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Cover Sheet Note
No full textCover sheet: From E. Weinberg, to Stewart Udall, March 1964To: The Secretary Attew; Mr Beaty
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Letter Taking Opportunity to Comment on Statement Made to Secretary Udall Relative to the Pacific Southwest Water Plan
No full textLetter: From O.N. Arrington, to Paul Fannin, March 20, 1964 (photocopy), page 3-3-
Honorable Paul Fannin
March 20, 1964
When the Arizona Power Authority began preparing for hearings on the Bridge and Marble projects before the Federal Power Commission we were called before the Arizona Power Commission and asked to lay aside any consideration of fish and wildlife facilities. We pointed out that we believed we could be of material aid in emphasizing these features. The enclosed 1960 report was then prepared and many pages of excerpts from it were used as testimony before F. P. C. We are sure A. P. A. officials will state this material was of influence in their successful endeavors before F. P. C.
To emphasize the importance of recreational benefits in a crowded and industrialized state, such as ours is fast becoming, we would like to call your attention to Governor Brown's transmittal of comments of the State of California on the Pacific Southwest Water Plan and the strong references in these comments to fish, wildlife and recreation benefits. Of the 24 numbered items in the Summary of Recommendations, four deal with fish, wildlife and recreation features. One entire section, number 10 page 8, under discussions and recommendations, is devoted entirely to "Fish, Wildlife and Recreation Considerations" and requests a more definite policy on these features than that contained in the August 1963 Interior report. Other sections encompass these features. The cover page credits the California Game and Fish Department with participating in the task force that reviewed the August plan and prepared the recommendations. The August 1963 plan proposed the use of 78,000 acre-feet of water by the state in California with 588,500 annual benefits for these features, a 125% increase in water use by the state for fish, wildlife and recreation over the August 1963 proposals.
This is quite understandable and emphasizes that as a state becomes more populous and more industrialized the desires and needs of urban citizens and non-resident visitors, such as opportunities for recreational pursuits, must be considered. As you know, many midwestern and eastern states are spending millions of dollars on acquiring and developing land for recreation purposes.
It is for the above reasons that I would like to respectfully offer the suggestion, supported by personnel of our department, that Arizona officials encourage the use of the 60,000 acre-feet of water for some 50 fishing and recreation lakes throughout Arizona as requested in the Arizona Game and Fish Commission resolution of December 2, 1961. The Federal Government will make the water available on a non-reimbursable basis and these lakes and other fish and wildlife features inEpson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 24 bit, 1,728,049 byte
Letter Taking Opportunity to Comment on Statement Made to Secretary Udall Relative to the Pacific Southwest Water Plan
No full textLetter: From O.N. Arrington, to Paul Fannin, March 20, 1964 (photocopy), page 4-4-
Honorable Paul Fannin
March 20, 1964
conjunction with required project facilities will result in millions of dollars of project costs being allocated as non-reimbursable, thus reducing materially the amount that must be repaid by other state water user interests.
We concur fully in the contents of your November 27, 1963, letter to Secretary Udall. It was very well prepared. We understand that it seemed inadvisable at the time to mention fish, wildlife and recreation beneficial use of C. A. P. water. We believe conditions have changed now, however, and that it will be detrimental to Arizona's position not to come forward in the near future in support of the 60,000 acre-feet for recreation use. The Interstate Stream Commission resolution of August 21, 1963, supports the exchange principle. The northern counties have insisted and are insisting on benefits that can come only through this procedure. At least one congressional representative seems to be listening.
The economic benefits of the Game and Fish Department lake construction program is recognized and endorsed statewide, especially in the northern and eastern counties. We believe the endorsement of the proposed 60,000 acre-feet by central Arizona interests, especially irrigation interests, will aid materially in bringing unity in C. A. P. support throughout the state. I am sure you are aware of the contentions outside Maricopa and Pima counties that some commitment should come now and not after C. A. P. is involved in congressional hearings.
Please be assured we in the Game and Fish Department are not attempting to gain some advantage for our particular interests. We are sincere in our desire to help toward greater state unity and greater economic benefits for Arizona. The University of New Mexico study on water uses and the recent University of Arizona book, "Politics of Water in Arizona," fully substantiate that water for wildlife and recreation is a sound investment. Resumes of each publication appear in the back of the enclosed "Summary."
