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<br />-;: ."0.' ., <br />.l~~"':' <br /> <br />,(-, <br /> <br />3. A third probleM facing the project was the Colorn.do lU.ve:!:' <br /> <br />Compact of 1922. This cOITlpnet divilir)<l the wo.t'Jr 0:'- tho <br /> <br />Colorado !'liver between the upper an,l lO~'ler ba:;,~'1 but did. <br /> <br />not divide ttl0 allotInont bctw[)cm tl,Q \1.;)pcr 'bn.sin stur,(lS. <br /> <br />As a resul1; the poople in 'ilestern Colorado \oIere no~{ .,,,en <br /> <br />Illore r:>rotective of their water awl of cour~': VOl'Y crit!.G'H <br />17 <br />of diversion pro~am:;. <br /> <br />4. The fourth and lu!:t major problem 'liccussel1 hore H0.S tl~e <br /> <br />lack 01' an o1'1'i,~ial entity in Color,lI10 eh8-rCflu \oIith tne <br /> <br />responsibility (,f ctevelopi.nc; n r:>l'ogral'll fo'" thr-, utiliz:ltioil <br /> <br />01' Colorado water programs. ThiG went even to t,.,.c do13r"e <br /> <br />that even basic positions by thc sta1;c were not orGnni~n~ <br />10 <br />in inter3tate suits or neGotiati.ons. <br /> <br />3C- <br /> <br />All of tn"se r:>rohlelllS affected the anility to n::;tHbJi,ch <br /> <br />a united front in the Arkansas Vall(:ly much less Oflt1{een thCl <br />19 <br />Eastern anu Western Slopes. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />, <br />. <br />i <br /> <br /> 17 <br /> Christy, p. 39. <br />'i: 18Ibid. , <br /> p. 39. <br /> 19Ibid., ~. 39. <br />