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The Honorable Stewart L. Udall November 1, 1963 Page 3 State water Project Aqueduct" in the plan proposed for immediate authorization in order to assure that the necessary new water will be created to insure the financial solvency of works costing $475,000,000. The need for additional water supplies for our rapidly growing southern Nevada areas is so urgent that we must proceed with all diligence to obtain authorization and construction of the Southern Nevada water Supply Project. We are facing a water crisis in that area in that we are deleting a limited ground water basin about 75,000 acre feet a year. Experts have informed us that by 1967 we are in grave danger of depleting our ground water supply. If the Southern Nevada area is not to face disaster the Southern Nevada water project must be authorized in the next session of Congress. I want to make it plain that I fully endorse the principles of regional development set forth in your report to import into the water deficient areas of the Southwest water that is surplus to the needs of other areas. I take this opportunity to make available to you the leading water resource development personnel in this State to give you any and all possible assistance you desire in finalizing regional plans of development which will result in additional water supplies available to this State and the bordering states of California and Arizona. Cordially, Grant Sawyer Governor GS: dkm CC: Honorable Alan Bible Honorable Howard Cannon Honorable Walter S. Baring Mr. Hugh Shamberger Mr. Pat HeadEpson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 14,602,240 byte