WSP05309

• File Number: 8042.A
• Description: Section D General Studies - Other States - Arizona
• State: AZ
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 7/1/1967
• Author: Arizona Interstate S
• Title: 21 st Annual Report of the Arizona Interstate Stream Commission
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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about them and advises the Governor and Arizona's congres-
sional delegation concerning them. Where such legislation could
affect other States as well, representatives of the Stream Com-
mission confer with representatives of agencies of the States
involved.

Commission members and the staff are active in the Na-
tiona] Reclamation Association, the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, the Colorado River Water Users' Association and the
Association of Western State Engineers, as a means of keeping
informed and influencing legislation which affects water devel-
opment in Arizona.

Close liaison with the eleven western states is also main-
tained by membership in the Western States' Water Council,
which has a primary interest in federal legislation affecting the
States. The Council is an organization set up by the Western
States Governors Conference.

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X. Water Quality.

The national Water Quality Act of 1965 required each
State, to prepare and submit to the Federal Government its
water quality control standards during the year. The Stream
Commission was instrumental in calling the attention of the
State Health Department to the possible effects of water quality
standards on uses of water for irrigation.

The State Legis]ature, by Act of March 16, 1967, created
the Water Qua]ity Control Council within the State Department
of Health, and the Stream Commission appointed Commissioner
John Hoopes as its representative on the Council, with the
Assistant State Water Engineer as his alternate.

Standards were prepared and adopted by the Council and
were submitted to the Federa] Government for approval.

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XI. State Water and Power Plan.

In March, 1967, the Legislature established a State Water
and Power Plan by enll.ctment of S. 204. The Act authorized
the Stream Commission "to plan, construct, operate and main-
tain the Central Arizona Project, or any portion thereof, and
any other water projects herell.fter included in the State Water
and Power Plan, to acquire all real property required therefore
in the name of the State, and to take such actions and proceed-
ings as may be necessary or desirable in connection therewith."

On May 18, 1967, the Commission contracted with the
engineering consulting firm of Ralph M. Parsons Company to
investigate and recommend procedures prerequisite to financing
construction and operation of the water diversion and delivery
system authorized by S. 204. This report was to be submitted
to the Commission on December 15, 1967.

A previous contract investigation by the. Parsons Company
produced a report on January 16, 1967, titled "Economic Study

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