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<br />RECOMlAENDATIOFli.!. Any action which '.vUl continue the preoent status of
<br />w!\ter utili~ation in Coloraco and' defer active liti-
<br />32. gation by New 1:oxico ie deeirable.
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<br />(Z).SuggestH;to .Nel'! Mexico officials the. desirability ofco,,:"ope,rat1ve
<br />,~f~ort:an,4 a4justment'by compact rather than wasteful litiGation, and
<br />request. n:three-year truce .pending additional strea;w-flow recorda dn
<br />,B~dri;"ar.d'a',t~orough,studY,of.all reservoir poss:i~il~~ies, includ-
<br />::lng datr-siteexploratlons and costo! .constX".lction.
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<br />(S)Eventv.al eonstnlcticn' jcintly by the two states of channel r6-
<br />. placementreeervoir neer State Line on La Plata: t(f'1=ii~"" out water
<br />conflict;' supply New Mexico rights, and leave Colora:do rights un-
<br />disturbed. . .
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<br />Am1UAL' RtiN70FF,_1A FI1ATA.BIYE[t BAlill]: : Records of stream-flow at L'i Plata
<br />.C' . Bta{fons'~ill be found on pages 98-1'1.6
<br />,.'" ...., """. '. '.Oid'records at La Plata, New Mexico,
<br />vtere're-computed, and at Heepe.-",s', computed. Records of. the annual
<br />run-oH 'of, the La' Plato, Ri;'er at He.Jperus only covet seven years, and
<br />,uI'll' of to'a shoi'ta'podod to deduceareliabla mean:'anl"..lal discharge.
<br />Using'these reco'i-dil in conjunCtion with thc(annual run-off graph of
<br />the: Alli~lIlsRi'i'er at ))urango, H19 't'hears ,to hllye boen e.bcut a !'lemal
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<br />." .'" .Total, run:.off ot be-sinnt Hcs)l<lX".lS I ~ ,,;-,45,,100 "
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<br />. ,,' records, Vie have in round figv.res an, '.' .' ':',," ~,.,
<br />. .... .':' e.~erage annual. flow 0('::",\44,000: "
<br />., A.nQthili-,"me.t,hod' i;hes: " . .. '. :,: ..~,::.3'7 ,000 "
<br />':i'ot:'j;~ifre~~rl,Vlewillu~l'round figures of .. 40,000 "
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<br />.',.,,,," pa~t,.te)Y. years rvn""Q tf,:.. " ,"",' :,,, ".'
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