Colorado River Basin: Hearings, Sixty-eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 727, Parts 1-2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1925 - Colorado River |
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... increased shortages on the present area . The estimated cost of an all - American canal is $ 31,000,000 ; 400,000 acres are now irrigated in the Imperial Valley ; 100,000 acres in the irrigation dis- trict are not irrigated , and ...
... increased shortages on the present area . The estimated cost of an all - American canal is $ 31,000,000 ; 400,000 acres are now irrigated in the Imperial Valley ; 100,000 acres in the irrigation dis- trict are not irrigated , and ...
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... increase of from 15 to 20 per cent yearly in the consumption of power - Arizona , Nevada , and southern Cali- fornia generally . Senator PHIPPS . Mr. Congressman , have you any compilation of figures of what the present consumption of ...
... increase of from 15 to 20 per cent yearly in the consumption of power - Arizona , Nevada , and southern Cali- fornia generally . Senator PHIPPS . Mr. Congressman , have you any compilation of figures of what the present consumption of ...
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... $ 116,000,000 has been expended on the protective levee system , probably not a dollar of which will ever be returned to the United States Treasury except in the increased prosperity and happiness of those people COLORADO RIVER BASIN 21.
... $ 116,000,000 has been expended on the protective levee system , probably not a dollar of which will ever be returned to the United States Treasury except in the increased prosperity and happiness of those people COLORADO RIVER BASIN 21.
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... increased prosperity and happiness of those people . But on this river the flood problem can be solved , practically for all time , by the building of storage dams , and the Government will be sure of getting its money back , too . On ...
... increased prosperity and happiness of those people . But on this river the flood problem can be solved , practically for all time , by the building of storage dams , and the Government will be sure of getting its money back , too . On ...
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... increase the erosive power at low water ; and by reducing the quantity of water , as will occur to some extent by use , the quantity of sediment will be materially reduced . Senator KENDRICK . Because the flow will be uniform and not ...
... increase the erosive power at low water ; and by reducing the quantity of water , as will occur to some extent by use , the quantity of sediment will be materially reduced . Senator KENDRICK . Because the flow will be uniform and not ...
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acre-feet acres all-American canal Angeles Araz Arizona bill Boulder Canyon dam boundary built capacity CARR CHAIRMAN channel charge CHILDERS Coachella Valley Colorado River compact committee construction cost CRISWELL cubic yards DAVIS Diamond Creek diverted Doctor DURAND engineers estimated excavation feet flood control flow Glen Canyon Government Governor Gulf of California horsepower Imperial Canal Imperial irrigation district Imperial Valley interest JOHNSON of California JONES of Washington Laguna Dam lands levee Los Angeles lower basin MATHEWS MAXWELL MEAD mesa canal Mexican Mexico miles Nevada Pilot Knob power development power plant present proposed railroad Reclamation Service Representative SWING reservoir Salton Sea sand hills second-feet Secretary Senator ASHURST Senator JOHNSON Senator JONES Senator KENDRICK Senator PHIPPS Senator SHORTRIDGE silt siphon drop southern California storage tion United upper basin Volcano Lake WALSH of Montana water supply WEYMOUTH Yuma project
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Page 313 - If, as a matter of international comity, the United States of America shall hereafter recognize in the United States of Mexico any right to the use of any waters of the Colorado River System, such waters shall be supplied first from the waters which are surplus...
Page 51 - Canyon adequate to create a storage reservoir of a capacity of not less than twenty million acre-feet of water and a main canal and appurtenant structures located entirely within the United States...
Page 27 - It is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction.
Page 313 - Lower Basin" means those parts of the States of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah within and from which waters naturally drain into the Colorado River System below Lee Ferry, and also all parts of said States located without the drainage area of the Colorado River System which are now or shall hereafter be beneficially served by waters diverted from the System below Lee Ferry. (h) The term "domestic use...
Page 242 - There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums of money as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Page 58 - That nothing in this Act shall be construed as modifying in any manner the existing contract, dated October 23, 1918, between the United States and the Imperial Irrigation District...
Page 3 - Corps during the war with Germany, the war with Spain, or in the suppression of the insurrection in the Philippines, and who have been honorably separated or discharged therefrom or placed in the Regular Army or...
Page 313 - In addition to the apportionment in paragraph (a) the Lower Basin is hereby given the right to increase its beneficial consumptive use of such waters by one million acre-feet per annum.
Page 313 - System above Lee Ferry, and also all parts of said States located without the drainage area of the Colorado River System which are now or shall hereafter be beneficially served by waters diverted from the system above Lee Ferry. (g) The term "Lower Basin...
Page 3 - Interior, such lands shall be opened for entry, in tracts varying in size but not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the provisions of the reclamation law, and any such...