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<br />'. <br /> <br />:.' <br /> <br />,e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />\_- <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />1"">'..\" '. <br />'? '"0 <br />_I....... <br /> <br />which the law recognized in Section 3, whe,e report ~as <br /> <br />required upon litho offect on t:1e irrigation deyolopmcnt <br /> <br />of tha oth2r sections or localities * * *" *. II <br /> <br />This report will therefor3 include a gBnera.l re'!iew <br /> <br />of the conditions and water resources of the entire Colorado <br /> <br />Basin. <br /> <br />To make th3 rGpo~t com~10tat data werJ rJquired on <br /> <br />five principal lines: <br /> <br />1. Qus.ntity and r,,@;ulxity of water supply for <br />irrigation. <br /> <br />2. Protection from th3 floods of Colorado Rivdr. <br /> <br />3, Storage facilities ~vailable. <br /> <br />4. Available la~d for irrigation. <br /> <br />5. Canal systams required to SurVG these lands, <br /> <br />The water supply of tho Colorado Basin has boen <br /> <br />rneasur~d ~t various points for ma~y years, and a largo <br /> <br />number of gaging stations iu diffcreut parts of the basin <br /> <br />ha'le teen maintfl,ined for varying pJriod.s. The meo.su;:'~- <br /> <br />ments havo mostly b.;;en ,:,,;,de by the Geologioal Survey, but <br /> <br />some of them ha~~.e oC:Jn conductdd b~r ;he Raclam.."ttion Sa:cvica, <br /> <br />and some by the interestod 3t~tes, So far as "vaile,Lle <br /> <br />and pertinent thay are condeLB0d in tlris r3port, an.d a~e <br /> <br />an assontial part theroo~. <br />