Middle Rio Grande Project, New Mexico: Hearings Before a Subcommittee, Eighty-fifth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2975, a Bill to Authorize the Modification of the Project for the Rio Grande Basin in Order to Provide for the Completion of the Middle Rio Grande Portion of Such Project. July 10-11, 1958Considers (85) S. 2975. |
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... miles of canals and drains have been rehabilitated , as well as a program of channelization and water salvage . Rehabili tation of Indian irrigation ditches has also been started . A committee resolution was adopted and transmitted to ...
... miles of canals and drains have been rehabilitated , as well as a program of channelization and water salvage . Rehabili tation of Indian irrigation ditches has also been started . A committee resolution was adopted and transmitted to ...
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... miles of canals and drains have been rehabilitated , as well as a program of channelization and water salvage . Rehabili- tation of Indian irrigation ditches has also been started . A committee resolution was adopted and transmitted to ...
... miles of canals and drains have been rehabilitated , as well as a program of channelization and water salvage . Rehabili- tation of Indian irrigation ditches has also been started . A committee resolution was adopted and transmitted to ...
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... miles upstream . That change in the plan was approved by the Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate in 1955 , and Abiquiu is under construction . The CHAIRMAN . As a matter of fact , the bill that pased the Senate yesterday ...
... miles upstream . That change in the plan was approved by the Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate in 1955 , and Abiquiu is under construction . The CHAIRMAN . As a matter of fact , the bill that pased the Senate yesterday ...
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... miles upstream from the Rio Grande . The Cochiti Dam , as envisioned by the district , would be an earth- filled structure 5.6 miles long and 260 feet high on the Rio Grande , about 50 river miles upstream from the Albuquerque , with a ...
... miles upstream from the Rio Grande . The Cochiti Dam , as envisioned by the district , would be an earth- filled structure 5.6 miles long and 260 feet high on the Rio Grande , about 50 river miles upstream from the Albuquerque , with a ...
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... miles long , and it has functioned above our expectations in the salvage of water . We have had water salvage through September 1957 by the com- pleted channelization totaling about 350,000 acre - feet . The CHAIRMAN . That water did ...
... miles long , and it has functioned above our expectations in the salvage of water . We have had water salvage through September 1957 by the com- pleted channelization totaling about 350,000 acre - feet . The CHAIRMAN . That water did ...
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81st Congress Abiquiu acre-feet acres additional agencies Albuquerque Army engineers cost authorized levee Belen Bureau of Reclamation CATER CHAIRMAN Chamita Dam Chiflo Dam Chiflo Reservoir cleared floodway committee completed comprehensive plan Conservancy District Corps of Engineers cubic feet DAILEY Dam and Reservoir damages estimated__ DOMINY downstream Elephant Butte Reservoir engineers cost included Espanola feet per second flood and sediment Flood Control Act flood damage flood protection funds Galisteo GREGG House Document 243 Indian installation irrigation irrigation system Jemez land levee and channel levee protection MAESTAS main stem Mexico middle Rio middle Rio Grande middle valley area miles MILLER PERSON problem Pueblo reach recommended rehabilitation REYNOLDS Rio Chama Rio Grande Basin Rio Grande compact Rio Grande Conservancy Rio Grande project Rio Grande Valley Rio Puerco Santa second-feet sediment control Senator JORDAN Senator MARTIN Socorro statement studies Taos County Texas THOMPSON tion tributaries upstream water salvage
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Page 59 - There are 6,000 Indians in the Middle Rio Grande Valley living In 9 pueblos: Agriculture is the principal economy of these Indians, and now their lives, homes, and farms are being seriously threatened, along with their valley neighbors.
Page 3 - Be it enacted by the Senate anil House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may be cited as the "Defense Production Act Amendments of 1953".
Page 30 - I have been requested by the District Board of Directors to appear here and submit a statement supporting continued appropriations on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation, in order that the construction program now underway...
Page 66 - I represent, we urgently request this committee to weigh the evidence and remember that your action today will have tremendous significance for the growth and prosperity of Albuquerque and New Mexico tomorrow. We need your help now. I thank you for the privilege of appearing before you today and the opportunity which...
Page 66 - Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, my name is Edmund L. Engel and I am city manager of the city of Albuquerque, N. Mex. I am here...
Page 57 - STATEMENT OF JOHN PATRICK MURPHY, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, MIDDLE RIO GRANDE FLOOD CONTROL ASSOCIATION Mr.
Page 19 - ... Control Act approved June 30, 1948. It was authorized by the Congress after giving due consideration to the report of the Chief of Engineers, and the comments of the Governors of the affected States and other interested agencies. This authorization at present limits the amount to be appropriated to the sum of $3,500,000 to be expended by the Department of the Army for partial accomplishment of the comprehensive plan for the Rio Grande Basin.
Page 57 - Act of 1948 and 1950 approved an estimated cost of ,$42,501 •.< x>(> for the work to be prosecuted by the Department of the Army and $30,179,000 for the work to be prosecuted by the Department of the Interior. From the year 1950 through 19CO fiscal years, the Congress has appropriated a total of $48,293,889.
Page 18 - It recognized the need for rehabilitation and improvement of the existing flood control, drainage, channel rectification, and irrigation works, and for construction of additional improvements to control Rio Grande flows, provide for degradation of the river channel through the middle valley and permit optimum use of the available streamflows. The...
Page 23 - Understanding between the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior, it is provided that, upon receipt of an application for a permit to dredge or fill in navigable waters, the District Engineer of the Corps of Engineers...