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 20 |
OCR Text |
Show 20 In 1911 the Imperial Irrigation District was formed to acquire the assets formerly held by C. D. C. and in 1916 all such assets were purchased from the Southern Pacific, except Mexican agricultural lands.70 The River broke westward again in 1909. Over a period of years thereafter, a system of levees was erected within Mexico which was paid for by landowners in the Imperial Valley through the Imperial Irrigation District, and by the United States. Approximately six million dollars were spent.71 A highly qualified witness expressed the opinion that if these efforts to control the River had not been made it would have broken permanently into the Salton Basin.72 In another respect was the River ill behaved. It carried vast quantities of silt, estimated as being proportionately 17 times that of the Mississippi River.73 The silt was brought down from the highlands and deposited on the irrigated lands below, clogging canals and works. Considering the vast drainage area, the supply of water brought down into the Lower Basin is less than might be expected. The loss of water is explained by the very high rate of evaporation and by heavy channel losses on both the mainstream and tributaries as these waters traverse the hot desert lands of the Lower Basin.74 The erratic flows of the River, its propensity to violent and destructive floods, its high silt content, the desire for a gravity canal located wholly on American soil to serve the Imperial Valley, and other factors brought about a realization that a reservoir with large storage capacity on the mainstream of the Colorado River would have sub- T0Tr. 6998, 7422 (Dowd). T1Tr. 7003-7007 (Dowd). T2Tr. 7009, 7017 (Dowd). "Tr. 6495 (Dowd). 74See Ariz. Ex. 1000, p. 15. |
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 |
031-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 20.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119771 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119771 |