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<br />- 6 - <br />, <br /> <br />I'm su~e we a~l appreciate your que~tions which give evidence that you and <br />the people you represent have made a complete study of the material available. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />LARSON: By w~y of explanation, I wquld like to say that our purpose in pro- <br />ducing this draft was to make something av!iiilable to representative groups in each <br />state and then throu~h a series of meeting.~.. get y:our comments which win enable us <br />to produce a more COmplete report for your,study. <br /> <br />Over a long period of time we have aonducted extensive investigations which <br />have enabled us to present this plan of tn1 nine hold-over storage reservoirs as the <br />best possible solutiOn to the hold-over s~rage problem in the Upper Basin. As I <br />have stated before, the nine reservoir plan is the vehicle which will enable us to <br />produce the power which in turn will bring about development of the Upper Basin. <br />what we do now in establishing these reservoirs.will fix a path once and for all,' <br />making it possible for us to meet all problems in the future. <br /> <br />In answer to your questions concerning a more complete report on the proposed <br />projects; naturally,:there will be appendices attached to the final report which <br />will cover each specific project in detail. <br /> <br />Q--JAMES PEABODY: Will priority for water in hold-over storage reservoirs <br />go to the Lower Basinq <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />A--LARSON: In effect the lower one-half of water in the reservoirs will be <br />for delivery to the Lpwer Basin and upper one-half for the Upper Basin. As you <br />, know, the Upper Basin Compaet makes power water subservient to irrigation and domes- <br />tic .water. <br /> <br />BREITENsmIN: ,At this point in the meeting and in view of the question by <br />Mr. Peabody I w~ll read to you, sections .of the upper Basin Compact Which bring out <br />the priority of irrig~tion, domestic, and industrial uses over water for the produc- <br />tion of power. ., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(Mr. Breitenst~in than read directly from the Compact.) <br /> <br />TIPTON: Looking at this plan in the interest of the eastern slope, I would <br />like to state that beriefits from this plan will accure to the entire state because <br />all parts of the stat~, even though they are out of the actual drainage basin of the <br />Colorado River, are dependent upon the Colorado River for any additional water in <br />the future,' <br /> <br />It will be an impossibility to make further sizable transmountain diversions <br />in Colorado without Upper Basin storage. As you know t~ansmountain diversions are <br />the first. to suffer curtailment in any case of shortage of delivery at Lee Ferry. <br />I would like to point 'put to you the three principal needS as they are today, in the <br />Upper Basin, in the or~er of their importance; l. need for storage, 2. need for <br />power, 3. need for rivllr regulation. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />j <br />, <br />I <br />