Protection and Development of Lower Colorado River Basin: 1922-1923 |
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... feet of water , as shown by meas- urements taken in the years 1899 to 1920 , inclusive . The problems arising from the use of this river have been for many years the subject of much discussion and specula- tion . They relate principally ...
... feet of water , as shown by meas- urements taken in the years 1899 to 1920 , inclusive . The problems arising from the use of this river have been for many years the subject of much discussion and specula- tion . They relate principally ...
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... feet in height having a capacity of about 24,000,000 acre- feet . The upper 5,000,000 acre - feet of this capacity could be utilized principally for flood control , and incidentally for irrigation and power , 14,000,000 acre - feet of ...
... feet in height having a capacity of about 24,000,000 acre- feet . The upper 5,000,000 acre - feet of this capacity could be utilized principally for flood control , and incidentally for irrigation and power , 14,000,000 acre - feet of ...
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... feet to about 20,000 second - feet and as it falls it becomes an engineering problem how to get the water out of the river without some control or diversion works . We have no diversion works in the river at our in - take . We simply ...
... feet to about 20,000 second - feet and as it falls it becomes an engineering problem how to get the water out of the river without some control or diversion works . We have no diversion works in the river at our in - take . We simply ...
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... feet is the duty of water per acre per year ; three times 2,000.000 would be 6,000,000 acre - feet annually of water . The average annual run - off of the river at Bowlder Canyon is 17,500,000 acre - feet . This dam would have a storage ...
... feet is the duty of water per acre per year ; three times 2,000.000 would be 6,000,000 acre - feet annually of water . The average annual run - off of the river at Bowlder Canyon is 17,500,000 acre - feet . This dam would have a storage ...
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... feet deep , showing that it has been carried in there in great quantities and over long periods of time . The river now is trying to break back into the Imperial Valley . It did break through in 1905-6 . Its break into Bee River in 1908 ...
... feet deep , showing that it has been carried in there in great quantities and over long periods of time . The river now is trying to break back into the Imperial Valley . It did break through in 1905-6 . Its break into Bee River in 1908 ...
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acre-feet acres all-American canal amount Angeles appropriation Arid Lands Arizona BACON BARBOUR bond Boulder Canyon Dam Boulder Canyon project built Calif cent Colorado River Basin Colorado River Commission Committee on Irrigation Congress construction cost CRISWELL DAVIS Diamond Creek diversion electric engineers farm feet flood control flood waters flow Gila River Girand Glen Canyon HAYDEN hereby HOODENPYL horsepower House of Representatives hydroelectric power Imperial irrigation district Imperial Valley interest Interior Irrigation of Arid Laguna Dam Laramie LEATHERWOOD Lee Ferry levees LITTLE Los Angeles lower Colorado River menace ment Mexican Mexico miles NICKERSON Phil Swing possible Poudre power development present problem Professor DURAND proposed purpose question railroad RAKER Reclamation Service reservoir rock Salton Sea second-feet Secretary HOOVER silt SINNOTT SMITH of Idaho southern California storage stream supply SWING tion tributaries United Utah water rights Wyoming Yuma County Yuma project
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Page 38 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 39 - ... 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 144 - War; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War prior to beginning the same...
Page 38 - All patents granted, or preemption or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.
Page 1 - 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 38 - ... and such right shall not exceed the amount of water actually appropriated, and necessarily used for the purpose of irrigation and reclamation...
Page 144 - States is hereby prohibited ; and it shall not be lawful to build or commence the building of any wharf, pier, dolphin, boom, weir, breakwater, bulkhead, jetty, or other structures in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, navigable river, or other water of the United States, outside established harbor lines, or where no harbor lines have been established, except on plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War...
Page 144 - It shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor or refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of the Army prior to beginning the same.
Page 3 - There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and accomplish the purposes of this Act.
Page 148 - This is to certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution adopted...