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<br />1 <br />,i <br />; <br />.$ <br />~ <br />i <br />i <br />r <br /> <br />o <br />c'> <br />~ <br />~ <br />W <br />N <br /> <br />FOREWORD <br /> <br />This report was prepared pursuant to <br />the Colorado River Basin Project Act of <br />1968, Pub 1 ic L,aw 90-537. The ac t <br />directs the Secretary of the Interior <br />to "make reports as to the annual <br />consumptive uses and losses of water <br />from the Colorado River System after <br />each successive five-year period, <br />beginning with 'the five-year period <br />starting October I, 1970....Such <br />reports shall be, prepared in consul ta- <br />don with the Stlltes of the lower Basin <br />individually and with the Upper <br /> <br />Colorado River Commission and shall be <br />transmitted to the President, the <br />Congress, and to the Governors of each <br />State signatory to the Colorado River <br />Compact. It <br />This report reflects the Department <br />of the Interior's best estimate of <br />actual consumptive uses and losses <br />within the Colorado River Basin. The <br />reliability of the estimate is affected <br />by the availability of data and the <br />current capabilities of data evaluation. <br /> <br />III <br />