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UU19U~ -2- to the highly specialised work of cllI'rying out major RotiviUes required under the abova-deecribed water program. The staff of ~l$ Board consists largely of specialists in the field of hydroul1c engineering This state activity deals with B basic resource) it is well known that the future welfare cr Colorado 1.8 dependent upon the best utilisation of its water. The economic advancement of Colorado is limited by the liater supply available for use within the State. Sinoe six major rivers ariS8 in the State, an important part of the reeponllibil1ties of the Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board is that of protecting Colorado's share of interstate watere. This, in turn, 6lIllbrllOeS water compac't negotiations and the administration of such oompacts. At t116 present time, without addi- tional compensation, the Diractor serves as the Colorado member of the Upper Colorado River Conrmission IlJId tiS one of the three Colorado IllCIlIbere of the Arkansas iiiver Compaot J\riministration. l.Iemborship on the Upper Colorado River ::ommis!l1on requires a largo 8Illount of hie time. Broad experience in Colorado liivElr ootivities and problems and intimate knowledge of whllt con- stitutes the intrioate law of the Colorado River are required. The Upper Colorado River Commission is an active body chllI'ged, not only with the administration of the Upper Colorado liiver &sin CO;npllct of 1946, but also with an extensive plan of developnlent for the Upper Colorado River Basin. In connection wit.h the Missouri and Arkansas i(iver llasins development., the Director participates in the activities oJ: the interal!:enoy cOllllll1tt.ees est up for these basins. (The North and South Platte llivors in Colorado are I:.ributarios of the l.!issouri Baain). Aside from the Upper Colorado River Commission, the Direotor partioipates 1n the Bctivities of the Colorado River Basin States Committee whioh inoludes stat6S which are not members or the COIIDDusion. The !'ederal water development activities in Colorado are carried on principally by the Bureau of Roolam~tion and 'I:.he Corps of Army Enginsers. The State's participation, Q!DOng other thillf,s, requiros the stucl;y, rmal,ysie, and in somo cases addi tional survoys by tho 1'Jater Board start aa II buill for the preparation of official state oOllll1ll3nts. The Director is responsible for this work. Tho sise or thio dovelopment prograo in Oolorado is indicated by the fact that $)26,487.884 reprosents tho Qmount of Federal monay oxpended or authorized for appropriation ~d expenditure on Federal water development projecte in Colorado) and there have been Federal axpondttures in money appropriated for water development ill the :ltate up to the prescnt t11l1G mount- ing to $176.Jal,7J9. All but ~12.661,S6) of ~d.e lI!llount hilS beenoxpended s1 nce the oraation of the Colorado W!r~er ConservatiOn Board in 1937. In order to carry O'.J.t this proerllm, it ieneceosary for the Director to appear and repreeent the State before the c~ittees of the Congress and before various officials of the Bureau of fiecla~ation. the Corps of Army Engineers, the Bureau of ths BudJ:;et, Federal l'owcr Coal!n1ssion and the Department of Agrioul ture .