Summary of the Pacific Southwest Water Plan

Document: Hand Corrected Copy of the "Summary of the Pacific Southwest Water Plan", August 1963, page 6-6- 12. The studies presented in this report show conclusively that not only is the physical solution available to provide for the principle water needs of the Pacific Southwest, but that the projects and works to be constructed are financially feasible, and that all costs can be repaid from a combination of revenues from the sale of water and power at favorable rates. 13. While most of the region's future power needs will have to come from thermal sources remaining feasible hydro sites should be developed for project pumping and should be especially valuable in future years for peaking purposes. We propose that power from Marble Canyon and Bridge Canyon Dams be sold at 6 mills per kilowatt hour. Hoover and Parker-Davis dams were, of course, built heretofore by the Federal Government and constitute an existing asset for the entire region. At the expiration of the 50-year payout period, it seems reasonable to anticipate that these power dams should be fully integrated into the Lower Colorado River Basin plan and provide necessary power benefits to assist the water projects. It would seem reasonable to assume that the power rates fixed should provide whatever benefits are needed to make future projects feasible. As a point of departure, to serve as the basis for discussion, in theseEpson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 2,131,019 byte