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<br />is an agency created by State statute (ch, 231, p, 866, Session Laws of
<br />Colorado, 1941) for the conservation, use, and development of the
<br />water resources of (.he San Juan and Dolores Ri,'ers and their principal
<br />t.ribut.tlries. The district. comprises seven cO'tlnbes and a part of an
<br />eighth county within the natural basin of the Colorndo River in west-
<br />ern Colorado. When the board of directors of eaeh of tbese two
<br />districts passed upon (,he report and recommendatiom of t,he policy
<br />and revie\v commit.tee, including t.he operating principles, as revised,
<br />their separate re,olut.ions, among othe,' things, contained t!.te following
<br />language:
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<br />FRYINGPA."l-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO
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<br />COLORADO RiVER \\"^T~~R CONSERVATION DISTRICT BO.-4..HD
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<br />Be it fu.rther r~SQltlCdr That ill the Opilliull or t.he board of direct-a"" of the Colorado
<br />River Water Ct)Ufien'a.tion Digtrict, tho Colorado Water COIl:>cr\'B.tioH Board
<br />should adopt a. r{~solution t.hat no further federa.lly financed trsIlSlllolllltain
<br />diversions from the nat.ural Colorado Rh"cr Basin should be apprond for aut.hori-
<br />za.tion until tile ..,;ur\'cys dp-:-'<crihed in Mid sed ion I V abo....c are completed and the
<br />need for t.Me ust:' of water in western Colora.do has heen determined, (Sec. IV,
<br />to which reference is made, is show]] by the two p::lrugraphs conta.ined in t.lle report
<br />of t.he policy amI rc\'jew cOlllmit.tee, (]Llot.ed 011 p, 5 of the~e COmllH~l\t::;, and (:0111-
<br />mCllcillg with tile wurd5 ;;The cOlllm.iLtee recoj.\'llizes" and ';Tl1c pulicy of the
<br />State," fcspecti....cl.r.)
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<br />S01JTHWE::'Tl>R~ w.-\'n;n CO~f'I~RV."'TION DISTRlC'l' BO.~RT}
<br />"'" .If 'l' thi:-; boarn {pels it. :-::hollld illtcrpo:-;c no objection to the propo~ed dh'er-
<br />sion, but wit.h the clear and dist.inct 1IIldcr.'H.alldill~ this ("UI1~l'llt .shallllot be COll-
<br />side red as wai....er of ohje('tioll~ to fUl\' other federaJlr nnanced transtnoulItain
<br />divE"rsioll of the wat.ers of the Colol"ado.Rin:-r; nnd with't.Jw further under8tfUldillg
<br />t.hat. the Stat.e Water COll.':iervatioJl Board of the State of Colorado shill! lIot
<br />approve of any other such fpdera.lIy filllll1ced dh'ersiOIl project ~mtH ,the Iludi~~ of
<br />the needs of the western slope be fully eomplcted so that an 1I1teJ!Jgcnt'1decl~lOn
<br />relative to such needs may be gh'€'lJ. We fed t.hat after t.he llIany and long delays
<br />in makil1g such studle::: nlld the promises made by some high in authority in t.he
<br />Reclam9.tion Service, the western slope is entitled t.o have sHch MtudicB cumpleted
<br />in the \'erv near fut.ure. a\ld that no further [ederallr nllanceu t.ransl1loulltain
<br />diversioDs should be madc withuut thp. completion of such ill\.est.igatiolls.
<br />At the meeting of the Colorado Water Con,ervat,ion Board on Feb-
<br />ruary 22, 195], when the revised. report of the policy and review com-
<br />mittee, illcluding revised o{Jerat,ing principles for t.his project, was
<br />approved by t.he Colorado Water Conservation Board, t.be bOllrd
<br />unanimously approved two motions which provided that t,he resolu-
<br />tious, above mentioued and partially quot,ed, submit,ted OJ' tbe Colo-
<br />rado River Witter Conservation District and the Soutbwestern Water
<br />Conservation District" he accepted and approved as a policy of the
<br />Colorado Wn.ter Conservation Board, .
<br />9, Paragraph 68, commencing on page 23, in about the middle
<br />,th.ereof, states: ' <i 'i
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<br />IHe 'proposed hasic ra.te of $3, 0 per acre~foot at t.he. Pueblo Reservoir ha.s been
<br />detcrrnlflli:l\ tQ be wialin t.he pa.yment CB.p[t.ci~y of t,he water users,
<br />It is reSP~,fUIIJ' requested t!.tat, SllC!.t oposcd charge should not
<br />constitute. a mnxnnum or n. min' 1111 charge nOr should it,
<br />indicntc fl. u "n dunge or indicRt.e v,."h water wilt he used or
<br />whether 4.11' not; . \siderflt.ion in fixing ('.hfl.rg~;' call be given to return
<br />flows from such use. The figure is purdy nil cst.imnt,ed average
<br />cbn.rgc pr.r acre-foot. and t.he. dirstrict in alloca ting such water ghould
<br />be allowed complete latitude ill connection t,herewith.
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