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<br /> <br />0681 <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />On June 16, 1950 the Policy and Review Committee <br /> <br />submitted its report along with tne Operating Principles of <br /> <br /> <br />the Project to the Colorado ;iater COllservation Board. January <br /> <br /> <br />23, 1951 the Colorado ~ater Conservation 30ard approved the <br /> <br />Operating Principles and on February 19, 1951 the Board approved <br />49 <br />the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. <br /> <br />;:luring this fifteen year period the people of the <br /> <br />Arkansas Valley had made great strides i.ntheir attempt to <br /> <br />gain supplemental water. Three of the four raajor problems <br /> <br /> <br />confronting the people in the move for additional water <br /> <br />were solved with the creation of the Colorado Water Conservation <br /> <br />B d th U C 1 d R' C t f 101 U f' l' I d ,.. . <br />oar, e pper 0 ora 0 ~ ver ompac 0 1.}U.. ~na y e. ~nJ.ne; <br /> <br />tha Compact of 1922, and the Colorado-Kansas Compact al so in 19L.8. <br /> <br />The fourth problem controversy between the Zasten1 and Western <br /> <br />Slopes would p:evail for a few more years. <br /> <br /> <br />The people of the Arkansas Valley now had an incorpor- <br /> <br />e.ted entity to represent them in water matters, the. ilater Devel- <br /> <br />opment Association of Southeastern Colorado. The Water Develop- <br /> <br /> <br />ment Association also had its first full time representative and <br /> <br /> <br />legal counsel. The Colorado Water Conservation Boardhad approved <br /> <br />the project, the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, and the Principles <br /> <br />under which it wa.s to operate. The only item remaining for the <br />people to achieve their supplemental wa.ter was passage in Congress. <br /> <br />49 <br />Christy, pp. 49-4~. <br />