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A Plan to Transport Surplus Columbia River Basin Water to the Arid Pacific Northwest

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Title A Plan to Transport Surplus Columbia River Basin Water to the Arid Pacific Northwest
Description Document: "Snake-Colorado Project, A Plan to Transport Surplus Columbia River Basin Water to the Arid Southwest", October, 1963, page 5 Lake Mead. This new supply, merging with Colorado River water, would continue downstream to Lake Havasu and would generate additional power at Hoover and Davis Power Plants. Due to the power drop being substantially greater than the required lift, the project would generate approximately 10% more energy than it would consume. The total construction cost would be $1.4 billion, including interest during construction. The net annual cost would be approximately $76 million which includes $9.2... Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 1,372,574 bytes
Creator Department of Water and Power City of Los Angeles
Date 1963-10 2006-9-26; 2006-09-26
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Source Az 372 Box 174, Folder 9
Language eng

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