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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8200.300.40.A
Description
Colorado River Compact
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Date
1/1/1920
Author
Co. R. Commission
Title
News Articles and Working Papers Pertaining to Colorado River Commission Activities
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
News Article/Press Release
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<br />-'1- <br /> <br />'11he 8U}JCr-sOvere1gn E:tato U1:i 1:V8.shingtoI1 is ~~t)2.o to llec.d, _hin at!" <br /> <br />f-rom that j:"Jrle. 'Fho United States h23 an:01Iited a ([eleg~lf:e to be <br />tIle pres ld1ng .d eleg" te 111 tIw lIner state (; on:(e1' ence l'or t;he ap- <br /> <br />p01'tioIl1ng and p<lI'ti ti oning 01 the :Llow 0 L the 0010l~8.<.i o. <br /> <br />The flow or the Dolorudo, besides creating 7,OOO,OOOacrB~ of crops <br /> <br />CaIl creilte 0,000,000 hOl'SepOW()l.' OJ: ele.ctr1c curl'ont. r:cl1e a2'ea <br /> <br />dra111ed' b:" that Tlow.ls l-OHr tUles the area OJ: Hew Bngl1:;nd. '1'he <br /> <br />city or Los Angeles, on the l'acifIc Ocean, wants SODe 02' tr,e elel <br /> <br />riei ty t11c.'l; VVlll 10 m~")e in .c:olorudo River power-1JOuses. The <br /> <br />C1ty o:t Denver drinks water 1'rom hUls that send part 0:[' their <br /> <br />ra1n1'all down to\'mrds ti18 8i tes 01:' .t11038 l,o,rer-houses to help <br /> <br />light 'che e1 ty o:t J,08 Angeles. <br /> <br />. D.enver lies near t}'Je llor'cheastcrn edge ot th8 DB.sin Of the 0010- <br /> <br />1'''100. Salt J,ake GiGy lleG near 1tS Ilortl1western edge. In the <br /> <br />SOlcth 8nd ~est, Its IlT~lilr]e lIne 18 not rar ~rom El Paso,. <br /> <br />Ts:xas, In ti18 :30Ht11 ami Wesl;; 1t E<pprouCl1es Sfln Diego, Oalifornia. <br />... <br /> <br />Those t'OU1' jJOllJts--- Deriver ,. Sal t 1,~lJ:e Oi t ~l, TIll Paso flIld San DIego <br /> <br />--can roughly be Sdld to be the }JOlnts tha t plIi the ll>wIn or the <br /> <br />Oolorado to the map. <br /> <br />The peopChe In \'fyomwg at tl1e 11e~td or' the Green River, which i 8 the <br /> <br />Oolorudo's most northerly tributary, 11ve &t an Bltit~do or 7,bOO <br /> <br />:feel;. People 1n Oall:t'orrna, in tl,e Ir'lperial Valley, whIch. is <br /> <br />watered irom the Oolontelo .by means or a ell"ceh that ]]]f,tes an inte1'- <br /> <br />national d.etour through ;Je:xico, live at what 0;;.11 not reully be <br /> <br />called an alt10ude a.c /iU. It mli!ht b8 cEllled a IJro:runditudo. <br /> <br />It Is 8 level 2lJO I8et tJe10\'1 the lovel 01" the sed. . 'i'hese <br /> <br />people are s:,.barjuatic. <br /> <br />The Colorado imlJends over t11em. It cas'cs i 1;8 shadow upon t1!em. <br /> <br />Theyare .tJo.c semJ.t'ed ags.lnl't 1t by tile great ridf,e which it has <br />
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