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<br />I ~ <br /> <br />-11-:- <br /> <br />.. . <br />.' . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />" <br />. <br /> <br />As a result of erroneous information and inadequate study, the governor and the <br />" legislature of Colorado have entered into a course of action which could eventually <br />result in serious damage to the well-being of the state and its inhabitants. It would <br />unquestionably be in the best interests of all of the upper basin states to maintain <br />the level of Lake Powell at some point considerably below the 3700-foot mark. <br /> <br />Therefore, it is recommended that the state of Colorado: <br /> <br />(a) Immediately withdraw its intervention into the case in question, and <br />(b) Initiate a thorou~h study, to be conducted by competent water consultants, <br />of all factors involving the effects on Colorado of maintaining certain water levels <br />in Lake Powell, and to determine an optimum level which will be in the best interest <br />of the state and its people. <br /> <br />References: <br /> <br />(1) Colorado Water Congress Newsletter, ~, 1 (Jan. I, 1971) <br /> <br /> <br />(2) "Rainbow Brid;1e and Lake Powell - A Study in, Values''', Upper Colorado <br /> <br />River Commission <br /> <br />(3) "Water Yield and Reservoir Storage in the United States", U.S. Geolo- <br />gical Survey Circular 409 (1959) <br /> <br />'(~) Dallas Cole, Chief Engineer, Colorado River Board of California, quoted <br />in Boulder City News, Boulder City, Nevada, Jan. 4, 1965 <br /> <br />(5) Denver Post, Jan. 31, 1971 <br /> <br />(6) "Public Wo;.^ks for Water, Pollution Control" and Power Development and <br />Atomic Energy Commission Appropriations", 9lst Congress, 2nd Session, <br />Part 2, p. 853, <br />