Record Details
The Colorado River Study
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Colorado River Study |
| Description | Document: Department of the Interior Information Sheet, "Paper By Floyd E. Dominy, Commissioner of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, for Delivery at the American Water Works Association Conference in Detroit, Michigan, June 7, 1961," June 7, 1961, page 3 The Imperial Valley, which by 1922 had more than 400,000 acres under irrigation by direct diversion without storage regulation, suffered water shortages in low-water years that occur without pattern--from time to time. Also, each year the river was depositing more than 100,000 acre-feet of silt in the delta region, lifting itself higher and higher and making a larger and continuous expenditure necessary to maintain levees protecting the Imperial Valley. Vast sums were being spent to remove... Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 2,273,613 bytes |
| Creator | Dominy, Floyd E., Commisioner of Reclamation, Department of the Interior |
| Date | 1961-6-7 2006-09-16 |
| Type | text |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Identifier | su01354.jpg http://server16127.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/udallcoloradoAZU,6207 |
| Source | Az 372 Box 166, Folder 1 |
| Language | eng |
