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<br />37 <br /> <br />. <br />.. <br /> <br />and Upper Regions might also be included because it is necessary to <br />conserve the water belOHo Now, whether it. is used for power or not <br />the depletion would be by evaporation from large reservoirs which <br />might be constructed for power purposes in the Upper Basin, That <br />might go on to a very large extent but the general statement I have <br />made is confined to irrigation. <br />Secretary Hoover (Chairman). That,. hO'lever, does imply conserva'" <br />tion of. ,IU ter? <br />Mr. Davis. Absolutely, that is the strong point--at least it is <br />the one which appeals to me the strongest and first in studying the <br />need. of Hater in the LO'ler Basin. vie .found it was far cheape.r to <br />suppty the Imperial Valley and the valleys in the Lower Colorado Hith <br />the necessary storage by reservoirs in the Upper and Green River <br />Regions "here there are favorable reservoir sites, whereas if you had <br />to put your reservoirs in the lOHer Basin you would have the silt <br />problem to deal .wi th, and the engineers proposed and contended that <br />He should not undertake any storage in the lo,ler Basin on account of <br /> <br /> <br />the silt. and the great expense involved in getting doVlll to bed rock, <br /> <br /> <br />Privately I expostulated to those gentlemen with the same reasons I <br /> <br /> <br />have now but the point stands out so clearly that viewed in the narrow <br /> <br /> <br />selfish way as it looked a few years ago it would be very much easier <br /> <br /> <br />for. the Lower Basin to provide itself "ith storage above: that seemed <br /> <br /> <br />the proper course, The difficulty ,~s that such a storage, carried <br /> <br /> <br />out and controlled in a way that would be necessary. for use, looking <br /> <br /> <br />only to the interests of the Lower Basin, Hould interfere with the <br /> <br /> <br />Upper Basin not only for irrigation but also for power development: <br /> <br /> <br />it also would greatly deplete the possibilities of power throughout <br /> <br />41 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />. <br />