Rewrite of Certain Sections of the "Summary"

Document: Rewrite of Certain Sections Of the "Summary to the Pacific Southwest Water Plan", August 1963, page 3-3- 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 the regions 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 RiverEpson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 24 bit, 2,128,203 byte