Colorado River Storage Project: Letter from Assistant Secretary of the Interior Transmitting a Report on the Colorado River Storage Project and Participating Projects, Providing for the Development and Utilization of the Water and Related Resources of the Upper Colorado River Basin, Pursuant to the Federal Reclamation LawsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1954 - 332 pages |
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... sediment coming off the watersheds . Approximately one - half the total reservoir storage space to be pro- vided is for the purpose of storing sediment during the first 200 years of the life of the project . In this connection ...
... sediment coming off the watersheds . Approximately one - half the total reservoir storage space to be pro- vided is for the purpose of storing sediment during the first 200 years of the life of the project . In this connection ...
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... sediment retention , fish and wildlife conservation , and recreational opportunities will also be pro- vided . Detailed recommendations and plans to accomplish these purposes will be prepared as a part of the detailed planning for the ...
... sediment retention , fish and wildlife conservation , and recreational opportunities will also be pro- vided . Detailed recommendations and plans to accomplish these purposes will be prepared as a part of the detailed planning for the ...
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... sediment en- croachment in Glen Canyon Reservoir , would be that of aiding in meeting water deliveries at Lee Ferry . It was recognized , however , that ultimately it would be needed to assure continuous water supply for the Shiprock ...
... sediment en- croachment in Glen Canyon Reservoir , would be that of aiding in meeting water deliveries at Lee Ferry . It was recognized , however , that ultimately it would be needed to assure continuous water supply for the Shiprock ...
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... Sediment control__ Power production_ . Participating projects . 93 94 94 94 95 96 96 97 98 98 98 98 99 100 100 102 102 102 103 104 104 !!!!!! 104 105 105 106 106 107 III . Designs and estimates_ Project works and costs_ Cross 61.
... Sediment control__ Power production_ . Participating projects . 93 94 94 94 95 96 96 97 98 98 98 98 99 100 100 102 102 102 103 104 104 !!!!!! 104 105 105 106 106 107 III . Designs and estimates_ Project works and costs_ Cross 61.
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... Sediment storage requirements___ 152 Flood control storage requirements . 153 Storage requirements for water use in upper basin_ 155 Water rights .. 155 V. Power ... 156 Present development_ 156 Present power resources . 156 Present ...
... Sediment storage requirements___ 152 Flood control storage requirements . 153 Storage requirements for water use in upper basin_ 155 Water rights .. 155 V. Power ... 156 Present development_ 156 Present power resources . 156 Present ...
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acre-feet acres allocated annual Arizona authorization benefits Bureau of Reclamation capacity central Utah project coal Colo Colorado River account Colorado River Basin Colorado River compact Colorado River storage Colorado River system construction costs Creek Cross Mountain Curecanti Dam and reservoir drainage basin Echo Park elevation energy estimated facilities Federal feet fish and wildlife Flaming Gorge Flaming Gorge Reservoir Glen Canyon Reservoir Gray Canyon grazing Green River Gunnison River Indian initial Interior investigations irrigation projects kilowatt-hours kilowatts land Lee Ferry located lower basin ment Mexico mineral mining National Monument National Park Service operation participating projects period power revenues powerplant production project and participating project reservoirs proposed recommended recreational region reservoir area River storage project San Juan River Secretary sediment Shiprock Split Mountain stream studies tion upper basin upper Colorado River upper drainage basin upstream utilization water supply Whitewater Wyoming Yampa River
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Page 99 - Basin" means those parts of the States of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah within and from which waters naturally drain into the Colorado River system below Lee Ferry, and also all parts of said States located without the drainage area of...
Page 70 - Lee Ferry, and also all parts of said States located without the drainage area of the Colorado River System which are now or shall hereafter be beneficially served by waters diverted from the System below Lee Ferry. (h) The term "domestic use...
Page 216 - An act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes," approved August 25, 1916, 39 Stat.
Page 47 - Act, in constructing, operating, and maintaining the units of the project herein and hereafter authorized, the Secretary shall be governed by the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902; 32 Stat. 388 and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) to •which laws this Act shall be deemed a supplement SEC.
Page 301 - Subject to the provisions of this compact, water of the Colorado River system may be impounded and used for the generation of electrical power, but such impounding and use shall be subservient to the use and consumption of such water for agricultural and domestic purposes and shall not interfere with or prevent use for such dominant purposes.
Page 40 - Wyoming for their views and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 887), and...
Page 99 - Colorado River Basin" means all of the drainage area of the Colorado River System, and all other territory within the United States of America to which the waters of the Colorado River System shall be beneficially applied. (c) The term "States of the Upper Division" means the States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
Page 100 - ... (g) In the event of a desire for further apportionment as provided in paragraph (f) any two signatory States, acting through their Governors, may give joint notice of such desire to the Governors of the other signatory States and to the President of the United States of America, and it shall be the duty of the Governors of the signatory States and of the President of the United States of America forthwith to appoint representatives, whose duty it shall be to divide and apportion equitably between...
Page 101 - The Commission shall determine the quantity of the consumptive use of water, which use is apportioned by Article III hereof, for the Upper Basin and for each State of the Upper Basin by the inflow-outflow method in termg of man-made depletions of the virgin flow at Lee Ferry, unless the Commission, by unanimous action, shall adopt a different method of determination.
Page 29 - Colorado; and Whereas such reports have been made and the conference committee has reported to the board; and Whereas in a further effort to reconcile conflicting views as to the use of Colorado River water without the natural basin in Colorado the board did on December 30...