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<br />~. <br /> <br />I <br />',. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />.... r (~ .~ <br />t;,.; ~t, <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />HYDRAULIC PROBLEMS OF TfiF COLORADO RIVER. <br /> <br />Th~ control of the floodS, and development of the <br /> <br />resources of the Colorado River, arc peculiarly n~tional <br /> <br />problems for sov~r~l good roasons: <br /> <br />1. The ColorAdo Rivor is int~rnation~l. <br /> <br />2. Tne stre~m ~d many of its tributaries 3XC <br />interstil.te. <br /> <br />3. It is a. n?:.,ig?bl'J river. <br /> <br />4. Its waters t!J3Y bo made to servo largo ar~as of <br />public l~nds naturally desert in character. <br /> <br />5. Its problems are of such m~gnitudo as to ,be beyond <br />the reach of other than national solution. <br /> <br />That these problems ~re n~tion~l in char~cter, scope <br /> <br />and ,magni tude, VtaS l'3cagnizClc. by the Act of Congr0ss appro- <br /> <br />ved May 18, 1920, entitled, "An Act to provide for ~ <br /> <br />examinaUon and report on the condition and posslble irri- <br /> <br />gatiO:1 development of the IITIFerial Valley in California," <br /> <br />which forms the authorit,' for this report. <br /> <br />A bro~d considers.tiol'. of the v~ious pro'~le'lls of the <br /> <br />Imperial Valley and of tho, la'lds "",hich can be irrigated at <br /> <br />a rea.sonable cost frOITI knOiJlll'l sources of wat'~r sU:..:.T,~l~r b;:.... di- <br /> <br />version of water from th~ Colo"'ado Ri Vel' a~ Laguna Dam," as <br /> <br />required by tho act ',md,er '.vb ch this report is made, in- <br /> <br />valves a comprehensive stud...v of the entire Color9.Qo B:=t,sin. <br /> <br />, <br />