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<br />JJJ18~ <br /> <br />-3- <br /> <br />disposition of the we.ters of the.t river, pursue.nt to Article I, section <br />10, pare.gre.ph 2, of the Consti tuti on. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />The Colore.do River is the third largest river in AJoorice.. From the <br />ste.ndpoint of development it is still young, so to speak. It discharges <br />annually, on the e.vere.ge, something aver 17,000,000 acre-feet. That <br />would be enough water to cover 17,000,000 e.cres 1 foot deep; that is the <br />e.vere.ge discharge. Of tha.t, about 15,000,000 acre-feet now goes to <br />waste in tho Gulf of Ce.lifornie., This we.ter has its origin mostly in <br />three of the Ste.tes; that is to say, Colorado, Hyoming, and Ute.h. Some <br />of the water rises in New Mexico, and some in Arizona.. One-ha.lf of 1 <br />percent of the flew rises in Neve.da, e.nd there is subste.ntie.11y none of <br />the we.ter rising in Ce.lifornia. <br /> <br />H <br /> <br />Iffi. GOODYKOOHTZ. \-ihs t do you mee.n when you se.y it goes to wa.ste <br />in the Gulf of Ca1ifornie.? <br /> <br />MR. CAR}ENT::'a. It goes out into the G\!lf of California unused. <br /> <br />MR. GOODTICOONTZ. Well, it will still flow there under this com- <br />pe.ot, would it not? <br /> <br />MR. CtRl'ENT1R. It would, except in so far as consumed in the uses <br />along the river, <br /> <br />MR. GOODYKOONTZ. What I mee.n is, you are not going to divert it <br />to e.ny other outlet? <br /> <br />MR. CARPENTER. No; only in e. minor degree. The Ce.lifornie. people <br />divert a gree.t percent of this we.ter out of its natural dre.inage ever <br />into the Se.1ton Sea, where the return we.ters evapore.te. <br /> <br />THE CHAIRliAN. Of course, thl'.t is e.n old prcb1em, <br /> <br />MR. GOODYKOONTZ. Tha.t he.s been going on for some time? <br /> <br />MR. CAR}i;;N'rSR. Yes, tha.t he.s been going on for same time. And <br />the Ste.te of Ut"h ms a present diversion, in wr rt i B known e.s the <br />Strawberry project of the Rec1ame.tion Sp.rvice, v;..,re the waters of this <br />stream are diverted into the Salt Le.lce Be.sin, through e. tunnel. There <br />will be in the oourse of time some minor diversions "long the Conti- <br />nental Divide in Co10re.dc from the Colorado River dre.ine.ge, through <br />the mounl:;e.in re.nt;e to the At lantic side, by interloounte.in tunnel, for <br />municipe.l e.nd siniile.r purposes, but probe.b1y not to exceed 2 percent <br />of the we. ter supp ly as e. ma.ximum. <br /> <br />I might se.y the.t, of these Stotes, Colr.re.do furnishes 60 percent <br />of the e.nnua1 runoff. He irrigate at present nbout 1,000,000 e.cres of <br />