Colorado River Storage ProjectU.S. Government Printing Office, 1954 - 694 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 72
Page 27
... complete develop- ment of the whole upper basin at one time , and not plan it piecemeal as the present bill does . Projects must be built one at a time , but they should be planned together . Since the basic law of " first in use ...
... complete develop- ment of the whole upper basin at one time , and not plan it piecemeal as the present bill does . Projects must be built one at a time , but they should be planned together . Since the basic law of " first in use ...
Page 61
... complete as it is on other projects . But so long as it was restricted as the others are , for contingent authorization , no great harm would be done . Senator ANDERSON . You say that no great harm would be done by conditional ...
... complete as it is on other projects . But so long as it was restricted as the others are , for contingent authorization , no great harm would be done . Senator ANDERSON . You say that no great harm would be done by conditional ...
Page 63
... complete authorization so far as Congress is concerned , to at least the 13 separate projects , and all that would be necessary there- after would be the appropriations of the requisite amounts of money to proceed to build them ? Mr ...
... complete authorization so far as Congress is concerned , to at least the 13 separate projects , and all that would be necessary there- after would be the appropriations of the requisite amounts of money to proceed to build them ? Mr ...
Page 75
... complete and feasibility reports are available . Such a procedure , in our opinion , will provide for the greatest possible development of the water and related resources of the upper Colorado River Basin and will offer sufficient ...
... complete and feasibility reports are available . Such a procedure , in our opinion , will provide for the greatest possible development of the water and related resources of the upper Colorado River Basin and will offer sufficient ...
Page 86
... complete all project facilities except the drains . Drains would not be completed until several years after application of water to the lands so that the actual extent of drainings works required could be determined . This statement is ...
... complete all project facilities except the drains . Drains would not be completed until several years after application of water to the lands so that the actual extent of drainings works required could be determined . This statement is ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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.