San Luis Project, California: ReportU.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 - 25 pages |
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... California ; accompanied by Porter A. Towner , chief counsel , department of water resources , State of California .. Allen Bottorff , chairman of the water problems department , Kern County Farm Bureau , California___ Page 38 65 142 ...
... California ; accompanied by Porter A. Towner , chief counsel , department of water resources , State of California .. Allen Bottorff , chairman of the water problems department , Kern County Farm Bureau , California___ Page 38 65 142 ...
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... water which is seriously being overdrawn and lowered so that in any 1 year only a portion of the developed acreage actually receives water . The artesian water table has for years been dropping at an alarming rate , and it is estimated ...
... water which is seriously being overdrawn and lowered so that in any 1 year only a portion of the developed acreage actually receives water . The artesian water table has for years been dropping at an alarming rate , and it is estimated ...
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... California , dampened his beard with water from the San Diego River . From that hour to today men in Cali- fornia have fought and fretted over water . Settlers early learned that the rich treasure within California's earth could be ...
... California , dampened his beard with water from the San Diego River . From that hour to today men in Cali- fornia have fought and fretted over water . Settlers early learned that the rich treasure within California's earth could be ...
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... water through a project on the Tuolumne River on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada , Oakland developed its water on the Mokelumne River , also in the Sierras . In the last 20 years , the Federal Government has joined local Cali ...
... water through a project on the Tuolumne River on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada , Oakland developed its water on the Mokelumne River , also in the Sierras . In the last 20 years , the Federal Government has joined local Cali ...
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... water resources department . Called the California water plan , it took 10 years to compile , and cost $ 10 million . It is a blueprint for water development ... California currently is overdrawing its water 16 SAN LUIS PROJECT , CALIFORNIA.
... water resources department . Called the California water plan , it took 10 years to compile , and cost $ 10 million . It is a blueprint for water development ... California currently is overdrawing its water 16 SAN LUIS PROJECT , CALIFORNIA.
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AANDAHL acre-feet acre-foot acres agencies agreement Alameda amendments ASPINALL authorized BANKS BOTTORFF Bureau of Reclamation BUTLER Cali California water plan capacity Central Valley project Chairman CHENOWETH COBEY committee Congress Congressman contract cost crops Delta Delta-Mendota Canal department of water drainage ENGLE facilities feasibility Feather River project Federal Government Federal San Luis forebay fornia funds going GUBSER Hagen HALEY hearing HOSMER Interior irrigation joint KALJIAN Kern County concept lands legislation legislature Luis service area ment Metropolitan Water District MILLER million acre-feet O'NEILL pumping plant question RHODES San Benito County San Joaquin Valley San Luis Dam San Luis project San Luis Reservoir San Luis service San Luis unit San Luis Water Santa Clara Valley Secretary SEHLMEYER Senator serve Sisk bill southern California statement storage subcommittee supplemental water surplus Thank tion understand water development water problem water resources water supply water users Westlands
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Page 68 - Interior* under said plans shall be governed by the Federal Reclamation Laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto...
Page 70 - Federal reclamation laws shall not be applicable to water deliveries or to the use of drainage facilities serving lands under contract with the State to receive a water supply, outside of the Federal San Luis unit service area described in the report of the Department of the Interior, entitled "San Luis Unit, Central Valley Project,
Page 79 - We will adjourn now until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. (Whereupon, at 12 o'clock noon, the subcommittee adjourned until 10 am, Tuesday, April 2, 1940.) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGREEMENTS TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1940 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE or COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, Washington, D'.
Page 15 - California having been ceded to the United States in 1848 by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Mexican government...
Page 10 - Act which authorized — * * * the Secretary of the Interior to construct the San Luis unit of the Central Valley project, California, to enter into an agreement with the State of California with respect to the construction and operation of such unit, and for other purposes.
Page 6 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the T'nited States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Small Business Investment Act Amendments of 1961".
Page 150 - Statement of Purpose and Concept" In Re Development of Water Resources Recorded 7th day of January, 1958, Book 120 of Official Minutes. I, Vera K. Gibson, county clerk and ex officio clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of...
Page 7 - Luis interceptor drain to the delta designed to meet the drainage requirements of the San Luis unit as generally outlined in the report of the Department of the Interior entitled "San Luis Unit, Central Valley Project,
Page 91 - Speaking both in my official capacity as President of the San Luis Water District and as an individual landowner, I wish to urge early approval of the San Luis unit so that construction can begin and water can be available as soon as possible. The San Luis Water District is situated on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley in Merced and Fresno Counties, Calif. ; it was formed in 1950 under the California Water District laws. The district consists of 50,065 acres of land, of which about 20,000 acres...
Page 35 - The long-range, multiple-purpose plan developed by the State division of water resources provides for water storage on the Feather River, flood control on that stream, power generation, and transportation of water to the San Francisco Bay area, the San Joaquin Valley, and southern California. As far as service to the San Luis is concerned, the State and Bureau plans are basically similar.