Thank you again for the opportunity to comment. I am sure you know anyone in the department will be anxious to be of service at any time. Director Swank has carefully considered this letter and concurs fully in its contents.
Sincerely,
ONA:o
Encl.
By: O. N. Arrington, Chief
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A Regional Solution to Our Common Water Problems
No full textDocument: A Regional Solution to Our Common Water Problems, by William E. Warne, Feb 28, 1964, page 1Feb. 28, 1964
A REGIONAL SOLUTION TO OUR COMMON WATER PROBLEMS*
By William E. Warne, Director California State Department of Water Resources
When my old friend, Paul Beermann, called me some weeks ago to invite me to speak to you on regional planning, he sounded somewhat taken aback by my quick and unequivocal-acceptance of his invitation. When I said I would come, Paul responded, "You would come to Arizona?" As much as we in California are indebted to Paul for his many years of outstanding service and for strong and effective support of regional water planning and development within California, I cannot claim that my ready acceptance was predicated on doing him a much deserved favor. Rather, it was Paul Beermann who again did me a favor. I welcomed this opportunity to come to Tucson, especially at this time of year, to speak to you about the subject which I consider of utmost importance to the people of Arizona, California, and the other states of the Southwest.
We are standing at one of the great crossroads in the history of water development in the United States. Two paths lie ahead. One leads to continued competition and conflict over an already inadequate supply. The other leads to cooperative development of water for all and to accelerated development of much of the West. The future of the Pacific Southwest is dependent upon the path selected. Will it be regression or expansion? The decision rests largely in the hands of the people of Arizona and California.
*Presented before the Joint Meeting of the Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of Commerce, Tucson, Arizona, February 28, 1964.Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 1,291,669 byte
A Regional Solution to Our Common Water Problems
No full textDocument: A Regional Solution to Our Common Water Problems, by William E. Warne, Feb 28, 1964, page 9comlexity of the 1.75 billion are authorized, from tidelands oil revenues, and from revenue bonds. Capital costs of the Project, including interest, will be repaid by the water users.
The State Water Project will deliver four million acre-feet of water each year to service areas in the Sacramento Valley, San Francisco Bay area, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California. Sixty-three percent of California's population is in the areas with which we have contracted for project water. The service areas range from Plumas County up in the mountains in the north to San Diego County on the Mexican border.
The completed project will include 15 reservoirs with total storage of more than six and a half million acre-feet and a water surface area of 50,000 acres. That surface area will be a boon to recreation. The project will include 663 miles of aqueduct, eight power plants and 17 pumping plants. The power plants will have an annual output of nearly five and a half billion kilowatt hours; we will use 10 billion kilowatt hours in our pumping plants.
The State Water Project is serving water to some areas now, even before the big dam is completed. It will be providing water for agriculture, home and industry in the Southern San Joaquin Valley by 1968; water will be delivered over the 3,000 foot high Tehachapi Mountains into Los Angeles County by 1971.
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Letter of Thanks for Autograph Card and Pacific Southwest Water Plan Mention
No full textLetter: From B. Abbott Goldberg, to Stewart Udall, February 25, 1964WILLIAM E. WARE
DIRECTOR
EDMUND G. BROWN
GOVERNOR
ADDRESS REPLY TO
P. O. BOX 388
1120 N STREET
SACRAMENTO 2
HICKORY 5-4711
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Department of Water Resources
SACRAMENTO
February 25, 1964
PERSONAL
Honorable Stewart Udall
Secretary of the Interior
U. S. Department of the Interior
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Mr. Secretary:
Thank you very much for the autograph card which you sent to my daughter Judy. She is at an age where she is beginning to take some interest in public affairs, and a token such as your autograph not only stimulates her interest but also enhances her prestige.
You have made her very happy.
As for the Pacific Southwest Water Plan, we stand at Armageddon and battle for the Lord. I think I can say this for all of us -- the Plan has seized both our minds and our consciences, and we admire your vision and courage in presenting it.
