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Show REAUTHORIZING GILA PROJECT 453 STATEMENT OF R. GAIL BAKER, RECLAMATION ENGINEER, STATE OF ARIZONA Mr. Baker. R. Gail Baker, reclamation engineer for the State of Arizona-civil engineer. ***** REAUTHORIZING GILA PROJECT 463 Acre-feet Virgin flow at Lee Ferry____________________________________16,271,000 Less upper basin allocation__________________________________ 7, 500,000 8, 771, 000 Natural gain, Lee Ferry at Boulder Dam________________________ 1, 0C0, 000 9, 831, 000 Tributary flow, Boulder Dam to Imperial Dam__________________ 195, 000 Less natural loss, Boulder Dam to Imperial Dam________________ 1, 075, 000 Virgin flow at Imperial Dam less 7,500,000 acre-feet to upper basin__ 8, 951, 000 Virgin flow Gila at Colorado River___________________________ 1,271, 000 Less Arizona's estimated use of Gila at time of compact (III (b) water)_________________________________________________ 1, 000,000 271,000 9, 222, 000 Allocated to Mexico by treaty________________________________ 1, 500,000 7,722, 000 Allocated to lower basin, art. Ill (a)--------------------------------------- 7, 500,000 Unallocated water-------------------------------------------------------------- 222, 000 Colorado River firm water available to Arizona: Article III (a) allocated to Arizona, subject to uses in New Mexico and Utah_____________________________________ 2,800, 000 New Mexico and Utah uses (estimated ultimate)____________ 131,000 Net firm water available______________________________ 2,669,000 _ , . Acre-feet Present Arizona uses: depletion Gila River Basin---------------------------------------------------------- 135, 000 Little Colorado River___________________________________ 59,000 Virgin and Kanab Creek-______________________________ 5,000 Williams River_________________________________________ 3, 000 Colorado River below Parker Dam_________________________ 205,000 407,000 Reservoir losses, present and future-------------------------------------- 317,000 724,000 Colorado River water remaining available to Arizona by compact and contracts________________________________________________ 1,945,000 |
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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] : |
