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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... 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 worth of an acre ...
... 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 worth of an acre ...
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... gulf and those annual conservation benefits are $ 1,892,000 a year . CONSTRUCTION OF HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS Now H.R. 12263 provides that the U.S. Commissioner will nego- tiate with Mexico to obtain an agreement to construct a ...
... gulf and those annual conservation benefits are $ 1,892,000 a year . CONSTRUCTION OF HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS Now H.R. 12263 provides that the U.S. Commissioner will nego- tiate with Mexico to obtain an agreement to construct a ...
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... 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.
... 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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... gulf will reduce the number of years in which there are shortages . Senator WILLIAMS . It will increase the productivity ? Mr. HEWITT . It will increase the productivity but it will not bring more acres under cultivation . Senator ...
... gulf will reduce the number of years in which there are shortages . Senator WILLIAMS . It will increase the productivity ? Mr. HEWITT . It will increase the productivity but it will not bring more acres under cultivation . Senator ...
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... gulf . Senator MANSFIELD . But it escapes to the gulf through AMISTAD DAM AND RESERVOIR 19.
... gulf . Senator MANSFIELD . But it escapes to the gulf through AMISTAD DAM AND RESERVOIR 19.
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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