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F & WC - State Comments li Saline Water serial of West Mesa long feed Eel River Benefit Cost ration west Mesa U S Cost in Arizona RECOMMENDATIONS 1. To meet head-on the present and growing water crisis in the parched Pacific Southwest, Congress should be asked to authorize a self-financing $4 billion water resources development program for the region, to be accomplished in two phases. a. Phase 1, at a cost of $1.921 billion, would take care of the more immediate needs of the region. It should start in 1965 and be completed by 1985. Main elements of construction would be: 1) The Central Arizona Aqueduct system to divert 1,200,000 acre-feet from the Colorado River, becoming available in Arizona by 1974. 2) Enlargement of the California State Water Plan Aqueduct:hw: Now planned for 4,800,000 feet capacity :hw: to divert an additional /2,400,000 acre-feet an from the Trinity :hw: South Trinity :hw: and Eel Rivers in Northern California. Half of :hw: the incremental capacity :hw: would become available in Southern California by 1982 and the other half to be made available to Arizona by under Phase 2 development. 3) Bridge Canyon and Marble Canyon dams and powerplants and associated transmission to meet the water pumping and commercial power requirements of the Central Arizona Aqueduct, Southern Nevada Water Supply and Dixie projects, and the Southern California area growth. Power should be scheduled to come on the line in_from Bridge Canyon and_ from Marble Canyon. 4) The Southern Nevada Water Supply Project to provide_acre-feet by_for the growing Boulder City, Henderson and Las Vegas area, pumping from Lake Mead to the service area. :hw: desalting plant for So Calif? initial capacity 50 million gallon from way for future 300 to 450 gallons per day desalting plants :hw:Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 24 bit, 47,826,944 byte