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Toward this end you will be interested in, progress we have made this past . year. You may recall I reported last year on five Army Engineer projects. in which advance planning was being done prior to initiation pf construction. This year we have received funds to start'construction of two of those projects - Alamo Reservoir on the Bill Williams River in Arizona, and a local flood protection project for the city of Tucson. We are authorized to construct six other major improvements in the Colorado River basin and advance planning is being conduct- ed this fiscal year prior to initiation of that construction. Pre-construction plan- ning continues on the following three projects which I mentioned last year -- l. Local flood protection for the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. 2. Clearing of the Salt and Gila River channels from Granite Reed Dam, east of Phoenix, to Gillespie Dam on the Gila River, in Arizona. :3. Middle Gila River channel clear- ing from Upper Safford Valley to Buttes damsite, Arizona. Three new projects have been added to the pre-construction planning program. They are: Levees along the lower Gila River to protect irrigated. lands in the Welton-Mohawk irrigation district, Arizona. Camelback Reservoir on the Gila River in Arizona. Pinal Creek channel improvements for the protection of Globe, Arizona. We currently have eight flood control investigations under way in the basin. These investigations are: (1) Animas River, Golorado and New Mexico. (2) Willow Creek and Price River, Utah. (3) Mill and Pack Creeks, Moab, Utah. (4) Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona, (5) Wilcox, Arizona. (6) Winslow, Arizona. (7) Santa Rosa Wash, Arizona. (8) Indian Bend Wash, Arizona. Of these investigations, the reports Wash, Arizona, are nearing completion. scheduled for completion this year. on Winslow, Arizona, and Indian Bend The report on Santa Rosa Wash is In addition, an investigation is currently under way to determine the feasi- bility of constructing a small-craft harbor on the Colorado River at Blythe. A reconnaissance report on this investigation is !scheduled for completion this year. And speaking of navigation, during the past fiscal year, the District Engi- neer at Los Angeles has issued 23 permits for structures affecting navigation on the navigable reaches of the Colorado River. Six permits have been issued so far this fiscal year (as of November 1962) and two others are pending, Our present study of safety problems ha~ become increasingly important because of the increased boat traffic on the lower Colorado River. In collabora- tion with the Colorado River Board for Boating Safety we are in the process of formulating uniform safety regulations for navigation on the lower Colorado River. Funds have been made available again this year for the continuation of flood-plain information studies. We expect to complete four studies for streams near Phoenix, in Maricopa County this fiscal year. These studies are being made under the authority contained in Section :206 of the 1960 Flood Control Act and are for the purpose of providing interested local planning agencies with information to serve as a basis for planning t1~e use of flood plains. . In our continuing program of coordinatiqn with other Federal agencies our effort is directed toward optimum development of the water resources of the Colorado River Basin. For example at the following Bureau of Reclamation projects we have developed, or are in the process of developing, flood control operating procedures in conjunction with their operation for water conservation - 22 - . I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I