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<br />..... <br />to <br />!'- <br />N <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />In add1~1on t.o authorizing the construction of noover Da., <br /> <br /> <br />this act approved the Colorado River Colllpact, vhich <br /> <br />divided th~ water of the Colorado equally between the upper <br /> <br />and lower Da.1n State., and stated the purpo.e. that the <br /> <br />Dam would be operated for flood control, improvement. of <br /> <br />navigation and regulation of flow in the Colorado River, <br /> <br />storage and delivery of stored wat.ers of the Colorado alveI' <br /> <br />for reolamation of public lands and other beneficial us.. <br /> <br />inclusively within the United Stat.., and generation of <br /> <br />electrical ener9Y. <br /> <br />, , <br /> <br />When Hoover Dam wa. completed in 1935, the.e project I <br />I <br />purpo... b.came a reality. The Dam va. oapable of controllb\q <br />, <br />I <br /> <br />most floods along the Lower COloradO River to ~n outflow of <br />forty thousand (40,000) cublc-feet-per-..con4, carryover <br /> <br />storaljJe for a lal'ge water .upply wa. provided, and turbine. <br />,. <br />installed to gonerate milllons of kilowatt. of hydroeleotric <br /> <br />po..,er. <br /> <br />For tventy-ei9ht (2Q) years flows below Hoover Dam <br />would be controlled to forty thouaand (40,000) cubic-f.et- <br /> <br />per-aecond or le... nut durinq this period the Colorado <br /> <br />River syat.em beqan to experlence a .eri.. of below averaqe <br /> <br />runoff years. Maybe if I would 90 to the -- to thie, 1 <br /> <br />" , record here. w. have our lll8an monthly flow in cubic-f..t.- <br /> <br />, <br />" <br />I <br /> <br />could expldn it . little better. We have our yean of <br /> <br />per-second here. The first year of record i. 1906 which ie <br /> <br />H_ ~ <br />