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nf"'l': ~I ,,0"'- 54 FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO Mr. Chairman, I ha"e submitted two resolutions, as I stated in the beginning, to this committee, one to study the salt content of the Colorado River, which is Rothing new. I was just reading the text of the Boulder Canyon Project AdjustmeRt Act of July 19,1935. In that act $1,500,000 was diverted from the Colorado River fund to the Colorado River development fund in order to make a study and it says-- including studies of quantity and quality of water and all related facets. The people of southern California contributed that million aRd a half. Since that time the people of southern California have cORtril>- uted $7 million for the study of projects in the upper basin and the Sec- retary of the Interior just a short while ago said-here are his words "As SOOR as funds and circumstances permit" they will make these studies as to the qualit.y of wat.er in the Colorado River. I cannot understand, Mr. Chainuan, while the money was prodded as early as 1940 and the Department was directed again in 1956 in the Colorado River storage project to make that study, why we have not. rer".ived any report as to any sl.udies that have been made. I think that is ex- tremely important. After all, this project is going t.o use water out of the Colorado River Basin and we in the lower basin are definitely interested in the qualitv of water which We receive. I know Ron. Clair 'Enrrle, the forme,. chairman of t.his committee, made a statement. in El Cent.ro, Calif., in which he said, "You people are entitled to water which you can use." I know. Mr. Chairnlan. t.hat yon a.nd my colleague from Colorado, .Tl1rlge Chenowet.h, and rri~'seIf conducted studies in my district. for 2 days. IVe held exhaust.ive hear- ings and yon were kind enough to go out in t.he fields find make per- sonal observations of whate,'cr was being done in the a.rea. becfluRe of the high salt. content. of the Colm"ado nfver wflter we ft'cci\'ed. Mr. CHENOWETH. Will the gentlemaR yield! Mr. SAUND. Yes. Mr. CHENOWETH. It was not the salt content of the river water. It was the salt content of the laRd which they were trying to get rid of, as I recall. Mr. SAUND. No. Mr. CHENOWETH. They were using Colorado River water to wash away the salt content of the land iR order to prod nee crops. Mr. SAUND. With all due respect, I will say to my colleague from Colorado, the purpose of that study was to study the salt content of the Colorado River and its effects. Me. CHENOWETH. Will the gentleman yield further! Mr. SAUND. I am sorry. Mr. Chalrman, the members of this committee are not going to be supplied with copies of those hearings becaus" those hearings were never printed. And then this year I int.rodueed a resolution requesting the ehnir- man to make a study of the quantity of water amIlable III the Colo- rado River. Any man wit.h commonsense will know that before you cun dra.w water from R system it. is absolutely pertinent to find out how much wn.tC',r there is and what kind of water there i~ for every- body. Why has that not been possible! Why has it not been done 1 Why is it not important-t.ho quantit.y and quality of water from whieh we are going to drawl I do not like the way this project is .