Amistad Dam and Reservoir1980 - 40 pages |
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... kilowatts - which would be inundated . There are also about 21.5 miles of State highway , 5 miles of country roads , 12 miles of the Southern Pacific Railroad , and about 16 miles of telephone trunk- line to be relocated . The Bureau of ...
... kilowatts - which would be inundated . There are also about 21.5 miles of State highway , 5 miles of country roads , 12 miles of the Southern Pacific Railroad , and about 16 miles of telephone trunk- line to be relocated . The Bureau of ...
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... kilowatt - hour which has been given as the value of dump power generated by this pro- posed plant . Senator HICKENLOOPER . Well , without doubt you can produce power part of the time down there . But it is the part of the time when the ...
... kilowatt - hour which has been given as the value of dump power generated by this pro- posed plant . Senator HICKENLOOPER . Well , without doubt you can produce power part of the time down there . But it is the part of the time when the ...
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... kilowatt capacity . Senator MANSFIELD . That would be one generator or two ? Mr. HEWITT . Probably three , sir . CONTEMPLATED OPERATION OF THE DAM Senator MANSFIELD . Do you have any information as to the aver- age cycle for the water ...
... kilowatt capacity . Senator MANSFIELD . That would be one generator or two ? Mr. HEWITT . Probably three , sir . CONTEMPLATED OPERATION OF THE DAM Senator MANSFIELD . Do you have any information as to the aver- age cycle for the water ...
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... kilowatts or kilowatt - hours ? Mr. HEWITT . The figure of 1.7 applies to kilowatt - hours . EFFECT OF AMISTAD DAM ON GENERATING CAPACITY AT FALCON DAM Senator MANSFIELD . Kilowatt - hours . What about the firming up of the power at ...
... kilowatts or kilowatt - hours ? Mr. HEWITT . The figure of 1.7 applies to kilowatt - hours . EFFECT OF AMISTAD DAM ON GENERATING CAPACITY AT FALCON DAM Senator MANSFIELD . Kilowatt - hours . What about the firming up of the power at ...
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... kilowatts . Three generators . Senator AIKEN . And that is dump power sold at dump prices . Mr. HEWITT . No , sir , it is not . Part of it is sold as dump power and part of it is sold on a $ 15 per kilowatt installed capacity . Senator ...
... kilowatts . Three generators . Senator AIKEN . And that is dump power sold at dump prices . Mr. HEWITT . No , sir , it is not . Part of it is sold as dump power and part of it is sold on a $ 15 per kilowatt installed capacity . Senator ...
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2½ percent 50 percent 50-year basis acre-feet acreage acres additional Amistad Reservoir amount of water annual Anzalduas Dam believe benefit-cost ratio benefits Boundary and Water Brownsville build Ciudad Acuña Commissioner COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN Congress DAM AND RESERVOIR DAM Senator downstream estimated facilities Falcon Dam Falcon Reservoir FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION Federal Power Commission figure firm power flood damages gulf HEWITT Hoover Dam House bill hydro impounded International Boundary international dam international storage dam irrigation joint construction kilowatts land Laredo LELAND H located Matamoros MELVILLE E Mexican Government Mexican side miles million Nuevo Laredo operation OSBORNE penstocks plant POWERPLANT Senator HICKENLOOPER President proposed Amistad Dam pursuant question railroads RECOMMENDATION AGAINST FEDERAL relocate Rio Grande River Senator CARLSON Senator GREEN Senator MANSFIELD Senator WILLIAMS statement steamplants Texas total cost treaty of February U.S. Govern U.S. share U.S. side United States share Water Commission water supply
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Page 10 - I. The dams required for the conservation, storage and regulation of the greatest quantity of the annual flow of the river in a way to ensure the continuance of existing uses and the development of the greatest number of feasible projects, within the limits imposed by the water allotments specified.
Page 9 - Senate resolution of ratification of the treaty of February 3, 1944, between the United States and Mexico, the approval of the...
Page 1 - Act for the construction of a major international storage dam the Secretary of State, acting through the United States Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, is authorized to conclude with the appropriate official or officials of Mexico an agreement...
Page 6 - The joint operation and maintenance of the dam, reservoir, and powerplants by the United States and Mexico through the International Boundary and Water Commission...
Page 2 - ... authorities of said State to distribute available United States share of waters of the Rio Grande in such manner as will comply with said stipulation. Sec. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State for the use of the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Page 2 - States share of waters shall he integrated with other United States water conservation activities on the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, in such manner as to provide the maximum feasible amount of water for beneficial use in the United...
Page 15 - UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, Washington, DC The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 :30 am, in room F-53, US Capitol Building, Senator JW Fulbright (chairman) presiding.
Page 2 - States shall be made pursuant to order by the appropriate authority or authorities of the State of Texas, and (b) the State of Texas having stipulated that the amount of water that will be available for use in the United States below Falcon Dam after the proposed dam is placed in operation will be not less than the amount available under existing conditions of river development, and to carry out such understandings and said stipulation the conservation storage of said dam shall be used, and it shall...
Page 34 - The two Governments agree to construct jointly, through their respective Sections of the Commission, the following works in the main channel of the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) : I. The dams required for the conservation, storage and regulation of the greatest quantity of the annual flow of the river in a way to ensure the continuance of existing uses and the development of the greatest number of feasible...