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Show giving his statement he ( 1324 1-324 ) means water available aiid , subject to appropriation . ( R . 5178-5179 . ) Prior Discliarge rights of Balance for Demand D raft ; on of Dolores If onth Monte . D olores or D o l or e at ( reser- reser ) ( 'Stomp Stomp ) voir tuma project project project 48.000 81000 40.000 13,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,000 20.000 84.000 32P 000 May ft . . ft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ft _ _ ( ft- ft ) _ ft --------- 91,000 30,000 61.000 48,000 June . --------------------------- . . . . . . . . . . Julyft 29,000 20,000 9.000 32,000 23,000 . . . . . . . . ftft . . . . ft . . . . . . . . . ( ft- ft ) . 13,000 15,000 24,000 24,000 August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ft --- . . . . . . . . . September 81000 7 ODO 1,000 11.000 10 K ) p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , arch 40,000 40,000 ( Octobcr-Nf OctobcrNf ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( ft-ft ftft ) . . . . . . . . . . . . ft . . . . . . . . . ft . Total 339.000 100,000 241,000 160,000 . . . . . . . ft . . . . . ft . . . . ft . . j ( "With With ) 120,000 ( acre-feet acrefeet ) of storage available there is sufficient holdover capacity to tide the project over short years , excepting only where these occur in , a series . PROBLEMS OF IMPERIAL VALLEY AND VICINITY For a short year like 1900 , preceded by a shorter year when no holdover is available , conditions would be as follows : ( Acre-feet Acrefeet ) Inflow , October to ( May Alay ) , inclusive 132,000 Diversions by ( Montezuma Nlontezuma ) project 40,000 Diversions by Dolores project ( --------------------- ) 45,000 85,000 Storage June 1 ----------------------------------- 47 ) 000 River discharge ( June-September JuneSeptember ) , ( inclusive inchisive ) ( ---------- ) 60,000 Diversions by Montezuma project 42,000 Balance for Dolores project ( ------------------------ ) IS , , 000 Total for Dolores ( project- project project ) 65,000 Total per acre , Dolores project 0.81 ( "While While ) this amount is relatively low , it is , however , , sufficient together with precipitation to prevent total crop losses , and considering that such years do not occur frequently , the project may be expected to develop to this point . |