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Show CALIFORNIA DEFENDANTS Exhibit No.3.9.1... Identification:.................... Admitted: JUL..&....1957 58th Congress, ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. \ Document 3d S&utitm. f \ No. 204. CSE OF WATERS OF THE LOWKR COLORADO RIVER FOR IRRIGATION. LETTER PROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. TRANHMITTINO A COPY OF A REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE GEOLOGICAL SUJtVJFY ON THE QUESTIONS INVOLVED IN THE USE OF THE WATSB8 OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER FOB. IRRIGATION. January 9, 1905.-Referred to the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Unds and ordered to lie printed. Department op the Interior, WanAinffttm, January 6\ 1905. The Senate and House of Representatives: Joint resolution approved April 28,1004 (32 Stat. L., 591), provided: That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to institute an investigation of and report to the Congress on the various questions involved in connection with the use of the waters of the lower Colorado River for the irrigation of arid lands in the State of California and the Territory of Arizona, with the view of determining the exte«rt to which the waters of the said stream may be made available for the said purpose through works under the national irrigation act and by private enterprise, and as to what legislation, if any, is necessary to grant or con linn to present and future appropriators and users thereof ix>rpetual rights to the use of said waters for irrigation. The investigation was confided to the Director of the Geological Survey, who made report under date of December 22,11K)4, a copy of which is inclosed. Under existing conditions neither navigation of this stream nor irrigation intercut* dejwndent upon the um of its waters is receiving needed and adequate protection. It is clear, however, that with intelligent and effective control of the stream, whereby the flood waters may be stored and loosed when needed, the navigability of the river can be greatly improved and at the same time water sufficient for the reclamation of lar^e tract* of arid lands may be diverted and applied for that purpose. This effective control can be secured only by governmental supervision. It is very probable that the use of the fiver for navigation |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |