ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session
	House: LAG DP 6-0-0-1-0

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HCM2009: floodwater harvesting; study; urging Congress

Sponsor:  Representative Dunn, LD 13

House Engrossed

Overview

Urges the United States Congress to fund a technological and feasibility study of the development of a diversion dam and pipeline to harvest floodwater from the Mississippi River to replenish the Colorado River and prevent flood damage along the Mississippi Rivers.

History

The Mississippi River flows 2,350 miles from its source at Lake Itasca in Minnesota through the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. It drains all or parts of 32 states and two Canadian provinces, which is about 40% of the continental United States totaling an area of 1.2 million square miles (National Park Service). 

Provisions

1. Urges the United States Congress to fund a technological and feasibility study to develop a diversion dam and pipeline to:

a) Harvest floodwater from the Mississippi River to replenish the Colorado River; and

b) Prevent flood damage along the Mississippi River.

2. Instructs Congress to implement the diversion dam and pipeline, if feasible, as a partial solution to the water supply shortage in Lake Powell and Lake Mead and the flood damage that occurs along the Mississippi River.

3. Instruct the Arizona Secretary of State to transmit copies of this memorial to the following officials:

a) The President of the U.S. Senate;

b) The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives;

c) The Governors of the Mississippi River states of Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Wisconsin; and

d) Each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona.

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