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 3232 THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT the Secretary; and shall require as a condition precedent to each contract that there be in effect measures adequate, in his judgment, to control expansion of irrigation from aquifers affected by irrigation in the contract service area; and the canals and distribution systems through which water is conveyed after its delivery by the United States to the contractor shall be provided and maintained with linings to the extent, adequate in his judgment, to prevent excessive conveyance losses; and long-term contracts relating to irrigation water supply shall provide that water made available thereunder may be made available by the Secretary for municipal or miscellanceous purposes, if and to the extent that such water is not required by the contractor for irrigation purposes; (2) may enter into contracts relating to municipal and industrial water supply from the project without regard to the limitations of the last sentence of section 9 (c) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1194) and may provide for the delivery of such water at an identical price per acre-foot for water of the same class at the several points of delivery from the main canals and conduits; and (3) may require as a condition in any contract under which water is provided under the project that the contractor agree to accept main stream water in exchange for or in replacement of existing supplies from sources other than the main stream, but no such exchange or replacement shall require a contractor to bear any cost of said exchange or replacement water in excess of the costs that would have been incurred in connection with the continued use by the contractor of its existing supply, nor shall such exchange or replacement otherwise result in economic injury to the contractor. SEC. 106. Upon completion of each unit of the project herein or hereafter authorized, or separate feature thereof, the Secretary shall allocate the total costs of constructing said unit or feature to commercial power, irrigation, municipal and industrial water supply, flood control, navigation, area redevelopment, recreation, fish and wildlife, or any other purposes authorized under the Federal reclamation laws. Costs of means and measures to prevent loss of and damage to fish and wildlife resources resulting from the construction of the project shall be considered as project costs and allocated as may be appropirate among the project functions. Cost of construction, operation, and maintenance allocated to area redevelopment, and other authorized nonreimbursable purposes shall be nonreturnable under the provisions of this Act. Costs allocated to recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement shall be nonreimbursable within appropirate limits determined by the Secretary to be consistent with the provisions of law and policy applicable to other similar Federal projects and programs. On January 1 fo each year the Secretary shall report to the Congress, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, upon the status of the revenues from and the cost of constructing, operating, and maintaining the project for the previous fiscal year. The Secretary's report shall be prepared to reflect accurately the Federal investment allocated at that time to power, to irrigation, and to other purposes, the progress of return and repayment thereon, and the estimated rate of progress, year by year, in accomplishing full repayment.Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 1,928,845 byte