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Show -9- Extract From Sen. Rep. No. 2482, 83rd Cong., 2d Sess. to Accompany H. R. 8498 (1954) "Authorizing Construction of Works to Reestablish for the Palo Verde Irrigation District, California, a Means of Diversion of Its Irrigation Water Supply From the Colorado River." financial aspect The cost involved is estimated at $7,099,000 of which $4,538,000 is for the diversion dam and spillway, $2,061,-000 is for works to protect the Indian lands, and $500,000 is for the loan to the district, to be used by it in modifying existing district works. In addition to the $500,000 loan, the district would repay to the United States $1,-175,000 of the cost of constructing the diversion dam. This amount was estimated by the committee as being the value to the district of the reduction in average annual diversion costs which would result from the new diversion dam as compared to those costs in normal circumstances. The remaining cost of the diversion dam would be nonreimbursable. The cost of the works to protect the Indian lands also would be nonreimbursable. JUSTIFICATION The Palo Verde Irrigation District and its predecessors satisfactorily carried on irrigation operations from the 1870's to 1942 by gravity diversion of water from the Colorado River. Storage of water behind the Hoover Dam started in 1935, Parker Dam in 1938, and Headgate Rock Dam in 1942. Immediately following construction of the Headgate Rock Dam, the clear water caused the |
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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. |
