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Mexican Diversion Dam (Morelos Dam)

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1408 Morelos Dam: Minute 189 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, May 12, 1948. .

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1409 Morelos Dam: Approval by the State Department, June 10, 1948, of Minute 189.

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1410 The Mexican treaty and the All-American Canal: Proposal of Imperial Irrigation District, December 2, 1947. .

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The Mexican treaty and the All-American Canal: Pilot Knob
power plant, plans submitted by Imperial Irrigation District,
January 9, 1948.

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1412 The Mexican treaty and the All-American Canal: Reply of State Department, August 4, 1948, to proposals of Imperial Irrigation District

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Map, Bureau of Reclamation, June 1931, "All-American Canal System,
Imperial Irrigation District".

-facing A620

-facing A670

Map, Bureau of Reclamation, August 1947, "All-American Canal System,
Coachella Valley County Water District”.
Map, Bureau of Reclamation, July 1938, "Lower Colorado River" facing A748
Drawing, Bureau of Reclamation, January 1940, "Bulls Head Dam-Site
C".

facing A750

-facing A906

Map, International Boundary and Water Commission, May 1948, "Colorado River-Imperial Dam to San Luis-Showing Location of Morelos Diversion Structure".

Plans, International Boundary and Water Commission, "Main Diversion Structure, Colorado River, to be Built by Mexico Under the Treaty of 1944".

-facing A906

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE BOULDER CANYON PROJECT

A. The Scope of the Boulder Canyon Project and Related Projects

The lower Colorado River, in its present stage of development, is controlled by Hoover Dam, at Black Canyon, 325 miles above the upper Mexican boundary, and its waters are impounded or diverted at seven other dams below Hoover. In order, from north to south, they are:

(1) Davis Dam,1 67 miles below Hoover Dam. This structure, under construction, will reregulate the discharges from Hoover Dam, and is one of the works contemplated by the Mexican water treaty.2 (2) Parker Dam3 (88 miles below Davis), impounding Lake Havasu, the diversion reservoir of the Metropolitan Water District's Colorado River aqueduct.*

(3) Headgate Rock Dam (14 miles below Parker), a diversion structure for the Colorado River Indian Reservation, Arizona.

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(4) Palo Verde Weir (43 miles below Headgate Rock Dam), the diversion structure for the Palo Verde Irrigation District, California. (5) Imperial Dam (90 miles below the Palo Verde Weir and 22 miles above the upper Mexican boundary), the diversion structure for the All-American Canal in California, and the Gila Canal in Arizona.

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(6) Laguna Dam (5 miles below Imperial Dam) constructed in 1909 to divert water for the Yuma project, Arizona.

(7) Morelos Dam 10 (in Mexico, about 1 mile south of the upper boundary, with its eastern abutment in Arizona). This structure,

1 See ch. XII (A).

2 See ch. XIV; appendix 1405.

See ch. XII (B).

'See ch. XII (C).

See ch. XII (E).
See ch. XII (G).

7 See ch. XI.

See ch. XII (H).
See ch. XII (I).

10 See ch. XIV; appendixes 1408, 1409.

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