OCR Text |
Show 128 PEOBLEMS OF IMPERIAL VALLEY AND VICINITY. Water supply.-Derived from North Fork of White River, Milk Creek, and small creeks on project. Average discharge of the North Fork of White River: Acre-feet. November to March (undivertible)....................................... 58,000 April................................................................... 16, 000 May..................................................................... 54,000 June....................................................................... 52, 000 July.................................................................... 24,000 August.....................v...........................^................. 15, 000 September...........................................................___ 13,000 October................................................................. 13,000 Total.............................................................245,000 Divertible.............................................................. 187,000 Milk Creek has not been measured, but the estimated diversion from it may be 14,000 acre-feet annually. Acre-feet. North Fork.............................................................. 187,000' Milk River.............................................................. 14,000 Total...................................,.........................201,000 Storage.-Storage required in the average year is 70,000 acre-feet, if no return flow were available on the project. , Assuming 0.50 acre-foot per acre of available return, probably 90,000 acre-feet of storage is sufficient to give hold-over for dry years. Reservoirs. Acre-feet. Pass Butte................................................................ 68, 000 Trappers Lake............................................................ 15,000 Marvine Lake............................................................. 10, 000 Total................................................................ 93,000 Replacement storage.-Present rights on the main river near Meeker (will require replacement storage if all the flow of the North Fork is diverted. This can be found at Stillwater reservoir site, on the South Fork: Acre-feet. Capacity.................................................................. 17,000 Required................................................................. 13, 000 WOLF CREEK PROJECT. A small project of 2,000 to 2,500 acres on Wolf Creek in township 5 north, ranges 100 and 101 west. As given by promoter, the data are as follows: Area.................................................................acres.. 2, 000 Water supply...................................................acre-feet.. 4, 750 Elevation............................................................feet.. 6,000 Precipitation......................................................inches.. 13.5 Reservoir capacity...............................................acre-feet.. 4,160 DEADMANS BENCH PROJECT. An alternative plan for use of White River water is to divert near the town of Meeker, carrying water through a very difficult country to the neighborhood of Blue Mountains and beyond, on the White River slope. |
Source |
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] : |