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<br />Buttes Dam and Reservoir is included as an integral part of <br /> <br />o <br />tv <br />(.:;l' <br />N <br /> <br />the Central Arizona Project. An earthfill'structurc, the Buttes <br /> <br />Dam will form a reservoir of 366,000 acre-feet, capacity. Conser- <br />vation storage capacity will be 100,000 acre-~eet, and 266,000 <br />acre-feet of capacity will be used for sediment and flood control <br /> <br />purposes. <br /> <br />An aqueduct to deliver Colorado water to, the Tucson metro- <br /> <br />politan area will originate at the terminus of the Salt-Gila <br /> <br />aqueduct. . <br /> <br />The Charleston Dam and Reservoir on the San Pedro River will <br /> <br />create a 238,000 acre-feet capacity reservoir. . Water conservation <br /> <br />will be provided through exchanges. Recreation, fish, and wildlife <br /> <br />:uses, sediment detention, and flood control benefits will also <br /> <br />iaccrue. <br />I <br />I An additional conduit will convey water from the. Charleston <br /> <br />Reservoir to Tucson and vicinity. <br /> <br />Hooker Dam or suitable alternative is authorized to be con- <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />Istructed on the upper Gila River to a size'adequate to provide <br /> <br /> <br />!for new consumptive uses of 18,000 additional acre feet of water <br /> <br />:annually by Ne,,, l1exico. The reservoir will provide water supplies, <br />i . <br />!f~sh and wildlife uses, recreation, sediment detention, and flood <br /> <br />'control. <br /> <br />Ii'ater distribution and drainage systems and rehabilitaion of <br />:existing systems are authorized for both non-Indian lands and <br />'Indian lands. <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />, <br />>' <br />, <br /> <br />, ~ <br /> <br />~L' <br /> <br />J '., <br />-d i<_.1:.4;i <br />