Colorado River Basin: Hearings Before the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, United States Senate, Sixty-ninth Congress, First Session Pursuant to S. Res. 320 (68th Congress, 2d Session) Directing the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, Or a Duly Authorized Subcommittee Thereof, to Make a Complete Investigation with Respect to Proposed Legislation Relating to the Protection and Development of the Colorado River Basin. October 26, 1925U.S. Government Printing Office, 1923 - Colorado River |
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... flood situation only as it affects the Imperial Valley and not as it affects other valleys and communities , nor will I discuss the bearing of silt content in flood water or the interference and lack of cooperation by either the Mexican ...
... flood situation only as it affects the Imperial Valley and not as it affects other valleys and communities , nor will I discuss the bearing of silt content in flood water or the interference and lack of cooperation by either the Mexican ...
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... flood season , the Pescadero cut was made to divert the flood water into the Pescadero Basin . A dam was con- structed across the Bee River to force the water through the artificial channel , and since that time very little flood water ...
... flood season , the Pescadero cut was made to divert the flood water into the Pescadero Basin . A dam was con- structed across the Bee River to force the water through the artificial channel , and since that time very little flood water ...
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... flood occurred , caused by an un- controlled diversion about 4 miles below the present intake . The whole river left its channel , flowed down the Alamo depression , spread over a large area , and eventually again concentrated itself ...
... flood occurred , caused by an un- controlled diversion about 4 miles below the present intake . The whole river left its channel , flowed down the Alamo depression , spread over a large area , and eventually again concentrated itself ...
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... flood fight we have been con- tinually waging , and serve only to show how impossible it is to forestall the freakish floods of the Colorado . On the river levee the greatest danger lies in the water under- mining the levee , which at ...
... flood fight we have been con- tinually waging , and serve only to show how impossible it is to forestall the freakish floods of the Colorado . On the river levee the greatest danger lies in the water under- mining the levee , which at ...
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... flood - protection costs and flood damages sustained to date are considerably in excess of the estimated cost of the pro- posed Boulder Dam . The CHAIRMAN . Does any member of the committee desire to question Mr. Pound ? If not , the ...
... flood - protection costs and flood damages sustained to date are considerably in excess of the estimated cost of the pro- posed Boulder Dam . The CHAIRMAN . Does any member of the committee desire to question Mr. Pound ? If not , the ...
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Page 639 - ... all surplus water over and above such actual appropriation and use, together with the water of all lakes, rivers, and other sources of water supply upon the public lands, and not navigable, shall remain and be held free for the appropriation and use of the. public for irrigation, mining, and manufacturing purposes subject to existing rights.
Page 636 - When the Revolution took place the people of each State became themselves sovereign, and in that character hold the absolute right to all their navigable waters, and the soils under them, for their own common use, subject only to the rights since surrendered by the Constitution to the general government.
Page 641 - Satisfactory evidence that the applicant has complied with the requirements of the laws of the State or States within which the proposed project is to be located with respect to bed and banks and to the appropriation, diversion, and use of water for power purposes and with respect to the right to engage in the business of developing, transmitting, and distributing power, and in any other business necessary to effect the purposes of a license under this Act.
Page 646 - It would not be contended that it extends so far as to authorize what the Constitution forbids, or a change in the character of the government or in that of one of the States, or a cession of any portion of the territory of the latter, without its consent.
Page 647 - The States of the upper division will not cause the flow of the river at Lee Ferry to be depleted below an aggregate of 75,000,000 acre-feet for any period of 10 consecutive years reckoned in continuing progressive series beginning with the first day of October next succeeding the ratification of this compact.
Page 413 - To him that hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Page 636 - ... no more abdicate its trust over property in which the whole people are interested, like navigable waters and soils under them, so as to leave them entirely under the use and control of private parties, except in the instance of parcels mentioned for the improvement of the navigation and use of the waters, or when parcels can be disposed of without impairment of the public interest in what remains, than it can abdicate its police powers in the administration of government and the preservation...
Page 638 - The right of the United States in the navigable waters -within the several States is limited to the control thereof for purposes of navigation. Subject to that right, Washington became, upon its organization ¿as a State, the owner of the navigable waters within its boundaries and of the land under the same.
Page 630 - Those rivers must be regarded as public navigable rivers in law which are navigable in fact. And they are navigable in fact when they are used, or are susceptible of being used, in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, over which trade and travel are or may be conducted in the customary modes of trade and travel on water.
Page 316 - System, such waters shall be supplied first from the waters which are surplus over and above the aggregate of the quantities specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) ; and if such surplus shall prove insufficient for this purpose, then the burden of such deficiency shall be equally borne by the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin...