WSP09662

• File Number: 8210.120
• Description: Colorado River Basin States Committee ‎(AKA Colorado River Compact Commission)‎
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 9/15/1952
• Author: CRBSC
• Title: Proceedings of the Meeting of the Colorado River Basin States Committee
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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for the power generation. I
Well, I don't know Mho is going ro pay for that. W,
were told that under this contract, any adqitiotial work that
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would have to go in there for the powerwo~ld be paid for by
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the Imperial Irrigation District. Naturally, the Yuma peope
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don I t want to pay for it; they aren't going to be benefitea.,

by it.

Another question is the
When they back that water up and

ques tion :of
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opera te tt\a t

silt oontrol.

to hold that

water baok to generate power, to produoe t~at power head,
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they are going to deposit a lot of silt in :the oanal. The
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outlet for the Yuma Valley Water Users Asso:oiation is on the
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bottom of the oanal, and up about where the: silt will aooumu-
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late pretty gOOd. You know Whl~t is going to happen out there;
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if they open up the gate at the bottom they: will take all the
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silt from the canal and it oould easily OOSlt them fifty, sixty
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or a hundred thousand dollars a year, whioh: on a 50,000 aore
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projeot the boys will holler about.

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We were told that will be taken care of. As far as
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we know, those things haven't been taken oare of.
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CHAIRMAN STONE: An effort is stitl.l being made?
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MR. MOEUR: We are still trying tp get them done but
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they haven't been done yet.

OHAIRMAN STONE: If there is no
anything further that Mr; Moeur wishes to

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f:urther report or
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offer on that
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i~ better able to

Imperial Irrigation Distriotoontraot--he

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report on that than anyone beoause Arizona has irrigation
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