Colorado River Storage ProjectU.S. Government Printing Office, 1954 - 694 pages |
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... acres of land and bring about the generation - through its power phases of large blocks of vitally needed hydroelectric power for the five - State area . The project will enable the upper basin States to deliver 75 million acre - feet ...
... acres of land and bring about the generation - through its power phases of large blocks of vitally needed hydroelectric power for the five - State area . The project will enable the upper basin States to deliver 75 million acre - feet ...
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... acres now under irrigation . This would give our ranching and livestock industry a much - needed shot in the arm ... acres new irrigation and 300 acres of supplemental ; Lyman project , 40,600 acres of supplemental ; Eden , 11,000 acres ...
... acres now under irrigation . This would give our ranching and livestock industry a much - needed shot in the arm ... acres new irrigation and 300 acres of supplemental ; Lyman project , 40,600 acres of supplemental ; Eden , 11,000 acres ...
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... acre - feet , and the 7 - State compact of 1922 allocated 75 million acre - feet to the lower basin and obligated the upper basin to deliver that amount of water to the lower basin at Lee's Ferry in each 10 - year period . However ...
... acre - feet , and the 7 - State compact of 1922 allocated 75 million acre - feet to the lower basin and obligated the upper basin to deliver that amount of water to the lower basin at Lee's Ferry in each 10 - year period . However ...
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... acre - feet . When filled it would have a maximum water surface area of 153,000 acres and form a lake 187 miles long . It would produce annually over 3 billion kilowatt - hours and have a generating capacity of 800,000 kilowatts . It ...
... acre - feet . When filled it would have a maximum water surface area of 153,000 acres and form a lake 187 miles long . It would produce annually over 3 billion kilowatt - hours and have a generating capacity of 800,000 kilowatts . It ...
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... acre tracts , in which the Navahos may use about 40 acres for grazing . What his pastures are worth for grazing is sometimes indefinite . I have sold alfalfa for $ 4 a ton and $ 45 a ton . It is now selling for $ 25 a ton .. The price ...
... acre tracts , in which the Navahos may use about 40 acres for grazing . What his pastures are worth for grazing is sometimes indefinite . I have sold alfalfa for $ 4 a ton and $ 45 a ton . It is now selling for $ 25 a ton .. The price ...
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acre-feet acre-feet of water acres agricultural allocated annual authorization bill BREITENSTEIN BROWER Bureau of Reclamation California canal central Utah central Utah project Chairman Chama CLYDE Colo Colorado River Basin Colorado River compact Colorado River storage committee Congress conservation consumptive cost County Curecanti Denver Dinosaur National Monument Echo Park Dam economic Elephant Butte engineer farm Federal flow Glen Canyon going Green River Indian industrial interest Interior irrigation KEESEE land LARSON legislation lower basin ment Mexico million acre-feet municipal Navaho Dam operation participating projects percent power revenues present proposed Reservoir Rio Grande compact River project River storage project San Juan River San Juan-Chama project Secretary Senator ANDERSON Senator KUCHEL Senator MILLIKIN Senator WATKINS Shiprock Split Mountain statement stream tion tributaries TUDOR United upper basin upper Colorado River Valley water supply water users wilderness wildlife Wyoming Yampa Yampa River
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Page 666 - The service thus established shall promote and regulate the, use of the Federal areas known as national parks, monuments, and reservations hereinafter specified by such means and measures as conform to the fundamental purpose of the said parks, monuments, and reservations, which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment...
Page 553 - reclamation fund, to be used in the examination and survey for and the construction and maintenance of irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters for the reclamation of arid and semiarid lands in the said States and Territories...
Page 514 - The CHAIRMAN. The committee will recess until 2 o'clock. (Whereupon, at 12 : 25 pm, a recess was taken until 2 pm of the same day.) AFTERNOON SESSION (The hearing was resumed at 2 pm) The CHAIRMAN.
Page 621 - HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of a resolution adopted...
Page iv - ... is authorized and directed to investigate, plan, construct, operate, and maintain (1) public recreational facilities on lands withdrawn or acquired for the development of said project or of said participating projects, to conserve the scenery, the natural, historic, and archeologic objects, and the wildlife on said lands, and to provide for public use and enjoyment of the same and of the water areas created by these projects by such means as are consistent with the primary purposes of said projects;...
Page 620 - I hereby certify, that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution adopted...
Page 280 - October next succeeding the ratification of this compact. (e) The States of the Upper Division shall not withhold water, and the States of the Lower Division shall not require the delivery of water, which cannot reasonably be applied to domestic and agricultural uses.
Page 550 - States is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be...
Page 553 - ... to withdraw from entry, except under the homestead laws, any public lands believed to be susceptible of irrigation from said works...
Page 674 - American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, and National Council of State Boards of Engineering Examiners.