Report on Arkansas, White, and Red River Basins Water Resources Development Program, Corps of Engineers (Civil Functions) and Southwestern Power Administration, Fiscal Year 1957

The General Accounting Office has made an audit of the activities of the Corps of Engineers (Civil Functions), Department of the Army, and the Southwestern Power Administration, Department of the Interior, in the Arkansas, White, and Red River basins, including the Whitney Project, Texas, This audit was made pursuant to the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 53) and the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 67). Federal development of the water resources In the Arkansas, White, and Red River basins has been undertaken principally by the Corps of Engineers. Southwestern Power Administration markets the energy generated at hydroelectric power plants at these Corps projects. In part the hydroelectric plants and the transmission system are operated as an integrated power system. This operating arrangement makes the financial reporting on a combined basis appropriate and desirable.