Ground-water resources and geology of the Gila Bend and Dendora areas, Maricopa County, Arizona

The contemplated construction of an earth-fill flood-control dam on the Gila River in the vicinity of Gila Bend, Ariz., required a preliminary evaluation of the effects of such a structure upon the water supply of the area.  The proposed dam would temporarily impound teh occasional floods that constitute the only surface flow in this reach of the Gila River.