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<br />WILLIAM T. DA VOREN <br />CALIFORNIA <br /> <br />The study area covers the state of California plus that portion of the Klamath River basin ex- <br />tending into Oregon. Estimates to year 2020 project a need for 45 billion gaHons per day (gross) to <br />serve a population of about 64 million. Surplus supplies in north can meet water deficiencies of south, <br />but other sources could prove to be more favorable alternatives. Population: 1965 - 19 million. <br /> <br />Lead agency: State of California, Dept. of Water Resources <br />Box 388 - Sacramento, California 95802 <br /> <br />GREAT BASIN <br /> <br />The study area of 137,000 square miles covers most of Nevada and western Utah, plus small <br />portions of Idaho and Wyoming. Agriculture, mining, tourism and manufacturing are principal indus- <br />tries. Population centers are located on the eastern and western edges of the area where water supplies <br />exist. Surface water meets most present needs, and extensive groundwater potential will assist in meet- <br />ing needs to year 2000. However, growth is expected to quadruple present urban demands by 2020, <br />requiring additional supplies. <br /> <br />Lead agency: not yet determined. (Study begins in fiscal year 1969.) <br /> <br />UPPER COLORADO <br /> <br />The study area covers those parts of the Colorado River basin in the states of Arizona, Color- <br />ado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah above Lee Ferry, Arizona, plus the Great Divide closed basin of <br />Wyoming. Mining, agriculture and tourism are principle industries. Present water consumption is esti- <br />mated at 2.6 billion gallons per day (bgd); projections for year 2020 show increased cmsumption to <br />5.1 bgd, including exports to the more populous areas of the above states. <br /> <br />Lead agency: Upper Colorado River Commission <br />355 So. Fourth St. - Salt Lake City, Utah 8411 I <br /> <br />LOWER COLORADO <br /> <br />The study area covers almost all of Arizona and parts of western New Mexico, southern Neva- <br />da and southern Utah. The economy is based on manufacturing, tourism, mining, livestock and farm- <br />ing in that order. Total present water requirements exceed surface supply, and ground-water over- <br />draft is estimated at 2.6 billion gallons per day (bgd). The present deficiency will increase by year <br />2020, assuming no change in net acreage irrigated. <br /> <br />Lead agency: U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation <br />Box 427 - Boulder City, Nevada 89005 <br /> <br />I would like to close this with some PERSONAL observations, and I underline the adjective <br />"personal". <br /> <br />I. In the present Legislative stalemate over the Colorado River, the Framework study is the only <br />truly regional water and related land planning in motion in the Pacific Southwest. <br /> <br />2. It is successful, I believe, because the major federal water agencies and the States want it to be <br />successful. Nature abhors a vacuum - and so do water people. A very deliberate effort has been <br />made to involve the basin States directly in the Framework planning work. In fact, a State and <br />an Interstate Commission are the designated lead agencies in two of our three activated sub- <br />region studies - the Upper Colorado Basin and California. And many of us hope that State <br />leadership can be provided for our Great Basin study when it gets underway. Incidentally, at <br />the last meeting of the staff of the Coordinated Planning Subcommittee, eight of the 17 <br /> <br />-35- <br /> <br />