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Show Chapter XI - Enlargement of Boundaries of Indian Reservations Along Lower Colorado River and Alleged "Omission" of Irrigable Acreage Chapter XI contains a summary narrative statement of the Departmental and other actions leading to resolution of the boundary disputes and the "enlargement" of the boundaries of the Reservations along the lower Colorado River. Texts of the Departmental Opinions are included in the Appendices. Chapter XII - Colorado River Basin Project Act, September 30, 1968 Chapter XII provides the background of the Colorado River Basin Project Act, the various proposed authorization bills, the controversies concerning Bridge Canyon and Marble Canyon Dams, the Pacific Southwest Water Plan, the Northwest States objections to export of water, Arizona's go-it-alone plan, and a final compromise. The text of the Act is included in Appendix 1202. Chapter XIII - The Mexican Salinity Problem Chapter XIII sets out the problems with Mexico arising from the salinity of the waters delivered to it under the Mexican Water Treaty; the efforts to solve the problems; and Minutes Nos. 218, 241 and 242. Texts of these items appear in the Appendices as 1 F.I, 1301, 1302, and 1303, respectively. Chapter XIV - Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act Chapter XIV discusses the Administration bill to deal only with the Mexican salinity problem and the bill endorsed by the Basin States to include salinity control projects upstream from Imperial Dam as well as the Mexican salinity problem. The text of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act appears in Appendix 1403. Acknowledgment The texts of the documents printed in the Appendices were made available by the Water and Power Resources Service. On November 6, 1979, the name of the Bureau of Reclamation was changed to the Water and Power Resources Service. In this document the previous title has been retained. The author expresses his appreciation to the Bureau of Reclamation, former Commissioner Gilbert Stamm, Commissioner R. Keith Hig-ginson, Regional Director Manuel Lopez, Assistant Regional Director Roy D. Gear, and the members of their staffs for these and other courtesies. Milton N. Nathanson vii |
