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The task force report proposed an "immediate-action" program for early authorization and a "continuing-project-development" program, as Phases I and II, respectively. Phase I proposed that a Pacific Southwest Development Fund be established with the defined purpose of underwriting both proposed and future Pacific Southwest water developments. Phase I included, among other proposals, a water salvage program on the Lower Colorado River to salvage for beneficial use almost 700,000 acre-feet now lost annually. Bridge Canyon and Marble Canyon Projects on the Colorado River were proposed to produce hydroelectric energy that, in addition to providing energy for project pumping, would have provided vital revenues to the Development Fund from commercial energy sales. Hoover and Parker-Davis Projects also would have contributed revenues after completion of their repayment obligations. Phase I included construction of the Central Arizona Project to import 1.2 million acre-feet of water into central Arizona; an incremental enlargement of the California State Water Project Aqueduct to convey 1.2 million acre-feet of water annually and a second incremental enlargement of the Tehachapi Mountains segment to convey an additional 1.2 million acre-feet of water annually into the Pacific Southwest from future development of surplus North Coast waters. The plan further proposed the construction of the first stage of the Southern Nevada Water Supply Project in Nevada; Hooker Dam and Reservoir in New Mexico as part of the Central Arizona Project; and the Dixie Project in Utah. Additional developments were proposed for Indian irrigation projects in Arizona, California, and Nevada; for 3Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 24 bit, 43,024,384 byte