WSP08907

• File Number: 8507
• Description: Rio Grande Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Date: 8/12/1933
• Title: Synopsis of Engineering Report on Interstate Phases of Rio Grande River and Proposed Sump Drain and State Line Reservoir
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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