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Show 50 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS 41,277 acre-feet per year. During 1971-1975 diversions approached 20,000 acre-feet per year. In 1976 and 1977 it diverted 8,798 acre-feet and 7,353 acre-feet, respectively. D.3. Las Vegas Valley Water District No. 14-06-300-2130, dated September 22, 1969, for a maximum diversion of 15,407 acre-feet per year. Actual diversions were 6,120 acre-feet in 1971-72. Diversions were suspended thereafter because of deliveries through the Southern Nevada Water Project. In 1976 and 1977 those deliveries were 59,912 acre-feet and 61,573 acre-feet respectively. DA. Colorado River Commission of Nevada-Southern California Edison Company No. 14-06-300-1877, dated October 26, 1966, for a maximum diversion of 30,000 acre-feet per year, of which less than one-half is actually diverted, for the Mohave Steamplant across from Bullhead City, Arizona. In 1976 and 1977, the diversions were 14,709 acre-feet and 14,327 acre-feet, respectively. This contract permits Southern California Edison Company to use part of Nevada's entitlement for 35 years, the expected life of the steamplant. D.5. Southern Nevada Water Project No. 14-06-300-1974, dated August 25, 1967. This contract provides for the First Stage of the project with a diversion capability of 138,000 acre-feet. D.5.1 First Stage Construction of the Southern Nevada Water Project was authorized by the Act of October 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 1068, to deliver water from Lake Mead for municipal and industrial uses in Clark County, Nevada. The Project was to be built in three stages. This was later changed to two stages because of burgeoning population growth and need for water. The principal First Stage features consist of intake facilities in Lake Mead, eight pumping plants, 4 miles of concrete-lined tunnels, 7 miles of main aqueduct, 37 miles of laterals, and regulating facilities. Water treatment is provided separately by Nevada's Alfred Merritt Smith Treatment Facility adjacent to Saddle Island. The cost of construction of the First Stage, completed in July 1971, was $52,901,300, of which $1,737,000 is allocated to Nellis Air Force Base and is nonreimbursable. The balance, all allocated to municipal and industrial water supply, is repayable in 50 years with interest at the rate of 3V4 percent. The following First Stage subcontracts were executed with Nevada's Colorado River Commission (later succeeded by the Division of Colorado River Resources) for deliveries of water with options for additional water under the Second Stage, as follows: Contract Acre-Feet of Diversions Subcontractor Executed Stage 1 Stage 2* Boulder City 8/25/67 7,000 15,000 Henderson 8/25/67 7,000 40,000 No. Las Vegas 8/25/67 20,000 40,000 Las Vegas Valley Water Dist. 8/25/67 99,200 200,000 Nellis Air Force Base 1/8/69 4,000 7,000 (No. GS-00T-1710) Rev. 2/19/75 'The Second Stage options were premised on assumptions that the return flow credits would be of a magnitude which would permit a "consumptive use" of not more than 300,000 acre-feet of water. |
