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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />b <br /> <br />have, as I unde~staot, 250,000 acre~ of ad~udlceted water <br /> <br />ri5hts, includinb territo~1al ricDts, anQ ao e~ual &~ount of <br /> <br />additional land, or 200,000 bores, is 0eiDe irrie,dted uncer <br /> <br />completed systems. If that is true, based on the informbtion <br /> <br />I h&ve, we have really aCLomylisbed more than Bny other state <br /> <br />has accomplished. <br /> <br />Q <br /> <br />r think it is a questlOrJ now of 10okiD€, into t;le futur.e <br /> <br />and it has beeD rather the conoensus oi opinion that they were <br /> <br />ready to bO ahead more rapldly 00 the lower river than on the <br /> <br />upper river and it is for that :L'eaSOi! that the t'.:ppel' river <br /> <br />looks for "he pl'otectioD that the COill:;;act mibht ",ive as abainst <br />the establishment of large priorities on the lower rivSr that <br />might interfere with us; and it J-,es been Tether the conL:ensus <br /> <br />of opinion that development there ~ill be mars ~aFid. <br /> <br />Now suppose it W8S. Sup;:>ose that s certa.in part of this <br /> <br /> <br />minimum of eight mUliot] acre-feet the.t you sl16tested, just <br /> <br /> <br />as the ststementof a basis to work L'om, shoald be allowed, to <br /> <br />the state of Calif'ornia aDe. -c1-ley dip.' have >I rapid development <br /> <br />and eY.haustedohe one millioD acre-feet thlit might be al16ted <br />to them snd they nee&ed. more water. Vlhat, under your pIa", <br /> <br />would be the proper Bction of the Commissiot1 to pass upon the <br /> <br />matter? <br /> <br />fiell, I suppose the co~yact would be that California miGht <br /> <br />take a maXi1i1Ufil quantl ty of l'lete!' out of t;,e :Coulder reservoir <br /> <br />and I sU}'J)08e the BJreement \'.0'11(1. go f\u-the.r and proviCle. thut <br /> <br />vhen they have reached this ,naxii.1Uffi, they could acs.uire .no more <br /> <br />>11'0, that prior ri(;hts to "1;]-,6 remain il1G. 1-{2.t6r5 of the stl'eam <br /> <br />should be waived,' - conli:, \lot be ;:JasecJ. marel~' on the use water <br /> <br />~ut of the ~overD~eDt reser7oir. <br />