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<br />-. <br /> <br />dnd ~;e"son to season, together \11 tit physic<ll impediments, includ- <br /> <br />illq deep canyons and long distances and other engineering and <br /> <br />economic problcms prevented local entities <lnd the States from <br />. <br />constructing the ncccss<lry storage dams, canal systems and other <br /> <br />expensive f<lciliti.cs required for a dependable year-round ~Iatcr <br /> <br />supply. The Fall-Davis ~eport in 1922 (S.Doc.No. 142, 67th Cong., <br /> <br />s~co~d sess.), speaking of the Colorado River~aysj~Its problems <br /> <br />:":0 of such magnitude as to be beyond the reach o.f other than a <br /> <br />".ucional solution." It thus became inevitable that if the erratic <br /> <br />, ;lild often destructive flm,s of the Colorado River ~lCre to be trans- <br /> <br />formed into the controlled water supply so desperately needed in <br /> <br />the Seven States, the Federal government would have to playa major <br /> <br />role. <br /> <br />After the passage of the Reclamation Act of 1902, investiga- <br /> <br />tions \lere immediately started to determine the feasibility,of <br /> <br />large irrigation projects. By 1920, irrigat~on works const~ucted <br /> <br />primarily by private enterprise had expanded to such an extent <br /> <br />tClat the unregulated flow of the Colorado River was completely <br /> <br />utilized during the periods of low flow so that further expansion <br /> <br />"'ias dependent upon construction of storage reservoirs on the river. <br /> <br />'l'his rapidly expanding use of Colorado River water in the <br /> <br />:,~,,::c of California was viewed with increasing alarm by officials <br /> <br />,,:, the Upper B"sin States. lI.s a consequence of tlieir concern the <br /> <br />" of tho Southwest "laS organized to promote the orderly devel- <br /> <br /> <br />G,x;.cn'c and equitClble division of the waters of the entire Colorado <br /> <br />\,J..,ver.. <br /> <br />In 1920, Congress approved legislation (41 Stat. 600) directing <br />tiEl SccretClry of the Interior to make a full and comprehensive <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />.., <br /> <br />o <br />N <br />en <br /><.0 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />. . <br /> <br />t- .,! <br />_~ _~"_{, _ j" .i.k_,~~iJi <br />