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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />0671 <br /> <br />, <br />o <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />3. A third problem facine; the project was the Colorado River <br />Compact of 1922. This compact divided the water of the <br /> <br />Colorado River between the upper and lower basin but did <br /> <br />not divide the allotment between the npper 'basin states. <br /> <br />As a result the people in 'destern Colorado were no~v even <br /> <br />more protective of their water and of course very critica~ <br />17 <br />of diversion programs. <br /> <br />4. The fourth and last major problem discussed here was the <br /> <br />lack of an official entity in Colorado charged with tne <br /> <br />responsibility of developing a program fo~ the utilization <br />of Colorado water programs. This went even to the do[t,ree <br />that even basic positions by the state were not oreanh;ed <br />1tJ <br />in interstate suits or negotiations. <br /> <br />All of these problems affected the ability to establish <br /> <br />a united front in the Arkansas Valley much less between the <br />19 <br />Eastern and Western Slopes. <br /> <br /> 17 <br /> Christy, p. 39. <br />, . 18Ibid., <br /> p. 39. <br /> 19Ibid. , p. 39. <br />