WSPC01371

• File Number: 8200.300.20 C
• Description: Colorado River Basin - Legislation-Law - Federal - Colorado River Floodway Protection Act
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 8/30/1989
• Title: Report of Colorado River Floodway Task Force
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Table 1
Executive Summary

Chapter IV

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Recommendations (continued)

The Congress should provide sufficient funding for the
united States Section of the International Boundary and
Water Commission to cooperatively study with Mexico
needed river bank and channel improvements and, in
conjunction with the Bureau of Reclamation, to provide
long-term maintenance of the Floodway between the Northerly
and southerly International Boundaries with Mexico.

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The Congress should direct, and provide sufficient funding for,
the Corps of Engineers to incorporate the Floodway and its
provisions into the Hoover Dam Flood Control Regulations,
including potential improvements in the coordination
of tributary flood control releases.

The Congress should direct, and provide sufficient funding for
the United States Geological Survey, in cooperation with the
Bureau of Reclamation, to assess needs for tributary gage
installation, and install and operate gages deemed necessary.

The Congress should direct, and provide sufficient funding
for, the Coast Guard, in conjunction with the Bureau of
Reclamation and appropriate local entities, to develop
procedures for determinations and notifications for
river navigation restrictions when flood control releases
from Davis Dam and Parker Dam exceed 28,000 cfs.

The Congress should direct, and provide sufficient funding
for the Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture,
to assist community, county, and tribal flood control
entities in assessing the feasibility of erosion control
measures for major tributaries of the lower Colorado River.