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<br />'.i') <br />" "7 <br /> <br />~"\. <br />.'1 <br /> <br />I <br />, <br /> <br />PAGE 4 <br /> <br />MUCH WILL BE SAID TODAY AS TO \'IHY HIE STATE OF COLORADO STRONGLY <br /> <br />ENDORSES AND SUPPORTS THE PROJECTS HI QUESTI ON. I It/TEND TO TOUCH ONLY <br /> <br /> <br />UPON A FEW OF THE ASPECTS THAT HAVE LED THE STATE TO THIS CONCLUSION. <br /> <br />FOLLOWING MY TESTIMOIN YOU vlILL HEAR IN GREATER DETAIL FROM STATE WATER <br /> <br />OFFICIALS, MEMBERS OF THE AFFECTED WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICTS AND <br /> <br />CONCERNED CITIZENS. <br /> <br />I N THE PASL PRESENT AND FUTURL COLORADO HAS HAD MID WILL CONTI NUE <br /> <br />TO HAVE TO t1AKE MANY PAINFUL DECISIotlS CONCERNHIG THE USE OF ITS LH1ITED <br /> <br />WATER RESOURCES. WE HAVE Atl ABUNDAr!CE OF PEOPLL LAflDS, MINERALS, AND <br />OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES, BUT \>JE DO tlOT HAVE Arl ABUr!DANCE OF ~JATER, <br /> <br />ESPECIALLY NOT IrJ A LEGAL SENSE. WATER IS CLEARLY THE LIMITING FACTOR <br /> <br />IN DETERMIrJHlG v/HAT WILL HAPPEn TO THE FUTURE OF THIS STATE. BECAUSE <br /> <br />THE OTHER STATES OF THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN AND MEXICO ALSO rlEED WATER, <br /> <br /> <br />COLORADO IS NOW EnTITLED TO USE ONLY ABOUT 25% OF THE COLORADO RIVER1S <br /> <br />WATER WHICH ORIGINATE IN THIS STATE. ALREADY THIS RIVER IN COLORADO <br /> <br />IS OVER APPROPRIATED THROUGH ABSOLUTE AND CONDITIONAL DECREES BY <br /> <br />SEVERAL MILLION ACRE-FEET. THERE IS A HIGHLY COtv1PETITIVE CLIrlATE TODAY <br /> <br />FOR WATER FOR AGRICULTlIRL FOR t'1UNICIPALITIES, FOR INDUSTRY, FOR <br />RECREATIONAL PURPOSES AND FOR OUR NATURAL AREAS. <br />