Title |
State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial 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 : the United States of America and State of Nevada, interveners : State of Utah and State of New Mexico, impleaded defendants : report / Simon H. Rifkind, special master |
Creator |
United States. Supreme Court |
Subject |
Water rights; Water consumption; Rivers |
OCR Text |
Show The record of this action is another chapter in the long history of controversy relating to the Colorado River. Suit was initiated by Arizona on August 13, 1952, by filing a motion for leave to file a bill of complaint against the State of California and seven public agencies of the State.1 On January 19, 1953, the motion, unopposed, was granted. |
Publisher |
[Washington, D.C. : U.S. Supreme Court, 1960] |
Contributors |
Rifkind, Simon H. |
Date |
1960-12-05 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Digitization Specifications |
Image files generated by Photoshop CS from PDF files |
Language |
eng |
Rights Management |
Digital Image Copyright 2004, University of Utah. All Rights Reserved. |
Holding Institution |
UNLV Libraries, Special Collection, 4505 Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 |
Source Physical Dimensions |
ix, 433 p. ; 27 cm |
Call Number |
KFA2847.5.C6 A337 1960 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s61835d5 |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1120114 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5 |
Title |
page 14 |
OCR Text |
Show 14 make the annual water consumption per irrigated acre relatively high. Throughout the Basin, considerable quantities of water are lost by evaporation and transpiration but these losses are greater in the Lower Basin than in the Upper.48 The geology of portions of the Lower Basin may be briefly described. Within the range and basin province are found groundwater basins, which are merely valleys between the ranges of mountains. Over a period of time these valleys, which are rock-walled and rock-bottomed, were filled with alluvial fill washed in from surrounding mountains and carried in by streams. The alluvium formed strata capable of holding water. Most of the basins were subject to down-faulting so that one end of the basin is lower than the other. Underground water therefore flows from the upper end to the lower end, and out of the basin, except in the case of closed basins in which the lower end is sealed off. Some water remains in the strata in the upper end of basins, held there between sand grains by capillary attraction, and water is added by recharge. The quality of the ground water in various basins differs materially.44 "Ariz. Ex. 1000, p. 15. 44Tr. 1216-1222 (Turner). |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Original Report: State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial 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 |
Resource Identifier |
025-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 14.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119765 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119765 |