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<br />~I <br /> <br />rely on contracts for water from Navajo ReservoIr. The economIc and social <br /> <br />development of New Mexico would be crIppled. Economic development would <br /> <br />be further impaired by the lack of water for the authorIzed Animas-LaPlata Project <br /> <br />and water for planned additional municipal and Industrial purposes. <br /> <br />Utah would face circumstances similar to those of Colorado. Water <br /> <br />shortages would have to be applied to one or mClre of the following components <br /> <br />of water usage: presently operating projects, projects currently under construc- <br /> <br />tion. projects authorIzed by the Congress. and a large powerplant in the planning <br /> <br />process. Tf illl of these water uses are consummi'ltcd and i'\ reduced water level <br /> <br />is imposed upon Lake Powell there would be no water left for hundreds of thousands <br /> <br />of acre-feet of valId water rIghts on file under State law with the State Division <br /> <br />of Water Rights. Even more serious might be competitIon for development of <br /> <br />remaining water including requirements by Indians under e:;dstIng agreements that <br /> <br />depend upon the full use of Lake Powell. <br /> <br />Wyoming, too. would face curtailment of future agrIcultural. IndustrIal. <br /> <br />and recreational development. The economic Impact would be severe since the <br /> <br />State contemplates a rapid major)ncrease in industrial actIvIty to use the abundant <br /> <br />resources of the southwest part of Wyoming. These IndustrIal enterprIses depend <br /> <br />upon water which would not be available wIth the restricted level at Lake Powell. <br /> <br />Dr. Guadagno devoted a paragraph to "the effect of increased seepage <br /> <br />losses due to raising the level of the reservoir." He Infers that all of the water <br /> <br />that is absorbed Into the banks of the reservoIr Is a "loss." which is not true. . <br /> <br />ExperIence with reservoIrs shows that a large proportIon of this absorbed water <br /> <br />In realIty goes into bank storage as the reservoir rises and reappears as deferred <br /> <br />7 <br />