WSP11373

• File Number: 8042.A
• Description: Section D General Studies - Other States
• State: AZ
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 11/17/1960
• Author: AZ Interstate Stream
• Title: Thirteenth Annual Report of the Arizona Interstate Stream Commission - July 1 1959 to June 30 1960
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

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3. Re-define the authority of the Secretary of the
Interior in connection with water resource
projects.
4. Amend the Federal Power Act in connection
with the issuance of licenses.
5, Make studies of the relationship of water re-
source activities to the national interest.
6. Establish a national wilderness preservation
system,
7. Provide for Federal assistance in connection with
non-Federal projects to supply water for munici-
pal and industrial purposes,
8. Establish criteria for determining the feasibility
of proposed reclamation projects.
9, Establish a program of weather modification in
the Colorado River Basin,

VII. Soil and water research.
The Commission is charged with the responsibility
to investigate proposals and acquire and disseminate in-
formation pertaining to the use of water of interstate
streams. In this connection. water-use research plays an
important role. '
The Chairman of the Stream Commission has for
some veal'S served on the Soil and Water Research Com-
mittee of the Natior",1 Reclamation Association, one of
the most active groups promoting water research.
The Chairman of the Commission also serves as
Chairman of the U.s. Department of Agricultnre's Soil
and Water Research Committee,

VIII. New projects.
The Commiesion has and will maintain an active
interest in new projects, such as the recently completed
Painted Rock Dam on the Gila River, the Whitlow Ranch
Dam presently under construction on Queen Creek and
the proposed Buttes Dam, Charleston Dam and Camels
Back Dam, The Commi'SlOn participated in hearings to
obtain appropriations for the first of these projects,

IX. Indian water uses.
The activities of the Colorado River Indian Tribes
have made it necessary for the Stream Commission to
formulate policies pertaining to Indian uses, The con-
clusion of the Colorado River lawsuit will bring into
focus this and other Indian problems, especially those
relating to Upper Basin uses in northeastern Al'Izona.

X. Sta te boundary.
The Chairman of the Stream Conlmission is an ex
officio mem be)' of the Arizona-California and Arizona-
Nevada Bounda)'y Commissions, by provision of the law
setting up those Commissions. Tbis involves meetings with
the Boundary Commissions of California and Nevada and
the use of engineering and legal staffs for negotiation
of compacts and ultimate passage of legislation by the
respective States and the Congress.