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<br />." f' . - <br />1"'.li v.; <br /> <br />26 <br /> <br />These were: <br /> <br />(1) Municipal Water - some support was gained for the <br /> <br /> <br />Project in this field because it was easy to see the <br /> <br /> <br />need of wat~. for people and cities. <br /> <br /> <br />(2) Hydroelect~i'} Power - this w::Lsn1t areal purpose of <br /> <br /> <br />the project 11 thou gh at th::'s time there was a shortage <br /> <br /> <br />of hydroelec~ric power. <br /> <br /> <br />(3) aecreational - this phase of the project was put in at <br /> <br />the request of various Congressmen, and real support <br />84 <br />now,began to develop for the project. ' <br /> <br />The chances for passage by Congress were now sreatly <br /> <br />increased because not only had a taxine district been formed to <br /> <br /> <br />repay the government for money it put into the project, but the <br /> <br /> <br />project was now multi-purpose and served not only agricultural <br /> <br />needs but also municipal, hydroelectric, and recreational as <br />85 <br />well. <br /> <br />A bill for the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project was again in- <br /> <br /> <br />troduced in 1958 and things looked promising until in one of <br /> <br /> <br />the last hearings in the House. A controversy developed over <br /> <br /> <br />the water rights of the Western Slope and resulted in the project <br />. . 86' <br /> <br />not getting any acl'.ion by the House in that year. Even though <br /> <br /> <br />great progress vas made toward congressional approval a very big <br /> <br /> <br />problem still remained, one which had been with the project from <br /> <br />tJ4 <br />Thoms Of.l , p. 155. <br />85 <br />Ibid., P . 1 56. <br />86 <br />Christ~r, p. 52. <br />