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Show 291 The agreement was to become effective when the Congress authorized the Secretary to fulfill the obligations undertaken by him. Authorization was given by the Act of August 28, 1958." From the foregoing it is clear that rights of the Coa-chella Reservations to water from the Colorado River can JS5 Contract between.the_Secretary and the District. But there has been no showing that the Indian distribution system has been constructed. Nor has it been established that "any major part of such irrigation distribution system . . . has been turned over to the District. . . ." The obligation of the District to deliver water to the Coachella Reservations under the contract with the Secretary, therefore, cannpt be said to have matured. Thus, there is no occasion on the facts and circumstances pre-_s^nted_fox.a^tenninatiojnjof what rights may accrue to the rnarhpiia Reservations should the .District become obligated to deliver water to them in the future. B. National Forests, Recreation Areas, Parks, Memorials, Monuments and Lands Administered By the Bureau of Land Management The United States claims water rights for its "forests, parks, monuments, memorial, recreation area and lands under the jurisdiction of the United States Bureau of Land Management in the lower Colorado River Basin," both under state law and by reservation of water for each project when that project was established.78 I have concluded that it is not necessary or appropriate to determine various water rights under state law in this litigation, see pages 216-218, supra, nor to determine water rights on "72 Stat. 968. 78U. S. Brief, pp. 56-61. |
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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 |