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<br />. 00174~ <br /> <br />But the sponsors of Central Arizona must be realistic too. <br /> <br /> <br />They should know that water supply must come first. The most <br /> <br /> <br />elaborate reclamation project on earth without water would be a <br /> <br /> <br />hideous monstrosity and a cruel hoax for its trusting supporters. <br /> <br /> <br />I have ranched in the upper Colorado River Basin for more than <br /> <br /> <br />fifty years and know firsthand how grieviously short Upper Basin <br /> <br /> <br />water actually is. As a member of the colorado Legislature in <br /> <br /> <br />1923, I voted to ratify the Colorado River Compact. So I have <br /> <br /> <br />been vitally interested in this problem for over forty years. <br /> <br /> <br />If this able Committee is to do something constructive with <br /> <br /> <br />this terrific problem assigned to them for solution, they must <br /> <br /> <br />begin with the water supply available. Until that factor is <br /> <br /> <br />solved nothing is solved and the project remains infeasible. <br /> <br /> <br />I am completely convinced that all the water for Central <br /> <br /> <br />Arizona must come from outside sources. If this be true the <br /> <br />sooner we make such an objective basic to the consideration of <br /> <br />Central Arizona, the better it will be for all concerned. Time <br />is wasting! <br /> <br />There simply are not sufficient dependable supplies of un- <br /> <br /> <br />committed water above Lee Ferry which would warrant any construc- <br /> <br /> <br />tion whatever in the Lower Basin. I have prepared a document on <br /> <br /> <br />the water supply of the Upper Basin which I should like to attach <br /> <br /> <br />to my statement. My calculations are either correct or incorrect <br /> <br />- 4 - <br /> <br />1_,.: <br />