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<br />to both environmental and pollution problems. However, we believe <br /> <br />this process deserves more careful study before such favorable <br /> <br />conclusions can be arrived at. <br /> <br />All this leads to the question of whether or not there are <br /> <br />sufficient water supplies available in Colorado to support a million <br /> <br />barrel per day industry. <br /> <br />The environmental impact statement addresses itself to <br /> <br />this point and comes up with a figure of 160,000 acre-feet of uncom- <br /> <br />mitted water as being available on an annual basis. We believe that <br /> <br />from a realistic viewpoint, this figure is too low. On the other <br /> <br />hand, the environmental statement apparently relies also on an esti- <br /> <br />mated ground water storage figure of 25,000,000 acre-feet. If this <br /> <br />figure is meant to indicate an availability for use, we believe that <br /> <br />it is many times too high. However, at least initially, the avail- <br /> <br />able ground water supplies will be a valuable supplement to available <br /> <br />surface supplies. <br /> <br />There has been a considerable amount of study, together <br /> <br />with a considerable amount of speculation, concerning the amount of <br /> <br />water which is still available to the state of Colorado under the <br /> <br />terms of the Colorado River Compact and the Upper Colorado River <br /> <br />Basin Compact. The problem with any studies is that no one can <br /> <br />actually define the precise amount of water to which Colorado is <br /> <br />entitled under the terms of the compacts. In addition to existing <br /> <br />-5- <br />