Report on Feasibility of Feather River Project and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Diversion Projects, Proposed as Features of the California Water Plan |
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Page 13 - River and the Sacramento River, controlling floods, providing for storage and for the delivery of the stored waters thereof, for the reclamation of arid and semiarid lands and lands of Indian reservations, and other beneficial uses, and for the generation and sale of electric energy as a means of financially aiding and assisting such undertakings and in order to permit the full utilization of the works constructed to accomplish the aforesaid purposes...
Page 13 - SEC. 2. That the $12,000,000 recommended for expenditure for a part of the Central Valley project, California, in accordance with the plans set forth in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 35, Seventy-third Congress, and adopted and authorized by the provisions of section 1 of the Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028, at 1038), entitled "An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes...
Page 14 - That the Central Valley project, California, authorized by section 2 of the Act of Congress of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 850), is hereby reauthorized to include the American River development as hereinafter described, which development is declared to be for the same purposes as described and set forth in the Act of Congress of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 850).
Page 14 - First, for river regulation, improvement of navigation, and flood control ; second, for irrigation and domestic uses and satisfaction of present perfected rights in pursuance of Article VIII of said Colorado River compact ; and third, for power.
Page 15 - Counties or such alternate canals and pumping plants as the Commissioner of Reclamation and the Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary to accomplish the aforesaid purposes. "The features herein authorized shall also include an irrigation canal, generally known as the Chico Canal, to be located on the east side of the Sacramento River and equipped with all necessary pumping plants and...
Page 15 - Federal, and local agencies may find most advisable ; and the following features for the development and use of water, to be constructed, operated, and maintained by the Secretary of the Interior through the Commissioner of Reclamation : A hydroelectric power plant with a generating capacity of approximately one hundred and twenty thousand kilowatts, and necessary hydroelectric afterbay power plants and necessary electric transmission lines to the nearest practical interconnection with the Central...
Page 56 - States free from damages due to the construction works; and (c) maintain and operate all works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army.
Page 14 - Reservoir having a storage capacity of approximately one million acre-feet, to be located at such point below the confluence of the North Fork and the South Fork of the American River near the city of Folsom, California, as the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Engineers after consultation with the...
Page 6 - Its objective is the preparation of a plan for the full conservation, control, and utilization of the State's water resources, both surface and underground, to meet present and future water needs for all beneficial purposes and uses in all areas of the State, insofar as practicable. This has been designated "The California Water Plan.
Page 13 - Provided further. That the entire Central Valley project, California, heretofore authorized and established under the provisions of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 115) and the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936 (49 Stat. 1622), is hereby reauthorized and declared to be for the purposes of improving navigation, regulating the flow of the San Joaquin River and the Sacramento River, controlling floods, providing for storage and for the...