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<br />facts upon which the c1.ist:ribution of this \Vate!' depends as to <br /> <br /> <br />~ justify an attempt at this time to dispose for all time of all <br /> <br /> <br />of th5 water which arises within the drainage basin. It has <br /> <br /> <br />occurred to me that possibly the Commission mi6ht make a ten- <br /> <br /> <br />tative a&reemel1t disposing of a minimUlll part of the known flow <br /> <br /> <br />of the stream based upon your present knowledge; that perhaps <br /> <br /> <br />you have, or can secure, sllffioient knowledge to justify you in <br /> <br /> <br />disposing of one-half or one-third of the supply of the Colorado <br /> <br />lRiver wi th a provision for o.ete:rrnining the di.sposition of the <br />balance at some future time when by gl"eG.te:r knorlledge or more <br />accurate knowledbe in the light of experience in handling the <br />waters so allocated, th is, or a future commiss ion IV ill be in <br />much better position to dvfinal ,justice. ilhatever you do, I <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />take it for granted will be permanent and a proportion estab- <br /> <br />lished for all time, not for a temporary period. <br />The flow of the Colorado River, as I understand it, acoord- <br />ing to the best available information, has varied from 9,000,000 <br />to 25,000,000 aore-feet per annum at Ytuna. That is the amount <br />of water, so faT as you know, which is to be disposed of by <br />)Tour Commis:; iOiJ. Now that may ar may not prove to be a relia- <br />ble est i!lla te. It mat very \.!eH be tha t the average est irnate <br />of an overage of 16,500,000 acre-feet per annum is excessive. <br />That will be proven by future gagings and records of the ilow <br />of the stream. It may be proven tnat it is not enou8h. The <br />flow lUay prove to be greater. No 01109 can say with any degree <br /> <br />., <br />