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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... occurred along the Rio Grande in recent years . Falcon Dam which I mentioned before was completed in 1953 . The ... occur then will come from rivers which come in from the Mexican side below Falcon Dam . Floods below Del Rio and up ...
... occurred along the Rio Grande in recent years . Falcon Dam which I mentioned before was completed in 1953 . The ... occur then will come from rivers which come in from the Mexican side below Falcon Dam . Floods below Del Rio and up ...
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... occur , owing to floods which cannot be handled entirely in the area below the dam . Senator HICKENLOOPER . How much damage ? Mr. HEWITT . About $ 3,000 a year . That is practically nothing . Now as far as conservation is concerned , I ...
... occur , owing to floods which cannot be handled entirely in the area below the dam . Senator HICKENLOOPER . How much damage ? Mr. HEWITT . About $ 3,000 a year . That is practically nothing . Now as far as conservation is concerned , I ...
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... occurred on the Rio Grande in 1958. Floodwaters from above the Amistad site joined with heavy inflows downstream , and in addition to causing extensive damage above Falcon , the flood caused Falcon itself to spill . This spill joined ...
... occurred on the Rio Grande in 1958. Floodwaters from above the Amistad site joined with heavy inflows downstream , and in addition to causing extensive damage above Falcon , the flood caused Falcon itself to spill . This spill joined ...
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... occur to U.S. properties annually will be eliminated . In addition to this urgently needed flood control feature , the House - passed bill calls for the inclusion of 3 million acre - feet of water conservation storage and facilities for ...
... occur to U.S. properties annually will be eliminated . In addition to this urgently needed flood control feature , the House - passed bill calls for the inclusion of 3 million acre - feet of water conservation storage and facilities for ...
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... occur in Del Rio , Eagle Pass , Piedras Negras , Laredo , Nuevo Laredo , and Ciudad Acuña , too , involving a population of 120,000 on the U.S. side alone . REPAYMENT OF WATER SUPPLY AND IRRIGATION COSTS The CHAIRMAN . What I was ...
... occur in Del Rio , Eagle Pass , Piedras Negras , Laredo , Nuevo Laredo , and Ciudad Acuña , too , involving a population of 120,000 on the U.S. side alone . REPAYMENT OF WATER SUPPLY AND IRRIGATION COSTS The CHAIRMAN . What I was ...
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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