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<br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />N <br />C <br /> <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br /> 7 <br /> 8 <br /> 9 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 <br /> 12 <br /> 13 <br />'-' 14 <br /> 15 <br /> 16 <br /> <br />. <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br />. <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br />. <br />~ <br /> <br />; <br />z <br /> <br />" <br />z <br />z <br />~ <br /> <br />o <br />v <br /> <br />~ <br />. <br />~ <br /> <br />'-' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Californians. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />However, the major benefits received by Californians, <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />from the Colorado River stem from its use in irrigation, in th <br /> <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />desert valley's, and the Southern California coastal plain, an <br /> <br />as a supplemental water supply for the metropolitan areas of <br /> <br />these regions. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />At the present tim~, the Colorado River is being us <br /> <br />~ <br />fl <br />, <br />, . <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />r <br />; <br />f <br />, <br />I,. <br /> <br />far distant future at all, projections show that the 7.5 <br /> <br /> <br />, <br />I <br />i; <br /> <br />by the seven Colorado River basin States, and the Republic of <br /> <br />Mexico, up to 90 percent of it's average firm dependable suppl <br /> <br />And as uses in the basin increase in the future, and not too <br /> <br />acre-feet of beneficial consumptive use that are appOrtioned to <br /> <br />~I <br /> <br />~,! <br /> <br />the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada, by the U.S. <br /> <br />Supreme Court, can only be met by drawing down the water store <br /> <br />at the Colorado River reservoirs. <br /> <br />Accordingl~ it is vitally important to the Lower <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />Basin States, for the continuation of diversions of their <br /> <br />~ <br />f <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />apportioned water, that the Colorado River System's reservoirs <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />be maintained as full as possible prior to the ti~e that annua <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />demands exceed average annual flows. <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />This would be accomplished if the Hoover Dam Flood <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />Control Regulations give a strong weighting to the maintenance <br /> <br />23 of water in storage while also affording protection against <br /> <br />24 flooding, <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />In the letter, we also point out several aspects of <br />