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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... valley , owing entirely to the fact that it was practically empty at the time that the flood occurred , would not have supplied very much , if any , protection had Falcon Dam been filled as it was in 1958 . The fact that we propose to ...
... valley , owing entirely to the fact that it was practically empty at the time that the flood occurred , would not have supplied very much , if any , protection had Falcon Dam been filled as it was in 1958 . The fact that we propose to ...
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... 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 - foot of water in that portion of Texas to be about $ 22 per acre - foot . So that some $ 66 ...
... 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 - foot of water in that portion of Texas to be about $ 22 per acre - foot . So that some $ 66 ...
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... Valley . Amistad is the second of the dams called for by the treaty , and it will be located about 300 miles upstream from Falcon . The only reason special legis- lation is required for its construction is that it will be built in a ...
... Valley . Amistad is the second of the dams called for by the treaty , and it will be located about 300 miles upstream from Falcon . The only reason special legis- lation is required for its construction is that it will be built in a ...
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... valley . Senator MANSFIELD . What would be the purpose of building this storage dam then outside of generating power ? Mr. HEWITT . To save water which now escapes to the gulf . Senator MANSFIELD . But it escapes to the gulf through ...
... valley . Senator MANSFIELD . What would be the purpose of building this storage dam then outside of generating power ? Mr. HEWITT . To save water which now escapes to the gulf . Senator MANSFIELD . But it escapes to the gulf through ...
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... valley is that we have rains which are torrential , and the capacity of the reservoirs must be sufficient to take the floods which occur from hurricane rains . Then there will be long , long periods in which there will be little or no ...
... valley is that we have rains which are torrential , and the capacity of the reservoirs must be sufficient to take the floods which occur from hurricane rains . Then there will be long , long periods in which there will be little or no ...
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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