THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION GROUP PROPOSAL TO LEASE COLORADO RIVER WATER

The Resource Conservation Group, Inc. seeks to lease Colorado River wa ter to San Diego. This offer follows in the wake of the Galloway propo sal which also sought to lease Colorado River water to San Diego. Howe ver, the Galloway group could not get its proposal past the Upper Colo rado River Basin Commission. It remains to be seen whether the Resourc e Conservation Group can get the Upper Basin commissioners to see any worth in its new scheme which like its predecessor proposal is likely to generate an unfavorable response. The Upper Basin commissioners are jealous guardians of the water originally apportioned to the Upper Ba sin states under the Colorado River Compact of 1922(1) and are not lik ely to approve the Resource Conservation Group's plans. This paper exp lores the legal problems as well as the history behind the animosityto wards this proposal.