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<br />the Cit~] 2,1::' ~"f!ri(:ultuTll', pu;;,oses brd b0en grel'.tly over-o,e'" <br /> <br />Ie <br /> <br />veloped. The 018. irrigction systems o.long t!le rivor hc.ving <br />priority rntidcting the :{N'.r 1880, end the \'Ic.ter s\l~)pl:f neces- <br />sar~. for City oonSUllIl)tion hc.n exhc.usted the entire norm::,l <br /> <br />flow of the river. <br /> <br />lIt the beginning of the present century. when irrigl'.- <br />ti on dev<.Jlop~ol1ts offcrcd pOj)uler invcstr.wn ts ot the :public, <br />somethin!'; lil~o 300,000 ncres of' lend were l)l~ed under fleod <br />water irri&2.tion systoms, which, it wes l,roposec1 to scrve by <br />stol'ing unc,p;?roprL'.ted fJ.ood wC'.ters. Th0 SUl'l-ply c.vr.ilr,blo wr.s <br /> <br />grossly ovor-ostimo.ted r.nd this lcrgc r.crco.ge ilM~dio.toly sur- <br /> <br /> <br />row1dinG tho City, upon which over ~12,OOO.OOO wcsspent for <br /> <br />constructioi1 elono, hC'.s nc t st~ffici0nt wcter lor efficient <br /> <br />;~'"' <br />'.' <br /> <br />::>.gricult1-tr2,l opcrc.tions. even though thoro is now, tomporC',rily, <br /> <br />o.vc.i lr,ble fC'l' this c,reC', nee.rly c.ll of th c il 000. wcter sUjJ:~'ly <br /> <br />thc,t the Ci ty hc~s devoloped in Lcko Choosnc,n fer er,lOrgency use <br /> <br /> <br />end to furnish D.dditienr.l SU:9:91y tc Dee'c tho grovling domu.nds <br /> <br />of tho City. <br /> <br />The growth of tho City hC'.s new rE)t~ched D. point where it <br /> <br />must commenc0 8, ce,ntinuously incre:;,sing ccnsum:,tion of ita <br /> <br />storc,go SU1)lJly r,ncl thus decrcc.sc the Vlc.tor c,vc.ilo.blo for those <br /> <br />irriec.i;i011 systems. <br /> <br />The :problem thr.t confronts the City is not thC'.t of Se- <br /> <br />curing cdCI.itiol1cl Vlr.tor thr.t new ,,-gricu!turr.l communities mc.y <br /> <br />be develo,cd. but to seCltro sufficient ndditioncl wnter thc.t <br /> <br />the City r,:r.y grew c.nd not destroy the corm,1Unities th2-t new <br /> <br />.' <br />, , <br /> <br />D <br />