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<br />15 <br /> <br />:h <br /> <br />m <br /> <br />er <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />:t <br /> <br />'ro~ <br /> <br />ed <br /> <br />," II< r"', <br />I-j ;;t"': <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />On June 16, 1950 the Policy and n~view <br /> <br />COJrunit;tee <br /> <br />'.. <br /> <br />submitted its report along with tne O?~~iltin~ ?rinciples of <br /> <br />the Project to the Colorado ;{ater Cc:,~Jc"",'/l.tion :,rY1rrl. Jl1nufl.ry <br />,23, 1951 the Colorado;{ater COllse:,vation :;081':1 8?prC'/ed the <br />C;>erating Principle s a~ld on l"e!.>ru,u'y 19, 1 ')51 tll',; :.oard approved <br />49 <br />the Fryine;pan-Arl,ansas Project. <br /> <br />~)urinr.; thin fi ftoen Ji(:~\.l" por,i.o(\ th~~ !)COI.'lp. of. t~.lC <br /> <br />i.rka:1sas Valley had made groat strlll'1s 1n the!.l' ~~';tel~pt to <br /> <br />eltin supplemental water. Tl1r'"o of tho four :;::",,!(H' i)robl';nl3 <br /> <br />confronti!1(:; the people in tne move for adclltiO!l!l.l \.mtar <br /> <br />were solved with the creation of' to" Co101''1<10 ,I::t;er Conscr',','1tion <br /> <br />Soard, the Upper Colorado ni ver Campa ct of 1 'J~:(j i'h,a.Lly '1(::'1:1i,,('; <br />tn.e Compact of 1922, and tne Colora,J.o-;';ans"~l Compact also in 19!,~e, <br /> <br />'i'he fourth pI'ob.Lem contI'oversy between the ;";astflI'n and '.1estcI'n <br /> <br />Slopes would prevail for a few mo~o years. <br /> <br />The people of the Arkansas Va.l.ley now had an incorpor- <br /> <br />ated entity to represent thom in water rnatte:::os, the. \;"teI' 1)'Jvel- <br /> <br />opl1lent A8sociatior: of Southeastern Colorado. 7he "",,-ter Do\'slop- <br /> <br />l1lent Association 81so haa its first full. time; representative awl <br /> <br />legal counsel. Tt,e Colorado ;..rater Conservation uO"lrd had approved <br /> <br />the project, the F'ryingpan-Arkansas project, and the Principles <br /> <br />under which it wa:; to operate. The only item relllaining for the <br /> <br />people to achieve their supplemental water wa~ PQssage in Congress. <br /> <br />49 <br />Christy, pp. 49-4~. <br />