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<br />..y <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />.! <br /> <br />to speci.fic OWn0l"S. to tJ16 land, or to a definite project. LJ <br /> <br />othe!' words, it i8 impossible to c.Jl1cei'le tnat people ma~' undel <br /> <br />go all the hardships of the development of arid laods unless <br /> <br /> <br />they are assurred a dofinite title to water. Do you hold that <br /> <br />view? <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />~yoming follows that rule. #e attempt in this state to <br /> <br />tie the water to the land. Colorado has taken the other ex- <br /> <br />treme and. it has caused tro'..lble in that state. It may be that <br /> <br /> <br />a middle ground could be adopted. Personally. I think it <br /> <br /> <br />should be pe~missible. un~er proper safeguards to chanBe the <br /> <br />application. <br /> <br />Q <br /> <br />You spoke of the econolilical advantage of. storing water in <br />the upper reache~ of the river; tr.at your view of economy <br />^ llointed. to stora;;e in the upper basin. I think, that you should <br />I <br /> <br />give a little more cOQ~ideration to that question. There a~e <br /> <br />many factors in storage. It is pOSSible to store water for a <br /> <br />given year for distribution within that year. It is also <br /> <br />possible to stLire the water of year's of lal'ge flow 6S against <br /> <br />years of lesser flow. and wrlen we get into the second range of <br /> <br />store0e, storage capacities in the upper basin are insufficient <br /> <br />and ever'ythillt: in that discusr;ion pcints to the lower basin, <br /> <br />a~~ in that light it is not best to ma~e the direct assertion <br /> <br />that storsee must as an economic necessity lie in the upper <br />casin rather than the lower. <br />