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<br />~~LAC~ STCr~~: In no~~l ya~rs thera are considerable yo~umes of
<br />., unu6ed wa-;;er, couGiating of i/into~flo';, 6pring
<br />21. ,:; . : '.., ,floods from ano,7 " arid 'g'.ur.:ner: flooda: iror.\' occasional
<br />rains-, whichpa6il down tho La na.ta Rivar unailed to the San Juan
<br />River. I,Suitable ,. though costly, channsl sites exist near the State
<br />Line ill.Co.lorado on the La Plata.. whosa' physical locations are' such
<br />that they can supply' all Nil'll Mexico ditches with storage water.
<br />Their poei~ions are strategic in that a reservoir capacity of ,5000
<br />acre-het " .in' ordin'ary: years" wouid be 'tilled 'twice and conserve
<br />16jOOO 'acre"":rwt ai.J1\lally.' Replacementetorage\\'vutlij>lace l~aVi ,....
<br />Mexico-.rights on a dependable basis,and leave und~etfirbed Colorado
<br />righh.':,'l'hia appears to be the rational solution ot a vexing prob-
<br />lem, bu~ advances a'perple^ing questiv", viz., who will pay the
<br />cost: Of raservoircoMtrucHon tor replacement storage! .'
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<br />22. under'State Irrigation"Laws Colorado has encouraged settlers to
<br />locattland reolaim .land wHh La Plata wa~er. undl\r Stete Laws New
<br />t:exico has done the eame. n.-ould, appear then that each Gtaie has a
<br />moral obligation toproteo'~ Hs watsr usoro. Each cOlIllrunity if' still
<br />pione~r i11> c:'1l1racter, and land, values are not sufficient to impose
<br />the COfit onifater, u&or.s. . .The, major ccs, of reservoir eq'.lui:l.zation.
<br />should be borne by both eta tea 011 SOEle 'agreed basis accordi."lg to
<br />'.,"a benl/tite Nceivod, with, perhaps, nJ.110r as&eol>lller,ts locally
<br />lU'"ong 'l;ate::,u5~rs in both states.,.. "".
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<br />23. In reoapitulation, resorvoir sitee are available, the water sup-
<br />ply iSDUfficlont, and the .need of construction is eo great that so~e
<br />action I:llet ensue,' and the raiionalplan, Hthe ,stafes have moral
<br />obliga'l,ii'-n3,' b. to I'.:ipe out.a situaticn lor.; gro~'n acute.'
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<br />24, Assuming no immediate <>cHon 1.;y 113,.. 11z;dco, the water situation
<br />will, continue io. grow more acute ail;.;a the,e are increased acreages
<br />being 'Clcared," cropped and wat~red llnr.ually i'1 Co1ol'ado, :;.nd :rears ot
<br />10';/ l'Un~ft \']ill occur asain and ir.qq1J.ent1y~ ,.'1'his 3tatel~Gnt, however,
<br />is SUbjeCt foohe provino, vi"" tha't'lloer,ageorret'~rn \~ater3.trom"
<br />; irriga tior. in Colo rsdo ari) Gradually inc r.ealE; i,ng land Z;.ay, in . time ,
<br />,( se:~e ill,theyary driest' yeal'S) . t(lgatherwi'th ,the 'ditect flow,that
<br />e6c~pes',t.o: NiwM~x1co , improve. NeVi Jle:Xicq'righ{s;"Th1s1.smo're or
<br />less conjectural;' since diversioxi'iincl re-UlE;e 'ofsuch 'I:atera are' being
<br />,ll:2.de in c.c; J.C;I'ado and curtaile th\'l volume thatmi,;ht now rea,h New
<br />Mexico ~:~.,;'t;<; . ~~. L,-;~_ ,~~.'-" '"\,, :' -.- ~. . .: ~~. ,-: '"" - '.~- '. . -~,>:. .. "."~ . ,:, ;.~ ..;. ~;, t "}:~ ~ ~ ::--'; " ~ !.:~''-, ~: .~ .~,.~:::j
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<br />. 25. . Asiw:'niing immediat~ court 'acHo'a by New Mexico, and an adverse
<br />, ~ecision.,t<! Colorado, ih<;m Colo radoditchea '(oul(j. ha yo to, 4svelop
<br />atorag~.tU:E!r..F1.Zh.ts, farD, i.ndir~"'rehtly, ',ot,~b.h.,4ort,! lan( 110w~i:r-'-'
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