Show Reclamation Article Lists Potential Projects For F of Development In Colorado River Basin What can be considered as the second stage of development ot of the Colorado River Basin That Is the question posed and answered by Assistant Reclamation tion Commissioner William E. E Warno Warne in Corralling the Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado Part II featured article in the November issue of the Reclamation Reclamation Rec Rec- Era official publication of ot the tho Bureau Dureau of ot Reclamation Not quite half of the water of the Colorado River is now being used according to a comprehensive sive report on the river basins basin's water resources development Mr Warne Varne pointed out The report was recently submitted by the Bureau to Interior Secretary J. J A. A Krug and copies can now be obtained by writing to the Bureau of Reclamation 32 Exchange Exchange Exchange Ex Ex- Ex- Ex change Place Salt Lake City 1 Utah One hundred and thirty-four thirty potential projects for Irrigation power production and other beneficial ut used cd of ot Colorado River water described in the report I could figure In a second development Mr Warne Varne said explaining that are arc in the tho upper basin where the lesser development development de de- de- de occurred during tho first stage Tracing the history of the Colorado Colorado Colorado Col Col- orado River Compact completed November 21 24 1922 In Santa Fe New Mexico the article shows that this famous agreement has borne as fruit the Boulder Canyon Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon Project and the entire first stage of development of the tho Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado River including construction construction tion of Boulder Davis DaYis Parker and Imperial dams the AllAm All All- Am AmerIcan erica n Canal the Colorado River Adequate and the Gila and Thompson Big-Thompson irrigation pro pro- The article cites tho the Mexican Treaty and the Colorado River Compact as tried and proven en methods of negotiating water agreements These are a happy augury for the success of present negotiations of or the Upper Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado River Compact Commission representing Colorado Wyoming Utah New Mexico and Arizona in further division of ol Colorado do o River waters it implies Further division is necessary before second stage development can go forward This development should start from the year 1946 said Mr Warne Varne the Department of Interior Inter Inter- Interior Interior and the Bureau Dureau of ot Reclamation Reclamation Reclamation tion standing ready to assist all interests in composing differences and arriving at a mutual plan He envisioned another billion billion- dollar era of development as the sequel to successful negotiation of an upper basin compact Every state and every ty of ot the basin will reap rich rewards rewards re re- wards and the entire nation will benefit from a sound second stage of development Warne Varne predicted Los Angeles and southern California generally need the power that the second stage will make mako available in the lower river Southern Nevada and Arizona Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona need part of the power as well The Imperial Yuma Coachella Coachella Coach Coach- ella ella and Palo Verde Valleys need the range long-range protection that the great main stream regulating regulating regulating reg reg- reservoirs will provide This regulation will be helpful also in meeting national responsibilities responsibilities assumed in connection with tho the administration of the Mexican Water Vater Treaty Developed areas in Arizona required supplemental water to stave off sharp curtailment of growth and production The metropolitan metropolitan met met- areas of Salt Lake City and Denver need plentiful low- low cost hydroelectric power and they too must havo have the support of supplemental water diversions from the Colorado River New Mexico and Wyoming and the theother theother theother other upper basin states are critically critically crit crit- In need of or further i tion 1 I The Colorado River already has been placed in harness b by cooperation of the states of the basin and the federal govern govern- ment We Ve have the plan and the skill to carry that development development develop develop- ment a long and profitable second second sec sec- ond step forward A special map and six interesting interesting interesting inter inter- esting photos three of thorn thom hIstorIcal historical historical his hIs- pictures of the men responsible responsible responsible re re- for the first stage development development de de- illustrate the article One photo shows all 22 members of the original Colorado River Commission at Santa Fe Fc in 1922 |