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<br />WILLIAM R. GIANELLI <br /> <br />areas of origin. No area where the water to be exported originates can be deprived of a supply which it <br />will need later. <br /> <br />Legislative guarantees to this effect and money to assis are implicit in the Burns-Porter Act <br />which financed the Project, and residents of Northern California are now convinced that they mean <br />exactly what they say. <br /> <br />Northern Californians also are now aware of the advantages to their area which have resulted <br />from the building of the Project. The addition of water-associated recreation resources has spurred the <br />growth of tourism - - - an industry which means much to the economy of the northern counties. The <br />Project's dams also have lessened, and in some cases, eliminated the threat of disastrous floods. <br /> <br />The most spectacular case in point is that of Oroville Dam which has harnessed the Feather <br />River for all time. It was only half complete when record floods came in December 1964, but at that <br />time it controlled releases to an extent which saved Marysville and Yuba City, two flourishing cities <br />below Oroville, from devastation and loss of life. <br /> <br />Local water supplies, too, have been provided by the State Water Project facilities. <br /> <br />It is apparent today that the Northern California opposition which marked the battle to auth- <br />orize the State Water Project in 1959-60 has largely evaporated. North Coastal interests, in fact, are <br />eager for rapid development of their own water supplied for export because of the benefits resulting <br />from such action. <br /> <br />All this explains why I say that California's State Water Project is truly a regional project, de- <br />veloped within California's own borders. <br /> <br />I believe that California's experience with that Project, including the sectional opposition <br />which accompanies any development involving the export of water, can be used to advantage in re- <br />gional water plans which involve several states. Interbasin water planning is obviously much more com- <br />plicated, politically as weH as from a sectional standpoint - - - but I do believe strongly that our exper- <br />ience can help achieve satisfactory solutions on a wider scale. <br /> <br />Now I will show you slides of some of the salient features of California's State Water Project. <br /> <br />-31- <br /> <br />