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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... facilities for generating hydroelectric energy at said dam . If agreement for the construction of separate facilities for generating hydro- electric energy is concluded , the United States Commissioner , International Boundary and Water ...
... facilities for generating hydroelectric energy at said dam . If agreement for the construction of separate facilities for generating hydro- electric energy is concluded , the United States Commissioner , International Boundary and Water ...
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... facility for the generat- ing of electric current . Now article 5 of the 1944 water treaty between the United States and Mexico is the authority for the construction of the international dams along the Rio Grande . If you will look at ...
... facility for the generat- ing of electric current . Now article 5 of the 1944 water treaty between the United States and Mexico is the authority for the construction of the international dams along the Rio Grande . If you will look at ...
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... facilities . Now in the 1954 and 1958 floods , we have conservatively estimated about $ 24.1 million damages . This is about one - third the cost of what we estimate the Amistad Dam will cost . In addition to that , we have had ...
... facilities . Now in the 1954 and 1958 floods , we have conservatively estimated about $ 24.1 million damages . This is about one - third the cost of what we estimate the Amistad Dam will cost . In addition to that , we have had ...
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... roads , parking and picnicking facilities which are recommended by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife , National Park Service , is esti- 57603-60- mated to amount to $ 620,000 , the annual capital AMISTAD DAM AND RESERVOIR 5.
... roads , parking and picnicking facilities which are recommended by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife , National Park Service , is esti- 57603-60- mated to amount to $ 620,000 , the annual capital AMISTAD DAM AND RESERVOIR 5.
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... facilities on the left side , and on the right side the United States would maintain the facilities . The dam and reservoir would be operated in coordination with the downstream Falcon Reservoir to provide optimum flood control ...
... facilities on the left side , and on the right side the United States would maintain the facilities . The dam and reservoir would be operated in coordination with the downstream Falcon Reservoir to provide optimum flood control ...
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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