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Show CALIFORNIA DEFENDANTS Exhibit No. 1214 Identification: July 12, 1957 Admitted: Extract From Fortier, Use of Water in Irrigation (3d ed. 1926). (pp. 208-10) 37. The Duty of Water in Irrigation.-Duty of water, or as it is sometimes termed, the irrigation requirement of arable lands, deals with water allotments for agricultural purposes and is more or less closely connected with the legal, administrative, engineering, economic, financial and agricultural phases of irrigation. Formerly, a plentiful water supply led to the use of lax methods in determining the rights of the users, and not infrequently excessive quantities were granted to individuals, associations and corporations, but as water became more difficult to obtain and of higher value more care was exercised in defining the rights of each user. The need of revising many of the water rights which have been granted to over 20,000,000 acres and of correctly estimating the water requirements for 35,000,000 yet to be reclaimed conveys some idea of the scope and importance of this subject to the West. During the past 75 years, various water units and forms of expression have been used to indicate the quantity of water required to irrigate an acre or other unit of land. The most commonly used units for the measurement of irrigation water have been defined in a previous article. |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde 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, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |