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<br />, <br /> <br />O'~"QI <br />\JL';v' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />percent of the total ~~ter supply. This additional water was the difference <br />between a normal harvest and a near total disaster from drought in this area this <br /> <br />year. <br /> <br />Like the Columbia Basin Project, like the Central Valley Project in Cali- <br /> <br />fornia, and like many other Reclamation projects, particularly those constructed <br /> <br />in these recent years of high costs, the Colorado-Big Thompson Project would not <br /> <br />have been feasible under present pOlicies but for power revenue from its asSo...."... <br /> <br />ciated hydroelectric plants. <br /> <br />Obviously then, the importance of hydroelectric development in multipurpose <br /> <br />Reclamation operations cannot be ignored, and you may be sure that both the <br /> <br />Administration and the Congress support these principles. <br /> <br />A worthwhile project which is awaiting action is the Trinity River develop- <br /> <br />ment. This unit of the Central Valley Project will require an appropriation by <br /> <br />the Congress to initiate construction. <br /> <br />Two major projects which were recommended for authorization by the Adminis- <br /> <br />tration were considered but not finally passed by the Congress. They were the <br /> <br />Colorado River storage Project and participating irrigation projects, and the <br /> <br />Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. Both are designed to provide additional water for <br /> <br />the States of the high Rocky Mountain area in which the Colorado River heads. <br /> <br />In view of the magnitude of these projects, it is not surprising that <br /> <br />Congress took an extra long look at the proposals for their authorization. Nor, <br /> <br />in view of the circumstances and confusion existing at",the time they were con- <br /> <br />sidered, is it too surprising that the Congress failed to act on them. <br /> <br />I am aure you are all aware of the cix:cumstances which have delayed and <br /> <br />threaten even further delay for these and other Reclamation projects. First, <br /> <br />there was not the complete unanimity and support from within the i.mmediate area <br /> <br />that the Congress would naturally expect. Secondly, there was a sharp cleavage in <br /> <br />7 <br />