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Limitation on Expansion of Agricultural Uses Implementation of the Pacific Southwest Water Plan does not include expansion of agricultural uses within project service areas, except on Indian reservations and limited areas having local water supplies available, such as the proposed Dixie Project, Instead, the plan envisions supplying supplemental water for presently irrigated areas, now without an adequate water supply, and present and future municipal and industrial uses. Immediate-Action Program It is proposed that immediate authorization for the construction of urgently needed projects be included in legislation implementing the Pacific Southwest Water Plan. Only projects previously investigated and found to be economically justified and financially feasible, as noted before, are intended to be proposed. These include: a. Bridge Canyon Dam, reservoir, powerplant, transmission, and appurtenant facilities. It is intended that the dam be constructed so as to impound water at a normal water-surface elevation of 1,866 feet above mean sea level. b. Marble Canyon Dam, reservoir, powerplant, transmission, and appurtenant facilities. It is intended that the dam be constructed so as to impound water at a normal water-surface elevation of 3,140 feet above mean sea level. The Kanab tunnel diversion is not included as a part of this unit. c. Central Arizona Project, the principal works of which will consist of the Maxwell Dam, reservoir and power-pumping plant; Buttes Dam and reservoir; Charleston Dam and reservoir; Granite Reef Aqueduct and pumping plants; Salt-Gila Aqueduct; Tucson Aqueducts and pumping plants; canals, powerplants, transmission facilities, and related water distribution works. The Central Arizona Project would be designed to divert, under normal operating conditions, approximately 1,200,000 acre-feet per annum from the Colorado River to central Arizona. d. California Aqueduct, with incremental capacity sufficient to deliver approximately an additional 1,200,000 acre-feet per annum to southern California. The principal works are to consist of aqueducts, pumping plants, tunnels, and appurtenant facilities which will deliver water from the Delta area to Perris Reservoir. It is proposed that these works be coordinated with the California State Water Project, now under construction, with parallel or enlarged facilities, whichever would be more economically feasible in particular portions of the system. And additional enlargement of the California Aqueduct through the Tehachapi Mountain reach also is included. This enlargement provides capacity for importing a second unit of 1,200,000 acre-feet under Phase II. VIII-5Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 14,166,016 byte