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<br />.; <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />pO~Jer from the project. ~s they hE'_ve 8'JUnc_C'_nt hydro-electric <br />POw"r from other sources. The~' o.re interesteo_, houeve:c, in the- <br />project for o.nother reo.son, es}ecif'lly the 5t:tes of Wyoming, <br />Coloro.do, Ut,;h, fOild .New l.kxico. They h_c-ve l~,nds \lhich it is <br />physic:e.lly possible to ir:;:' igC'_te by \"J2_ter nolV flo-,vin!; C.OIVIl th e <br />Colorodo River, but nl"ich heve not yet b0en cultiv2_ted for the <br />reo.son th~t their prospective vcllie so f~r is not sufficient to <br />justify the cost of delivo!'ing wo_ter to them. Lventu::.lly it <br />will prove economic to recl~im some of those londs, at leDst, by <br />irrigotion, if the weter is then 2vc_ilcble. <br />"Those in the u)lJer stctes in touch with -cr,e situation, fully <br />re2_lize thC'_t WhtD the first dc_m is const!'ucted in the Color2_do. <br />much of the l~nd 2vC'il~ble for irrigation belOW will be quickly <br />brought under cultiv;::t ion, due to its fertility ,en!.'. the long brow- <br />ing seo.sons of the Southwest. They recognize th~t this earlier use <br />of the \'lC_ter fo:r ir!'i[;:-:tion ,end for ;Jor/er constitutes E p:riority <br />2S it should. They :reo.lize th::\t eventuc_ll~T v/hen the CEtnyon is <br />fully developed the w2te:r will be more V21u2_ble for powe:r in the <br />cc.nyon, o.lone. than it uill be for ir.igEtion on much of the 12.od <br />in the upper ste-.tee. They reclize th2t when the disputes between <br />st2-tes over the use of w:_tBr, nOVI p<:mding in the, CQu:cts 'c_~'e fin- <br />colly set tled, the r igh t of ;J:r iori ty nill likely be recogni zed tine:. <br />in some instllnC8S possibl;y- th (j princi:Jlc of thG Gconomic usa mEY <br />hllve weight. They r021izo thEt .Arizon~ llnd C8liforni~ will h8vc <br />-oreference by E>ither county. They rc~.lize th,ct lJOSSibly uhen <br />p <br />