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<br />.' <br /> <br />1I1l'. HOOvirt: Thl,t ''130,(00 ,"cres lie on the ",astern slope <br />and 1,495,000 ucres lie on the \C!et>tern slope "s to f'uture <br />irrigable lands? <br />Mr. McCU~~: Yes, sir. <br />liJl'. HOOVEEl: He stated, "Using an average consulaptive use <br />of wate2 of 1.3 acre feet per ac~e per yeer for such weste~n <br />slope lands, you have a future net demand on the Colorado <br />River of ebout two nillion acre feet11? <br /> <br />e) <br /> <br />Mr. McCUN~: Yes, sir. <br />Mr. HOuVER: And that to this for the eastern slope should <br />be added. epproximately 500,000 QCl'e-feet; o~ -cpo ~i1d c half <br />million acre-fbet in ell? <br />Mr. McGUNk: Yes, sir. <br />Mr. HOOVER: And he further stcted as follows: "Subtrnot <br />for future Color&do consumption a ~ound figure of 2,500,000 <br />2_cre-feet cnnu211y f:'om the total averate [,nnual unused supply <br />of 11,000,000 acre-feet now passing to the Colorado River, the <br />lower riv~r supply, furnished by CJlorado styecms will be <br />reduced to 8,500,000 acre-feet, whioh it> 70 pe~ oent of the <br />total supply procuoed by Colorado mountains west of the crest <br />of the Continental Divide"? <br />Mr. ~cCUH~: Yes, sir. <br />Mr. HOOVER: Will that b", the p~i~D.~y foundation for a <br />watel' sllppl;V fo~ th'3 l'ive~ below to the Boulder' dam? <br /> <br />.> <br /> <br />D <br />