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Show (Copy) iteraaa, tha undersigned, Colorado River Commissioners of California; resentatives of tha Governor of California; rapresentatives of tha -tropolitan Water District ; tha Coachella Tallay County Water District; the Imperial Irrigation District; tha Palo Verde Irrigation Dlatriot and tha Boulder Dam Association have reached an understanding for the division of Colorado River water which will ba available to California upon tha following baaia: Class A Water: Agricultural Groups, Metrop. Diatrlct, Total 3,860,000 acre faet par annum MO.000 • • ¦ • 4,400,000 Mart 650,000 acre faat par annum, available for California use Matrop. Diet. 550,OOC acre feet per annum All water In river available for California use excess of above 4,950,000 acre feet per annum. In Agricultural group all. and have studied in great detail the available water supply from the Colorado River and the water requirements of California from that source and while we recognise that California has bean ao limited aa to make lafeaalble otherwise feasible projects including several hundred thousand acres of land we do find that if there are no further 1imitations then upon the construction of the Boulder Dan tha supply will be ample for the now going concerns using water from the Colorado and also for the Colorado River Aqueduct to serve tha Metropolitan later Diatrlct of Southern California; the Palo Verde Valley lands and tha All-Aaerloar; Canal to serve the enlarged development In the Imperial ana Coaohella valleys and we further find that the Colorado River Aqueduct and tha All-^aerican Canal will constitute extremely laportaat factors in the , rowth, prqteotlon and prosperity of Southern California ind both of theae proJeotCoupht to bt consuneted at the earliest possible tine. Mow, therefore te it resolved that we re;ueet all those In authority to exp.dita as much as reasonably possible all steps leading up to the conatructlon of the Boulder Dam, tha Colorado River Aqueduct, *nd the All-As ex tear. Canal and we urge upon the people of Bout ham California that thev gives these three great projects their moral/ ana ilnanelel support to the end that each of them ¦ay be an accompllahed fact in the very near future. Dated- Tebruery SI, 193C. |
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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] : |