The Lower Colorado River Basin Project Senate Report

Document: 88th Congress, 2d Session, Senate Calendar No. 1267, The Lower Colorado River Basin Project, Report No. 1330, Agust 6, 1964, page 2121 THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT WEATHER MODIFICATION On May 21 the Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation of this committee held a hearing on the present status of weather modification research and development. Based on the information there assembled, the subcommittee concluded that excellent progress had been made in the experimental phases of this activity and that steps should be undertaken at once by way of a massive demonstration of the potentials of this means of solving water supply problems. This committee fully concurs with these findings and recommendations of the subcommittee and urges acceleration of the weather modification program throughout the entire Colorado River drainage area. The water problems of the upper Gila drainage area in New Mexico and Arizona are particularly acute and the Secretary is requested, should funds for weather modification be made available, to intensify his efforts in this field in said upper Gila drainage area. The committee further requests that both States continue their discussions looking toward an understanding acceptable to both, and to the Secretary of the Interior with respect to any unsolved upper Gila drainage area water problems. The committee further requests that prior to the initiation of construction of Buttes Dam, Ariz., and Hooker Dam, N. Mex., the Secretary devise and promulgate operating criteria to govern these two structures to assure their fully integrated operation in the interests of securing the maximum beneficial use of both the structures and the limited water supply they will control Such criteria moreover shall be developed in consultation with the States of Arizona and New Mexico and the Gila River water user groups of both States and shall be consonant with the Gila River water decree.Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 1,413,219 byte