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<br />( <br /> <br />001532 <br /> <br />~~~~~~ <br /> <br />it <br /> <br />the Colorado River. Shortly after the 1922 Compact, Congress <br />enacted the Boulder Canyon Project Act, 45 Stat. 1057 which <br />authorized the construction of Hoover Dam for flood control, <br />storage, power, and other, purposE;!s and also authorized the <br />construction of the All-American Canal diverting water from the <br />Colorado River near the Mexican border for delivery to the rich <br />agricultural fields and burgeoning urban economies of Southern <br />California. Then, as part of its plan to supply additional water <br />to Southern California, the Metropolitan Water District ("MWD") <br />proposed the construction of a Colorado River aqueduct constructed <br />during the same time frame that the All-American Canal was <br />constructed. MWD wanted either construction of a pumping plant in <br />Parker, Arizona or construction of a dam at that place to elevate <br />and maintain a stable water surface. At the same time, the United <br />States wanted a reservoir at Parker to reregulate the River and <br />develop power for utilization on the Colorado River Indian <br />Reservation, the Gila Project in Arizona and elsewhere. MWD and <br />the United States entered into a cooperative agreement in February <br />of 1933 ,under which the United states agreed to construct and <br />operate the dam with funds from MWD and in August of 1935 Congress <br />authorized the Parker Dam, 49 Stat. 1028. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />Then, under the authority of the Reclamation Project Act of <br />1939, 53 stat. 1187, the Secretary issued findings of feasibility <br />for the construction of Davis Dam to reregulate ,the discharges from <br />Hoover Dam. Construction began in 1942 and resumed in 1946 after <br /> <br />6 <br />