Letter Presenting Comments and Suggestions in Regard to the "Pacific Southwest Water Plan"

Letter: From Eugene W. Gunther, Mayor, City of Beverly Hills, to California Water Commission, October 29, 1963, page 3-3- October 29, 1963 water are curtailed. 4. Increased acreage of land removed from the tax rolls. 5. Flooding of developments by impounding facilities. 6. Adding incremental capacity to the California Aqueduct for water to be transmitted through a Havasu Aqueduct to Central Arizona. 7. Economic analysis for desalting facilities. 8. Financing, with specific attention to provisions for subsidy with power revenues. 9. Protection of California Water Plan. This would include water rights and problems of usurpation of the most economically develop-able sources and sites. 10. Interference with hydro-power developments. 11. Development of sources such as the Columbia River for use in Arizona et al. 12. Inter-governmental and organizational participation in the research, planning and operating activities. Requiring particular attention is the series of proposals having to do with facilities for transmission of Northern California Water for Central Arizona. Study should be continued re the issue as to whether or not some other source, as was noted above, such as the Columbia River, might not be more feasible. Should surplus water indeed be available and be economically feasible forEpson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 1,093,136 byte