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Show j 337 tions are situated on tributaries of the Gila which flow entirely within the State of Arizona.89 6. The Gila Bend Indian Reservation is situated below the confluence of the Salt and Gila Rivers in Arizona, approximately 40 miles southwest of Phoenix.40 7. Coolidge Dam is the sole water storage facility on the Gila River between its headwaters and its confluence with the Salt River. Situated 26 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona, it creates the San Carlos Reservoir which serves the San Carlos Project in Arizona.41 8. The flow of the Gila River and its tributaries has been erratic.*2 9. On June 29, 1935, the United States District Court for the District of Arizona entered a final decree which determined rights to divert and use water from the Gila River from a point in New Mexico (above the Virden Valley) ten miles east of the eastern boundary of Arizona to the Gila River Crossing, located a short distance upstream from the joinder of the Gila and Salt Rivers southwest of Phoenix, Arizona. United States v. Gila Valley Irrigation District, et al. (Globe Equity No. 59).4S 10. The Gila River, San Francisco River, and San Simon Creek are overappropriated, supply being insufficient to satisfy existing needs.44 88See U. S. Ex. 100. 40See U. S. Exs. 1408-1409. "See Part One, p. 39. 42See e.g., Ariz. Ex. 98, pp. 604-605, 609-610, 626-627. 48Ariz. Exs. 103, 300. 44Ariz. Answering Brief p. 83; N. M. Rebuttal Brief, p. 5. For example, under the Gila Decree (Globe Equity No. 59) the United States has the right to divert up to 603,276 acre-feet per annum at Ashurst-Hayden Dam for the use of the San Carlos Project and |
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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 |