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 63 |
OCR Text |
Show 63 below sea level, and the ground water tends to slope downward inland away from the ocean. As a result, salt water intrudes into the basin and moves inland so that portions of these basins nearest the ocean have already been lost. In order to protect the basins, Colorado River water is spread on the ground and percolates to the ground water where it helps to raise the elevation of the ground water table so that the barrier against the salt water intrusion is maintained.65 A number of works have been constructed to conserve and store water in the southern coastal plain. Approximately sixty storage reservoirs have been built in the four counties of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange and Riverside, the total storage capacity of which is roughly 620,000 acre-feet. The area is not well suited to the erection of storage reservoirs because of the lack of satisfactory dam sites and because of the friable quality of the mountains which permits substantial accumulation of debris.66 The local water supply of the southern coastal plain has been augmented by importation of water from other areas. The first of these trans-basin diversions came with completion in 1913 of construction on the Owens Valley Aqueduct which transports water 240 miles from the Owens River to Los Angeles. Prior to that year the Los Angeles River was virtually the sole source of supply for the City of Los Angeles.67 The Owens River diversion proved to be inadequate because there was less water in the Owens River than had been expected and because the Los Angeles population became greater than had been anticipated. The water shortage was met by pumping ground water in the Owens Valley Basin, the City of Los Angeles having purchased 65Tr. 9595-9602 (Elder). «6Tr. 9421-9422 (Morris). 07Tr. 9425 (Morris). For a full description of the "Owens River Project see Tr. 9427 et scq. |
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 |
074-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 63.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119814 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119814 |