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-5- When the Central Arizona Project gives assurance to all the people of Arizona that they are due fair and equal consideration of their personal needs for water...most certainly and enthusiastically we will promote and publicize the project and its need of state-wide unity. -Wallace E. Stone I gain want to stress that the water problems of Kingman and Mohave County, the water allocations we seek from the Colorado either in direct allocation of such or exchange, are DOMESTIC in nature. This is not water for irrigation of crops, cotton for example, as is the case in the lands to be served by the Central Arizona Project. And gentleme, there can be no doubt that the 2,500,000 acre-feet scheduled to go annually into the Central Arizona Project for Maricopa County and much of the 100,000 acre-feet for Tucson are primarily for agriculture and industry, not for domestic uses. We would like to call your attention to the following article published on July 14, 1963 in the Arizona Republic. It is interesting to note that that was two days before an emergency domestic water situation was declared in Kingman. PHOENIX WATER PLENTIFUL DESPITE DESERT AND HEAT by Ronald Van Doren If you're worried about that dripping water faucet creating a water shortage in Phoenix, forget it. Chances are the only detrimental effect will be on your checkbook, because water, next to air and sunshine, is the most readily available commodity in Phoenix. Phoenix has plenty of water, but the Summer heat and desert surroundings help us realize just how previous the water is Therefore the people of Phoenix have always insisted on long-term planning, and seldom hesitate to float new bonus to expand the water system. So at a time when the rain-drenched and river-ridden cities of the East and Midwest still suffer from water shortages, Phoenix is consuming water ata record rate. The 500,000 Phoenicians use about 40 billion gallons of water per year, or as much as a million people in Philidelphia. This is enough water to float several aircraft carriers and create a 15 square mile lake 35 feet deep. How long will this seemingly inexhaustible supply of water last? Is there a chance that the city will some day dry up and blow away? The chances are about the same as for the sun not coming up tomorrow morning, said Dario Travaini, director of water and sewers.Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 15,394,816 byte