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Show 74 WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER let down to the Lower Basin. This was especially true of transmountain diversions. 4 - Crsp plans gave little regard to Lower Basin interests. Engineering studies were vague and uncertain in this respect. 5 - Plans for financing of the crsp departed materi- ally from existing reclamation law. The result would be a substantial increase in the national debt. The plans constituted a subsidy on the part of the nation's tax- payers. The magnitude of the subsidy should be clearly stated and explained by the Reclamation Bureau. 6 - Glen Canyon could be built and operated on a sound financial basis, and Glen Canyon power could be readily sold in the Lower Basin. 7 - The other storage units weren't necessary in order to provide water for irrigation projects. If the Upper Basin states were concerned with having enough hold- over storage to meet commitments to the Lower Basin, then Glen Canyon Reservoir itself would suffice for half a century. 8 - Other than Glen, the cost of power produced by other proposed dams would be greater than the pro- posed selling price of the power, and therefore inter-unit subsidies would be required. 9 - The state of California believed that all new pro- jects, including its own, should qualify under sound criteria of feasibility and repayment, as a matter of national policy in the best public interest. If there had been any doubt about California's in- tentions, there could be none now. |