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<br />o <br />N <br />(.'() <br />Ul <br /> <br />FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT <br /> <br />In 1962, Congress authorized the Fryingpan-l\rkansas Project <br /> <br />which effects the water supply in the Colorado River Basin. <br />R,Jed.. <br />About 69,000 acre-feet of water is diverted from the '~_J1 <br /> <br />Dam and Reservoir in the Colorado River <br /> <br />T.,,, to. I <br />t"raed to the Arkansas River Basin. <br /> <br />Ba~inthough the Divide <br />, ' <br />1v~G . rv\ ~~::Lfvft,a;:?i. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~1ATER QUALITY <br /> <br />I During the consideration of legislation authorizirig these <br />thl~.(...... j}'{\J.'t.~ . <br />~projects, the matter of their effect upon the water quality of <br />I <br />Ithe Colorado River was raised by representatives of the Lower <br />Basin States. They pointed out that the diversion of water o~t <br />of the basin as well as the expansion of irrigation in the basin <br /> <br />, <br />I , <br />iwould increase the salinity of the water reaching the Lower Basin. <br /> <br />As a result of this concern, the Storage Project Act, the <br />i <br />!Fryipgpan-Arkansas Project Act, and the San Juan-Chama Project <br />I <br /> <br />IAct include language directing the Secretary of the Interior to <br />, I <br /> <br />i <br />I conduct <br /> <br />!system, <br /> <br />a study of the quality of water of ' the Colorado River <br /> <br />to appraise its suitability for municipal, domestic, <br /> <br />iipdustrial, and irrigation use, to estimate the effect of addi- <br />I <br />tional development on the remaining water available, to study all <br /> <br />, <br />:possible means of improving the quality of such water, and to <br />I . <br /> <br />report to the Congress every two years. <br /> <br />ARIZONA v. CALIFOm,IA <br /> <br />Prior to 1964, the continuing dispute between Arizona and <br /> <br />California over their respective rights to tlfe ,vaters of the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br />i <br />:Colorado River constituted an insurmountable obstacle to the <br />, <br /> <br />!paSSageOf bills to authorize construction of the Central Arizona <br />! <br />i . <br />IproJect. <br />I <br />i <br /> <br />i <br />,I <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />,.... <br />f' <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />". -- <br /> <br />I <br />J J <br />,...;, ' <br />