Sincerely yours,
B. Abbott Goldberg
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Proposed Brown-Fannin Press Release Draft
No full textDocument: Proposed Brown-Fannin Press Release, draft, February 1964 (carbon copy), page 3-3-
including the Dixie, Central Arizona, Marble Canyon, Bridge Canyon, and Southern Nevada projects. However, he added that he would have to oppose a separate Central Arizona Project that was not integrated into the regional plan unless the statute authorizing such a separate project were to make its water supply junior to the rights of the existing California projects.Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 3,404,997 byte
Proposed Brown-Fannin Press Release Draft
No full textDocument: Proposed Brown-Fannin Press Release, draft, February 1964 (thermofax), page 2-2-
set forth by this regional plan. Changed We specifically endorse the proposal that a Lower Colorado Development Fund be established that will put the river to work for the region to finance future water projects.
"Our concern for action to conserve water instead of argument has prompted us to make this endorsement Statement and to jointly urge the Congressmen and Senators of both political parties of our states to support regional authorizing legislation along the lines of the Interior Department's Pacific Southwest Plan."
In a separate statement. Governor Fannin of Arizona indicated that it is his feeling that a "united front" behind the regional plan would have his support. However, he also stated that Arizona "reserved the right" to ask for action for a separate Central Arizona Project tied to a basin account and regional objectives, if the Pacific Southwest Plan failed to win sufficient support to insure its ultimate success.
In a separate statement Governor Brown said that he had endorsed and continues to endorse the concept of regional planning presented by Secretary Udall under which the Pacific Southwest development fund would be established and used to implement the guarantees in the Secretary's plan. Under the approach that he endorsed he believed the Congress would be justified in proceeding with authorization of the total programEpson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 24 bit, 1,634,165 byte
Proposed Brown-Fannin Press Release
No full textDocument: Proposed Brown-Fannin Press Release, draft, 2-14-64 (carbon copy), page 3-3-
In a separate statement, Governor Fannin of Arizona indicated that it is his feeling that a "united front" behind the regional plan would have his support. However, he also stated that Arizona "reserved the right"to ask for action for a separate Central Arizona Project tied to a basin account and regional objectives, if the Pacific Southwest Plan failed to win sufficient support to insure its ultimate success.
In a separate statment Governor Brown said that he had endorsed and continued to endorse the concept of regional planning presented by Secretary Udall under which the Pacific Southwest development fund would be established and used to implement the guarantees in the Secretary's plan. Under the approach that he endorsed he believed the Congress would be justified in proceeding with authorization of the total program including the Dixie, Central Arizona, Marble Canyon, Bridge Canyon, and Southern Nevada projects. However, he added thatEpson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 3,204,976 byte
Letter Stating Intention to Object to Any Action Relating to a New Proposal
No full textLetter: From Carl Hayden, to Henry M. Jackson, February 20, 1964 (thermofax), page 2-2-
"firmly establishes the economic and financial feasibility of the CAP" (S. 1658 Hearings, page 32), further Committee action on 5. 1658 has been arrested because the Department of the Interior has not transmitted to the Senate a formal report on the bill.
I cannot support inequitable treatment of the people of my State by consenting to support a reclamation project in California that a sense of justice and legislative fairness dictates should be considered subsequent to the desperate and long studied water needs of my State.
An excuse for its inaction on the Central Arizona Project may be made by the Interior Department on the basis that the Arizona project is involved in a broad region-wide water program. Such an excuse is without foundation. But were it to be a correct statement, it would apply with even greater force to the Auburn-Folsom South unit which would be at the very hub of the California system for re-routing water supplies as described in the Interior Department's recent January 1964 Report on the Pacific Southwest Water Plan. Until the Senate has had opportunity to consider a formal Interior Department report on such a Pacific Southwest water Plan, any action on 5. 351 by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs would be premature.
There are other serious questions about the Auburn-Folsom south unit. The Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation testified that the project would provide irrigation water for over 200,000 acres of land not previously irrigated, and that three-fourths of the project benefits are attributable to irrigation (S. 351 Hearings, pages 99 and 102).
That the proposed Auburn-Folsom South unit is actually part of a regional water and power scheme is indicated by testimony that future extensions of it would include the San Joaquin Valley on the east side as far south as Kern County (Hearings, page 109). Equally revealing is Assistant Secretary of the Interior Holum's testimony that "Unless Auburn Dam and power plant are built in the near future. it will be necessary to curtail power sales to present customers of the Central Valley project as existing power supplies are diverted to meet San Luis unit pumping requirements" (Hearings, page 95).
These statements raise grave doubt about the suitability of authorization of the proposed Auburn-Folsom South unit at this time.
Yours very sincerely.
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