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<br />co <br />0) <br /> <br />i.... <br /> <br /> <br />lW """"'~ mr 'Im;:tC'. <br /> <br />, " .,,~E!:?""""''"' iF'" <br /> <br />C\1 <br />o <br /> <br />a <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />View of Colorado River below Parker Dam <br /> <br />After the 1905 flood, efforts were made to obtain authority from Congress to con- <br />struct a dam on the lower Colorado River that would control the flood waters and conserve <br />them for beneficial use. <br /> <br />HOOVER DAM LEGISLATION <br /> <br />Exhaustive studies were made by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, and in 1921 the Boul- <br />der Canyon Project Bill was first introduced in Congress, It was finally enacted into law in <br />1928 and provided for construction of what is today Hoover Dam and power plant, Hoover <br />Dam is a multiple-purpose dam, It regulates the flood waters of the Colorado River, con- <br />serves this water for irrigation and domestic use, and produces a large block of hydroelectric <br />energy. <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER COMPACT <br /> <br />When the Boulder Canyon Project Bill was introduced in 1921, it met the opposition of <br />states in the upper basin of the Colorado River. They feared that the conservation of Colo- <br />rado River flood waters in the lower basin would give the lower basin states an opportunity <br />for rapid and extensive development before the upper basin states could put large quantities <br />of river water to beneficial use, This opposition led to the drafting in 1922 of the Colorado <br /> <br />[7] <br />