The Colorado River

"A NATURAL MENACE BECOMES A NATIONAL RESOURCE'

A Comprehensive Report on the Development of
the Water Resources of the Colorado River Basin for
Irrigation, Power Production, and Other Beneficial
Uses in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New
Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming

By THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
J. A. Krug, Secretary

SPONSORED BY AND PREPARED UNDER THE GENERAL SUPERVISION OF
THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

Michael W. Straus, Commissioner

E. A. Moritz, Director, Region 3; E. O. Larson, Director, Region 4

MARCH 1946