San Luis Unit, Central Valley Project, California: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States-Senate, Eighty-fifth Congress, Second Session, on S. 1887, a Bill to Authorize the Secretary of the Interior to Construct the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project, California, to Enter Into an Agreement with the State of California with Respect to the Construction and Operation of Such Unit, and for Other Purposes. March 17 and 18, 1958

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Page 43 - Interior* under said plans shall be governed by the Federal Reclamation Laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto...
Page 146 - I am vice chairman of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
Page 6 - Act which authorized — * * * the Secretary of the Interior to construct the San Luis unit of the Central Valley project, California, to enter into an agreement with the State of California with respect to the construction and operation of such unit, and for other purposes.
Page 128 - SEC. 2. Now, therefore, it is hereby resolved by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Kern, State of California, as follows: 1. That this board of supervisors does hereby...
Page 50 - State to receive a water supply, outside of the Federal San Luis unit service area described in the report of the Department of the Interior, entitled "San Luis Unit, Central Valley Project,
Page 44 - ... if a nonreimbursable allocation to the preservation and propagation of fish and wildlife has been made as provided in section 2 of the Act of August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1080, 16 USC 662...
Page 101 - I would like to state our position, in general, with respect to the State Feather River project, on which you have already received much testimony and which is repeatedly referred to in our own remarks. Primarily, we fully support the earliest possible construction, by the State, of the Feather River project, including the dam and reservoir at San Luis Creek, which is authorized by the State as the initial unit of the California water plan. The Feather River project, when constructed, will develop...
Page 85 - The chief obstacle to the survival and prosperity of agriculture within this area is the rapid depletion of its underground water supply. The average well will range from 1,500 to 2,000 feet in depth, with a water table of nearly 475 feet in depth today, as opposed to some 250 feet 15 years ago. The deep well turbine pumping installations in these wells require from 150 to 250 horsepower motors to lift water from this great depth. The total cost of well and pump installations range from $50,000 to...
Page 3 - SEC. 4. In constructing, operating, and maintaining a drainage system for the San Luis unit, the Secretary is authorized to permit the use thereof by other parties under contracts conforming generally to the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws with respect to irrigation repayment or service contracts and is further authorized to enter into agreements and participate in construction and operation of drainage facilities designed to serve the general...
Page 57 - January 1, 1962, and if, after consultation with the Governor of the State, the Secretary determines that the prospects of reaching accord on the terms thereof are not reasonably firm, he may proceed to construct and operate the San Luis Unit in accordance with section 1 of this Act: Provided, That, if the Secretary so determines, he shall report thereon to the Congress and shall not commence construction for ninety calendar days from the date of his report (which ninety...

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