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<br />'. <br /> <br />on account of snow conditions, and during the short five <br />months diverting seeson only a portion of the flow can be <br /> <br />diverted on account of d~ily peak flows. <br /> <br />Trans-mountain water dive~sions are not an innovation <br /> <br />in eithe~ irrigation or municipal water supplies. It has <br />been common practice in the Western States to convey waters <br />f~om a source of surplus supply to areas with a ~tilized or <br /> <br />deficient natu:ral water supply, and it has Deen universally <br /> <br />practie.ed th:roughout the world where irrigation is practiced, <br /> <br />except in countries whe~e riparian rights prevail. <br /> <br />'.' <br /> <br />NOTE: Statements made heroin are based on sixteen <br />months' special field and office' studj of the <br />Colorado portion of the Colo:rado Rive~ Basin by <br />the State Engineer's Office and the Attorney <br />Gene~al's Department. Five wonths' time was spent <br />in the field examining proposed irrigation p:rojects, <br />irtigable lands, rese~voir sites and related matters. <br />In addition, all available data have been d~awn <br />u:Jon includin,: stream flow reco~ds of the State <br />of Colo~2do and the U. S. Geological Survey. <br />Filings cf the State Engineer's office, annual <br />re?o~ts of the Division Engineers and Wate:r Com- <br />miBsioners' re'o~ts to the state Enginee~, U. S. <br />Reclamation 3e~vice data and :reports, U. S. Census <br />Repo~ts, and priv~~e ~ecords of ir:rigation p:rojects <br />and p~oposed ?rojec-Gs. These spec ial Colo:rado <br />Hiver investigations ~e~resent an expenditure of <br />roughly *20,000. . <br /> <br />a) <br />