AZ vs. CA:23 California Exhibits, Vol. XXIII; Nos. 6001-6003H; 6101-6170; 6501-6507; 7000-7004; 7300-73077000-7004; 7300-7307

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(c) Paragraph-1-6-Article 29 of the contract of December 1, 1932, between the United States and Imperial Irrigation District, provides irfita Article-29- that: "This contract is made upon the express condition and with the express understanding that all rights based upon this contract shall be subject to and controlled by the Colorado River Compact, being the compact or agreement signed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 24, 1922, pursuant to Act of Congress, approved August 19, 1921, entitled 'An Act to permit a compact or agreement between the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, respecting the disposition and apportionment of the waters of the Colorado River, and for other purposes' which compact was approved by the Boulder Canyon Project Act. " ane-the-Pro-jeet-Aet-. Under the contracts of all California defendants delivery of water is expressly subject to the availability of water under the Compact and the Project Act. XII (a) After the execution of the contracts above mentioned the--dam-,-now knewn-as Hoover Dam 7 was built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River j_ to-a-stzc wM-ch-w*H-±rapotinq creating a reservoir with a capacity of approximately 32,000,000 acre-feet of water. The Imperial Dam and the Ail-American Canal were built to take water from the Colorado River to the Imperial and Coachella Valleys of California. The Ail-American Canal has a capacity of 15,155 cubic feet of water per second of time, hereinafter referred to as c.f .s. , from its point of diversion to Syphon Drop, 13,155 c.f .s., from there to Pilot Knob, and 10,155 c.f. s. beyond Pilot Knob. The United States pursuant to a contract between it and defendant Metropolitan Water District of Southern California constructed Parker Dam. Thereafter, the Metropolitan Aqueduct was constructed to carry Colorado River water to various Southern California communities. The Metropolitan Aqueduct has a designed capacity of 1,605 c.f.s. The United States Bureau of Reclamation constructed Davis Dam to re reguiate-regulate water released from Hoover Dam. (b) All of the aforementioned facilities were constructed and are operated for the regulation, storage, diversion, and use of Colorado River water within the Lower Basin of that river and are governed byy and must be maintained, operated and administered in conformity with the Compact, the Project Act7 and the California Limitation Act. Substantially identical provisions are contained in the contracts between the other defendants and the United States.