Amistad Dam and Reservoir: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 12263, an Act to Authorize the Conclusion of an Agreement for the Joint Construction by the United States and Mexico of a Major International Storage Dam on the Rio Grande in Accordance with the Provisions of the Treaty of February 3, 1944, with Mexico, and for Other Purposes. June 21 and 22, 1960Considers H.R. 12263, to authorize State Dept to conclude agreement with Mexico for joint construction, operation and maintenance of Amistad Dam and Reservoir on Rio Grande River. |
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... Matamoros at the lower right - hand end of the map . THREE DAMS CONTEMPLATED UNDER 1944 TREATY Now the 1944 treaty between the United States and Mexico con- templated that there would be three dams which would be authorized and ...
... Matamoros at the lower right - hand end of the map . THREE DAMS CONTEMPLATED UNDER 1944 TREATY Now the 1944 treaty between the United States and Mexico con- templated that there would be three dams which would be authorized and ...
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... Matamoros into the Gulf of Mexico . Of course , water which goes out to the Gulf of Mexico is of no use to the valley for conservation purposes or irrigation and as the result there were some 3 million acre - feet lost . We figured the ...
... Matamoros into the Gulf of Mexico . Of course , water which goes out to the Gulf of Mexico is of no use to the valley for conservation purposes or irrigation and as the result there were some 3 million acre - feet lost . We figured the ...
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... the protection given runs . all the way down to Matamoros and the gulf . There are 750,000 acres down there which also are protected by this dam , and the 66,000 acres up between Laredo and Del Rio , are in 10 AMISTAD DAM AND RESERVOIR.
... the protection given runs . all the way down to Matamoros and the gulf . There are 750,000 acres down there which also are protected by this dam , and the 66,000 acres up between Laredo and Del Rio , are in 10 AMISTAD DAM AND RESERVOIR.
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... Matamoros .. Ciudad Acuña . Of population 291,000 38,000 72,475 14,500 It is estimated that about 1.6 million people live within a 200 - mile radius and 3.8 million live within a 300 - mile radius of the Amistad Reservoir . The city of ...
... Matamoros .. Ciudad Acuña . Of population 291,000 38,000 72,475 14,500 It is estimated that about 1.6 million people live within a 200 - mile radius and 3.8 million live within a 300 - mile radius of the Amistad Reservoir . The city of ...
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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