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<br />r I' ,-- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'~ <br />0' <br />t') <br />,- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ADDRESS BY EmlEST O. LARSON, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, REGION 4, <br />BUREAU OF RECLAl1iITION, (18TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE <br />N"T~ONAL RECLAMATI0N ASSOCIATION), IN SALT L.~.C~~~_ UT1J:i1 <br />ON r RillA Y, NOVDlBER .4, 1.?4.9, 2: 30 .!l.m.. - . (- tr:;::1t\""!:;' <br /> <br />. THE~ADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECk -:+-- . 1"~ <br /> <br />President Pcolk, distinguished guests"; and members of the National <br /> <br />Reclamation Ass~ciation: <br /> <br />It is a privilege to talk to this group because you are interested <br /> <br />in reclamation, the work that has afforded me a lifetime occupation. For <br /> <br />almost 30 years I have been dealing first-hand with water users in planning, <br /> <br />c"n~tructing, and operating reclamation projects, artl have learned t" <br />respect the ir geed judgment and integrity. <br /> Your meeting here in Salt Lake City is fortunate for Regien 4 <br />of the Bureau of Reclamation as it affords us an opportunity to focus <br /> <br />attention up"n the plan just formulated for t he future development of the <br /> <br />Upper Colorado River, a plan known as the Colorado River Storage Project. <br /> <br />I sincerely hepe I can give you a clear picture of this undertaking <br /> <br />because full development of the Upper Colorado River Basin means so much <br /> <br />to the stctes concerned and because the plan has a bearing "n many of <br /> <br />the biggest problems confronting reclamation today. <br /> <br />We are now in an era of much larger and more complex projects <br /> <br />than we have ever tackled before--the era of multiple-purpose projects. <br /> <br />Where previous projects have cost in t he millions of dollars, the <br /> <br />multiple-purpose undertaking reouired to develop further the water <br /> <br />resources of the Upper Colorad" River Basin, for examole, will cost in the <br /> <br />hundreds of millions. Yet I earnestly believe that this development and <br /> <br />the individual projects that should be tied to it are justifiable from <br /> <br />the standpoint of benefits and embody the same -)rinciples of full reoayment <br /> <br />as the many smaller, single-purpose projects of yesteryear. <br />