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23i9 M,'. HALEY. Will any of t.his water serve the Air Academy at Col- orado Springs? . Mr. PAUlER. Mr. Ogilvie, will it.? I do not thiRk it will. Mr.OGII.VIE. There is water scheduled for Colorado Springs. The additional water scheduled for Colorado Springs is necess"ry as "- result. of anticipated futnre growth in Colomdo Springs. Mr. Cm:NowETH. 'Vill the gentleman yield? Mr. HALEY. Yes. Mr. CHENOWETH. I wish to say ,the water for the Air Academy has been token care of very adequ:1tely and that tJ,i, proie~t, as Mr. Ogil- vie said, provides a water supply for the future growth and develop- ment of the area, not for the Air Academy specifically. The water needs of thc Air Academy are taken care of at t,his time. :Mr. HALEY. Is the reason YOll h,l\"t' a shortnge of water out. there now, Mr. Palmer, because of the consulllption of water by t.he Air Academy at. Colorado S pri ngs ? Mr. P.\LMER. Do you want to comment. on t.hat, Mr. Ogih'ie? Mr. OGlI.VIE. Cert.ainly you cannot. soy the Air Academy has not had sOllie efl'pet, bec<lllse. allY illlmediate use of water there would hasten the duy when future additional requirements would be necessary. :Mr. ;\SPl~M.L. ",Vill t.he gentlf'.fllan yield? Mr. }hLEY. Yes. :Mr. ASPINALL. I t.hink my colleag'lIe is perfect.ly in order in asking this question. Now the faets of t.he case are, 118 I understand them, the wnter which slIpplii?'s the Air .Ac::l.rlemy is wnter which is brought hy anut,hf'r t.ransmol1nta.in oiversinn from the Blue River transmOl1n~ tain diversion "hidl has heen paid for wholly by the people of the eity of Colomdo Springs, and that. that. diversion was necessary before the Academy coul(l be guaranteerl its ',"ateI'. The water that is to be transported through this is to take care of any ot.her natural growth that comes to that. areft. Is that not right, !\Ir. Ogilvie? ~fr. OOIl.\"IE. Tllat. is correct. ~Ir. Chairm;111. Mt.. HAl.Ey. Of course, t.he chairman of t.he full committee knows what I am driving at hel'e, nnd that \\'a:-:, in appearances before tbe commit.tee of the Congress, it was repeatedly st.ated by t.he people of that. section of t.he Nflt.ion ant there that for t.he building of the Air Academy at Colorado Sprin.!!s you had alllple water there, that there would never be a shortag:e t.here in t.he foreseeable future. I think that is the stat.ement, miybe not. verbat.im, but I think that. was t.he substance of it. I just do not "Want this to ha.ng on the fact that hel'~ )7()U have suddenly come up with <t shol'taul'. of water out there. EIther you We.l'e. wi'ong in testifying when -.the Air AC1\de,my was before. . the Con:;ress or you are wrong now. ~fi'. CHENOWETI.I. 'Vill thegentlcman yield fnrther? !\Ir. HALEY. I ywlll. Mr. CIlENOWETH. To clarify that a litt.le further for t.he gentleman from Florilb,. I wi:-.;h to state'to t.he gentleman t.hat. t.he FI'yinapan- Arkansas prolect. W:;1S conceived of long before there was any idea of getting the Air Force AC,~)ny in Colorado or even before there was any ~ention of such an 3.C'. . ~h1Y. So this project was not designed to provlde water for the All' orce Academv, As the chairman of the full committ.ee has st.ated, the city of Colo'rado Springs has been very FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO 37 ~. /1;;