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<br />" .- 4 f) <br />i. .~ <br /> <br />River waters in the blend deli~ered to each consumer. About 75 per- <br />cent of the District's service area l'lill ultimately receive a 50- 50 <br />blend of the two waters, some areas would receive 100 percent State <br />Project water, and a fe1'l small, primarily agricultural areas wou~d <br />continue to receive 100 percent Colorado River water. The blend~ng <br />program should begin in 1975 and be completed by 1985. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />LOUER COLORADO RIVER <br />MANAGEMENT PROGRM1 <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />Lower Colorado River r,lanage~ <br />Program Coordinating Committee <br /> <br />Coordination with other Federal azencies, Arizona and California <br />fish and game agencies, and with State Hater-using interests is <br />carried out through the Lower Colorado River Management Program <br />Coordinating Committee, established in 1971. Staff work for the <br />Committee is performed by a subcommittee designated as the Horl{ <br />Group, which utilizes the expertise of member agency operating <br />staffs. The Colorado River Board's Chief Engineer is a member of <br />the Coordinating Co~nittee and the Supervising Hydraulic Engineer <br />is a member of the Hork Group. During 1973, the Coordinating <br />Committee met five times and the ~lorlc Group met five times. <br /> <br />r,lohave Division <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />Planning continued on proposals to deepen Beal Slough, located <br />about five miles d01'lnriver from Needles, as a backwater fishing lake <br />on the California side of the Colorado River and to place rip rap <br />along eroding 'sections of the river banks between Needles and Topock. <br />The Bureau of Reclamation plans to use one of 'its dredges for Beal <br />Slough, and ~proposesthat the bank stabilization work will be done <br />by a private contractor. <br /> <br />Topock Marsh Habitat <br />Enhancement Project <br /> <br />The Board reviewed a draft environmental statement prepared by <br />the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and \'lildlife for a proposed habitat <br />enhancement project in the Topock Marsh Unit of the Havasu National <br />yJildlife Refuge., The proje,ct is located entirely within the State <br />of.. Ariilona .and \-lOuld be constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation. <br />C~lifornia's interest in the project stems from the fact that in the <br />P,'lst, the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Uildlife has had difficulty <br />in operating the Marsh to obtain the desired fish and wildlife <br />habitat and still remain within the amount of diversions to the <br />Marsh decreed in Arizona v. California. The present proposal is to <br />construct a system of dikes, conveyance channels, and a sediment <br />trap to improve \-later circulation and ..later quality within the Harsh. <br />The water surface area of the r1arsh would be effectively reduced to <br />enable it to be managed within the limits of the 41,839 acre~feet of <br />diversion or the 37,339 acre-feet of consumptive use decreed by the <br />Supreme Court. <br /> <br />,', <br /> <br />- 24 - <br />