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Show , scheme of improvement , 1029 the purpose being to derive the ( maximum inaximum ) possible benefit from the water resources of the basin , both for the United States and the individual States . ( R . 4051-4053 . ) These ( irn- irn ) provements are interrelated , in as much as each reservoir in the headwater region would benefit every power site below by equalizing or tending to equalize the flow of the stream . The flow of the Colorado varies from less than ( 2,000 2,0.00 ) : ( second-feet secondfeet ) to 200,000 or 300,000 ( second-feet secondfeet ) during the year , and by this development the flow will be brought to a common means of 15,000 or 20,000 ( second-feet secondfeet ) , which would make possible a much higher development of horsepower during the ( low-water lowwater ) season . This equalization of flow would be a help to irrigation on the lower Colorado or the Imperial Valley , where irrigation is practiced twelve months in the year , but in other regions where irrigation is . confined to two or three months in the summer , equating the flow would not increase the possible benefit ( to W ) irrigation . But the operation so that the maximum benefit will be derived for both irrigation and power has to be managed . ( R . 4053 . ) At the time ( he lie ) made his trip on the Colorado River , commencing at Halls Crossing , he went by train to Richfield Utah and from there overland by , , automobile and truck to Browns Ranch , a distance of 110 miles from Richfield and from there traveled , by wagon , having two ( four-horse fourhorse ) teams and wagons . On the trip down the river sand bars were ( en- en ) countered a number of times , the river being so muddy |