water planning agencies established <br /> <br />in the United States and has functioned in this capacity now for <br /> <br />over thirty years. <br /> <br />The state of Colorado supported the enactment of the <br /> <br />Water Resources Planning Act in 1965. We were in accord with <br /> <br />Section 103 of that act which directs this council to develop <br />