Title |
State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants : the United States of America and State of Nevada, interveners : State of Utah and State of New Mexico, impleaded defendants : report / Simon H. Rifkind, special master |
Creator |
United States. Supreme Court |
Subject |
Water rights; Water consumption; Rivers |
OCR Text |
Show The record of this action is another chapter in the long history of controversy relating to the Colorado River. Suit was initiated by Arizona on August 13, 1952, by filing a motion for leave to file a bill of complaint against the State of California and seven public agencies of the State.1 On January 19, 1953, the motion, unopposed, was granted. |
Publisher |
[Washington, D.C. : U.S. Supreme Court, 1960] |
Contributors |
Rifkind, Simon H. |
Date |
1960-12-05 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Digitization Specifications |
Image files generated by Photoshop CS from PDF files |
Language |
eng |
Rights Management |
Digital Image Copyright 2004, University of Utah. All Rights Reserved. |
Holding Institution |
UNLV Libraries, Special Collection, 4505 Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 |
Source Physical Dimensions |
ix, 433 p. ; 27 cm |
Call Number |
KFA2847.5.C6 A337 1960 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s61835d5 |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1120114 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5 |
Title |
page 62 |
OCR Text |
Show 62 Seventy per cent of the rainfall in the southern coastal plain occurs during January, February and March and 70% of the run-off occurs in these months and the month of April. Average annual rainfall at Los Angeles is 15 inches and at San Diego it is 10 inches. Precipitation in the upper valleys to the east increases to 15 to 20 inches per annum and annual rainfall in the mountainous areas may be 30 to 40 inches or more. There are, however, great fluctuations from year to year in the rainfall of the area. Indeed, there have been years when Los Angeles has received less than five inches of rain.83 A number of streams rise in the mountains to the east of Los Angeles and flow southerly and westerly to the Pacific Ocean. The Los Angeles River System rises in the San Gabriel Mountains and flows out of the San Fernando Valley through the narrows near Elysian Park and thence to the Ocean. The San Gabriel River drains the area north of the San Gabriel Valley, runs through the Valley and then divides, one branch discharging into the sea at Alamitos Bay and the other flowing into the Los Angeles River which discharges at Long Beach, California. The stream with the largest drainage area in the coastal plain is the Santa Ana River, which drains the San Bernardino Mountains and a portion of the San Gabriel Mountains and flows through the Santa Ana Canyon and thence to the Ocean near Newport.64 The major ground water basins in the southern California coastal basin are the Orange County and central basin (divided into an easterly and westerly portion, respectively, by the county line between Orange and Los Angeles Counties), and westerly of this basin, the west basin. As water is pumped from these basins, the water level falls C3Tr. 9407-9408 (Morris). 64Tr. 9417-9419 (Morris). |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Original Report: State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California |
Resource Identifier |
073-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 62.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119813 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119813 |