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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8220.114.C
Description
Dolores Participating Project
State
CO
Basin
San Juan/Dolores
Water Division
7
Date
3/21/1977
Title
Statements of Governor Lamb and Felix Sparks to a Legislative Committee - March 21-1977
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />'c~ <br />'(I:lir~} <br /> <br />trapsmission of water to the Lower Basin states through almost a <br /> <br />thousand miles of winding riverbeds. <br /> <br />It is incredible that those who should know better in Colorado <br /> <br />disparage our agricultural industry. Perhaps they'are unaware of' the <br /> <br />fact that the agricultural industry of Colorado produces a gross income <br /> <br />of almost twice that of the state of Arizona on an average annual <br /> <br />basis. While there may be some in Colorado who wish to sell our birth- <br /> <br />right to Arizona and California, I am convinced that the majority of <br /> <br />our people do not share this perverted desire. I have no quarrel with <br /> <br />either the Central Arizona project or the use of Colorado River water <br /> <br />in the Imperial and Coachella Valleys of California. But I have <br /> <br />considerable quarrel with misguided citizens of the state of ColoradO <br /> <br />who would sell this state down the river. My admonition to them is -- <br /> <br />Weep not for Arizona and California, for those states will take care <br /> <br />of themselves. <br /> <br />The Dolores project is unique among Colorado reclamation <br /> <br />projects in that a common pressure sprinkler system will be installed <br /> <br />for the newly irrigated areas. This system will greatly conserve <br /> <br />water and will reduce the erosion of soils. It is a system which <br /> <br />already has been successfully installed on the Navajo Indian reserva- <br /> <br />tion immediately south of the Dolores project area. This system will <br />permit the.dryland farmers to diversify their crops in an area now <br />exclusively devoted to wheat and pinto beans. The Dolores project <br />area has one of the longest growing seasons of ,any area in Colorado. Its <br /> <br />-5- <br />
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