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<br />- <br />r-- <br />r-- <br />N <br /> <br />j <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />"'-" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />In addition to flood control, however, Hoover Dam storag_ 1s <br /> <br />allocated to control Colorado River waters for many other <br /> <br />purposes. <br /> <br />Water conservation, power production, recreation, <br /> <br />llr.d maintenance of the natural environment of the River, <br /> <br />all the.. purposes must be given adequate ooneideration in <br /> <br />the d.velor~nt of a flood control plan. <br /> <br />Million. of irrigated acres of farmland in the <br /> <br />uouthwest and Mexico are supported by the River. It's 81ao <br /> <br />a source of municipal and industrial water for many <br /> <br />cOll1lllun1ti.. in thi. region. And low-coat, olean, <br /> <br />hydro-electric power 1a produced at power plants at Hoover, <br /> <br />Davia, and Parker Dams to supply homea in Arizona, Nevada, <br /> <br />and California. In 1977 more than $21 million worth of <br /> <br />hydro-electric power waa generated at the.e three (3) d~rS. <br /> <br />So you can a.e that the importance of tower ColoradO <br /> <br />River water and the role of Hoover Dam extend far beyond the <br /> <br />floodplain. <br /> <br />Deteminin'1 the best plan for flood control operation <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />of Hoover Dam requires consl~.ration of all the DIlIll'. <br /> <br />purpose.. In many ways it's. comprom1se among thea. <br /> <br />purpose. and represents a real jU9glin'1 act for water <br /> <br />'I <br /> <br />reaource managers charged with balancln9 the.e sometimes <br /> <br />opposing aspects of Hoover Dam'a mia.lon. <br /> <br />For example, generally if we relea.. water whenever <br /> <br />, . ,':1..<. I r I. <br />