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, W. M. GLASGOW, JR. Reservoir (a part of the recently authorized Central Arizona Project), a concrete channel through the developed area in Phoenix and, in the event flood control storage in Orme Dam is not feasible, levees through the City of Tempe and the phoenix metropolitan area, In the phoenix metropolitan area is our flood control study for the Glendale-Maryvale-South phoenix areas. These three communities are subject to severe flooding primarily during the suminer months from intense thunderstorms. Protection of the Glendale,Maryvale area, it is believed, can be provided by a system of channels diverting floodwaters westward to the New River and the Aqua Fria River. Currently, the Corps is studying the feasibility of a combined highway,flood control project, as the Arizona Highway Department is planning to construct Interstate Highway 10 about a mile south of the proposed Maryvale flood channel. Protection of South phoenix can be most easily accomplished by construction of a diversion levee and a detention basin, . The Santa Cruz River Basin Study is aimed primarily at solution of flood control and water conservation problems. The investigation is being conducted concurrently with and coordinated with the feasibility study for the San Pedro,Santa Cruz Rivers now under preparation by Region 3 of the U. S, Bureau of Reclamation. ~ I I In the areas of planning and construction, we have projects on the Gila River downstream from Painted Rock Dam; from camelsback Reservoir site to salt River; and the proposed Camelsback Dam in Graham County, Arizona. Along the Gila and Salt Rivers in Maricopa County, Arizona, is the proposed levee and channel improvement project. We also have authorized projects on Pinal Creek in Gila County, Santa Rosa Wash in Pinal County, the Winslow Project in Navajo County, at Indian Bend Wash about 10 miles east and southeast of Phoenix, and in phoenix and its vicinity is the project that calls for construction of detention basins at Cave Buttes, Dreamy Draw, Adobe and Lower New River; the Union Hills and the Arizona Canal Diversion channels; and channel improvements on Cove Creek, Dreamy Draw, Skunk Creek, New River and Aqua Fria River. These are all in Arizona. Here in Nevada there appears to be local interest in the reactivation of the project for Las Vegas Wash and Tributaries. This project was placed in an "inactive" category in 1964, Throughout the region, we also have completed a number of Flood plain Information Reports. Others are scheduled and will be studied in the future depending upon the availability of funds, The Corps, of course, is active along with eight other Federal agencies, as well as several agencies from each of the seven States engaged in Framework Studies which cover the Colorado River Basin. These studies will provide a broad guide to the best use or combination of uses of water and related land resources to meet foreseeable short- and long-term needs. They are not expected to result in project authorizations. I have been asked to describe, briefly, the status of these studies, '. The studies will result in a report with 17 independent appendices for each of the Upper and Lower Colorado River Regions. The latest quarterly status reports covering the three, month period ending 30 September 1969 show that we are progressing but are a little behind schedule. Septem. ber 30 was a significant date, since at that time first drafts of 14 appendices for each region were due. The status reports indicated that ten of the drafts for each region were distributed on schedule, two were expected to be about one month late, but the other two were unscheduled at that time. At the present time, several activities are in progress. (1) The first drafts of the appendices are being reviewed preparatory to finalization which is scheduled to be initiated about 1 December 1969. (2) plan formulation is in progress for both the Upper and Lower Colorado River Regions. These ,9-