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Show 30 Priority UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS Description Acre-Feet Annually Priorities 1, 2, and 3 shall not exceed 3,850,000 550,000 550,000 112,000 1 Palo Verde Irrigation District ) gross area of 104,500 acres ) ) 2 Yuma Project Reservation Division - ) not exceeding a gross area of 25,000 ) acres ) ) 3(a) Imperial Irrigation District and lands ) in Imperial and Coachella Valleys to be ) served by AAC ) ) 3(b) Palo Verde Irrigation District - ) on 16,000 acres of mesa lands ) 4 Metropolitan Water District, and/or City of Los Angeles, and/or others on the coastal plain 5(a) Metropolitan Water District, and/or City of Los Angeles, and/or others on the coastal plain 5(b) City and/or county of San Diego (5 (a) and 5(b) are equal in priority) 6 (a) Imperial Irrigation District and other ) lands in Imperial and Coachella Valleys ) served from AAC ) 6(b) Palo Verde Irrigation District - ) on 16,000 acres of mesa lands ) 300,000 ) (6(a) and 6(b) are equal in priority) ) Total 5,362,000 The California contracts are between the United States and: B.2 The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California April 24, 1930, No. Ur-645, providing for delivery of 1,050,000 acre-feet per year of water immediately below Boulder Canyon Dam. This contract was executed before the Seven-Party Agreement. Article 10 provides for a charge of 25 cents per acre-foot for water delivered to the District during the Boulder Dam cost repayment period. A similar charge appears in the San Diego contract of February 15, 1933, but does not appear in the California agricultural use contracts. September 28, 1931, Ilr-645, supplemented and amended the above agreement by incorporating Article I of the Seven-Party Agreement which, among other things, increased the quantity of Colorado River water to be delivered to MWD by the United States from 1,050,000 acre-feet per year to 1,100,000 acre-feet per year. |
