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<br />.,. <br /> <br />....,... ......... <br />~'::;VJ <br /> <br />29 <br /> <br />available for irrigation in the upper valley. Tho most <br /> <br />feasible sites occur at points whe.e this ~~uld be an <br /> <br />objection to such use, because it qould 13ave ~, <L~ arid <br /> <br />state lands that might otherw1se be irrigated in the <br /> <br />upper basin. Such a Degult would be a distinct \W1ste of <br /> <br />resources, as investigations show ~la~ there is a sufficient <br /> <br />'l.uanti ty of water to furnish an ado'l.uate supply to all <br /> <br />of the lands in the basin that Call be fea.sib~ reachGd <br /> <br />by gravity or reasonable pumping lifts. There \7111, of <br /> <br />course, be local exceptions to this ~here the areas can be <br /> <br />reached only by tributaries in>vhich the local supply ~s <br /> <br />insufficient, but this is aside from the main question. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In addition to the above waste, the regulation of <br /> <br />waters from the upper riv3r in 3Ccordance ~1th irrigation <br /> <br />needs in the lower valley would be clistinctly out of harmo~ <br /> <br />\vith the best use of these waters for power in the caqyon <br /> <br />regions whar0 th3 power resourc3s predominate. <br /> <br />In tha upper and IowaI' regions of the Colorado Basin <br /> <br />irrigation int~rests should and must predominate, although <br /> <br />power resources are very important. In the middle or c~on <br /> <br />region of the basin, power resources predominate and irrigation <br /> <br />interests are small. In general, where irrigation interests <br /> <br />are p;racticable, they should be given preference over power <br /> <br />interests and this rule re~uires storage of water in Boulder <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CaQYon, or balon, for the use of the lower valleys. <br />