WSP11698

• File Number: 8210.470
• Description: Pacific Southwest Interagency Committee
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 8/6/1964
• Author: Unknown
• Title: Lower Colorado River Basin Project - Report with Individual and Minority Views - To Accompany S 1658 - Calendar Number 1267
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

THE LO~E~ COLORADO RIVERBASrN PROJECT

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respectively, diversions for the said purposes of the Central Ari-
zona unit shall be so limited as to assure the availability of water
in quantities sufficient to provide for the aggregate annual con-
sumptive use of four million four hundred thousand acre-feet
under water delivery contracts made with entities in the State
of California. The terms "consumptive use" and "main stream"
as used in this Act shall have the meanings assigned to those terms
in . the decree in Arizona against California dated March 9, 1964
(376 U.S. 340);
(c) undertake comprehensive investigations, in cooperation
with other concerned agencies to demonstrate the feasibility of
proposed development plans in maintaining an adequate water
quality throughout the basin;
(d) construct, operate, and maintain such additional works as
. shall from time to time be authorized by the Congress as units of
the project; and
(e) investigate, plan, construct, operate, and maintain or other-
wise provide for (1) basic public outdoor recreation facilities on
lands withdrawn or acquired for the development of units of the
project herein and hereafter authorized, conservation of the
scenery, the natural, historic, and archeologic objects and the
wildlife on said lands, and public use and enjoyment of the same
and of the water areas created thereunder in a manner coordi-
nated and consistent with the other purposes of such units, and
(2) facilities, consistent with the primary purposes of such units
for the conservation and development of fish and wildlife. In
carrying out the provisions of this subsection the Secretary may
enter into agreements with Federal agencies 01' State or local
public bodies for the operation, maintenance, and additional
development of lands or facilities or to dispose of such lands or
facilities to Federal agencies or State or local public bodies by
lease, transfer, conveyance or exchange, upon such terms and
conditions as will best promote the development and operation
of such lands 01' facilities in the public interest for purposes of
this subsection.
SEC. 105. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, in con-
structing, operating, and maintaining the units of the project herein
and hereafter authorized, the Secretary shall be governed by the
Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902; 32 Stat. 388 and
Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto).
(b) Contracts for the delivery of main stream water, or water to
meet the deficiencies in main stream supply referred to in subsection
(e)(3) of section 102 of this Act, to such units shall conform to and
be made in accordance with the requirements of the Boulder Canyon
Project Act (45 Stat. 1057).
(c) The Secretary- .
(1) may require that contracts for the delivery of water for
irrigation purposes from the central Arizona unit provide for
the delivery of such water at an identical price per acre-foot for
water of the s!J,me class at the several points of delivery from the
main canals and conduits and from such other points of delivery
.as the Secretary may designate; shall require that water furnished
by or through such unit shall not be used for the irrigation of
lands not having a recent irrigation history, as determined by

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