WSP05673

• File Number: 8210.140.20
• Description: Colorado River Basin Organizations and Entities - Colorado River Basin States Forum - California
• State: CA
• Basin: Western Slope
• Date: 5/1/1969
• Author: Myron B Holburt
• Title: Annual Report For the Calendar Year 1968
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ...

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ORGANIZATION ..........................

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THE BOARD .................

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Statutoty Responsibilities ........................................ . ............................ 9
Personnel Change, ..... ..n.......... ..,.............. .. ...n............,............................. 9
Negotiations and Conferences ................n..........................~...~........................ 10
Liaison and Infonnation Activitie, n.................. .... ~.................~......~.............. 10

LEGISLATION .................................... ~................................................................... 12
Colorado River Basin Project Act n.~................ n............. 12
Federal-State Water Rights ...~.....~........._............ ..~........................................ 15
National Water Commission Act "'~'n ...................... ~................... 16
Reorganizalion Plan-California State Government ............... .............. 16
California Seriate Bill on Agency Public Records ......................... ..n~..~....... 16

REGIONAL WATER DEVELOPMENT ........................._............... 17

\Vestern States Water Council .................................n..~............. n.. .............. 17
California Advi,ory Committee on Western States Water Planning .........~ 17
Type I Comprehensive Framework Studies ...........................~.~...................... 18
Water Resources Council National Asses,ment ...... ..................~~. n.......... 20
Review and Analysi, of Reports ............._..................... ................~. 20

EXISTING RIGHTS ....................................~..

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Litigation ....~~~~...~....'........~~~.......~...................... ...................................................... 21
Arizona v. California .............n......................._.......................................... 21
United States v. Imperial Irrigation District, et aI. ................................ 22
Water Supply Deliveries ...........~......................h.....~.......................................... 22
Streamflow and Storage ................... ..~....~.......................h................ 22
Use, and Los,es ................................................_.......................................... 25
Deliveries to Mexico ..................n............................................................... 27
River Management ..................................................~.._................................._..._.. 29

Power .................................... .......................~~.~...............~.........~........_...._..h..... 31

Hoover Plant Operations ..~............................~......................................_..... 31
Lake Mead and Colorado River Storage Project Reservoirs ................. JJ

WATER QUALITY ......................_............................................................................ 34
Water Quality Act of 1965 ........................................................................... 34
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration Report _............._........... 35
Salinity at International Boundary ..................................._........~....................... J5

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