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<br />, ~ <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />230~~ <br /> <br />In 3Jidi ti 8n to t~~i s. thlJ!'u ar~ ls.rt:;c ar'Jas in. ~he <br /> <br />I <br />, <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Colorado Hi vor Rcsorvation, the ~1o:1aVG V:'l11 cy I 3J1d at <br /> <br />GOIne oth;:;r Taints wncrd dCY:Jlopill,1nt haG bC0.3n und.ertc:.k-;n, <br /> <br />or is~ likely to be und,,,..t,cJ:on in tho m,ar futur-" \',~ich <br /> <br />should 08 takDn into accG~t. <br /> <br />Taa above dat~ arG ~ortainly convincing t~~t no <br /> <br />lC4go ~~Ga, such as tho E~st N0S~ l~d~ wld Coa~holl~ <br /> <br />Valley can be added to tr.o irrigat:od .sccrce.go without <br /> <br />certainty of w~tor shortage, or if so added would consti- <br /> <br />tute a s"rious men~cc te th~ ~at~r supply of tho ~~esont <br /> <br />irrigat0d le.nds in the Imperial 2..nd Y'U[ll2. valleys unless a <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />large amount of stor,'.ge be :"rovi<1.ed. <br /> <br />For full clev.olopwcnt of =":1 'ehe lands that can <br /> <br />be r~ached by gr.scvity and reasonable pumping lifts on <br /> <br />tho Lowe):" Colorado Riv8!', ).?.r.5V storC:.ge :=al)C'~citY' will <br /> <br />bo re~ui.od, est~~tad at about 11,ODO,OCJ acre-foet, if <br /> <br />provided by a reservoir below the Grand Oanyon in the <br /> <br />Colore.do, <br /> <br />If sto!"a~/~ is provicled above the Canyon, <br /> <br />this must bo incrJased by at ~3ast 2,000,000 acra-foet' <br /> <br />on account of the u.~avoidablc losses due to the impossi- <br /> <br />bility 01 rogulating the flow in ~xa~t accordance v~th <br /> <br />the needs of irrigation from a r3se~voir so far distant, <br /> <br />and for other reasons. <br /> <br />This capacity can be SOlliOwn2t re- <br /> <br />. <br />