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<br />001 n~ <br /> <br />liarch 20, 1945 <br /> <br />STlm:I'IENT OF STli.TB OF COLORJ,1J(l <br /> <br />By <br /> <br />C010rndo 1!ater Conservation Board <br /> <br />Conoerning Report on Oolorado River Basin <br />In Preparation bX...!l_~Y of Reclamation <br /> <br />1. The Report in preparntion by the Bureau of ReclaJ,1ation, United <br />sto.tes Depnrtment of Interior, dllted November 19L14, entitled, "A Compre- <br />henGive Heport on the Control. Improvement o.nd Utilization of the ,:o.ter <br />Resouroes of the Colorado River Bo.sin in ArIzona, California, Colorado, <br />lIevada, \lew He::ico, Utah and ~lyomin!>"1 has been submi-tted in -ten-tutive <br />and inoomplete form to said States for their oorrrnents and su:;cestions. <br />In its revised final form the Report is to be transmitted to Con~ress <br />for o.doption !lnd publi(H\ti on. <br /> <br />2. The Report on the Colorado River Dllsin is said to hllve been pre- <br />pared in complianoe \'lith Sec. 15. 4~ Stat. 1057. the Boulder Cnnyon 1'1'0- <br />jeot Act adoptl3d December 21. 1921:, Vlhioh authorized and directed the <br />Buroau of Reolamation lito make investigations and public reports of the <br />fennihility of projects for irrigation, ~enerlltion of eloctrio pov~r, <br />o.nd other purposes in the Stntos of Arizonll. Hevada, Coloro.do, Hew l:exico, <br />Utnh end !!yominG for the purpose of nllllcinc; such inform<ltion <lvailable to <br />said St^tes and to Congress. and of formull1tin(; a comprehensive scheme of <br />control and improvemont and utilizntion of the "",i'-,r of tho Colorado <br />River and its tributaries;" <lnd Soc. 2, 5h [jtat. "-/4, the 10ulder Canyon <br />Projoct Adjustment Aot adopted July 0, 1940. whioh o.uthorized the "con- <br />tinuation and eAtension of studies and investiG~tions by the Jureo.u of <br />Rec l(\r.\ntion for the formulation of a oomprohen:dve plan for the utiliza- <br />tion of wators of the Colorado Ri.ver system for irric;ati on. electrical <br />povler, and other pUrposes, in the str,tes of the lIppeI' Division and the <br />St"tcs of the Lowr Divioi.on. includi.nfS studios of quantIty nnd qunlity <br />of wntor and nll other rolovant fMtorn." <br /> <br />3. Other reports of the Bureau of Re<llamntion with whioh the Re- <br />port under consideration will be oompared by Congress inc ludel <br /> <br />(a) Report on llissouri lUvOl" Basin. datod April l:JI.tl-I. trans- <br />mittod to and adoptod by ConC;roGs nnd pubUsllOd as Senate Document 191, <br />78th Congress, 2d Session, - being the first of a series cf comprehen- <br />sive or bo.sin-wide reports contemplated by the lJuroau of ReolC\lu<ltion, <br />01'10 for each of the dozon or more mnjor s'broam systems or natural drain- <br /><lGe basins in the Seventeen Hestern States. <br /> <br />(b) The document entitled, "Inventory of Irrigation and Hulti- <br />1'10 Purpose Projocts ('or Conotruction in the Post Hnr period." in the <br />,r,oventeon \Ies'bern St"tes, transmitted to Congress by the Bureau cf Reola- <br />mation on June 6, 19Ltl-I' QXId publ:i.ohed as "Part 5 - Reclamn-bion. Irrigation <br />