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Show 28 Between 1930 and 1934 the Secretary of the Interior, on behalf of the United States, contracted with the defendants Palo Verde Irrigation District,06 Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the City of San Diego for the delivery of the water to be stored in Lake Mead, subject to the availability thereof for use in California under the Compact and Project Act.07 In response to a request from the Secretary of the Interior,08 these California agencies entered into an agreement dated August 18, 1931, commonly known as the Seven-party Agreement which fixes the relative priorities, as among the signatories, to California's share of water from the mainstream of the Colorado River.90 The terms of this agreement were recommended by the Division of Water Resources of the State of California, and the Secretary of the Interior incorporated the intrastate priorities stated therein in general regulations promulgated on September 28, 1931, relating to contracts for the storage and delivery of mainstream water impounded by Hoover Dam.1 There is no contract between the United States and the State of California itself. By contracts with Nevada dated March 30, 1942, and January 3, 1944, the United States agreed to deliver certain quantities of water to Nevada from storage in Lake Mead, subject to the availability thereof for use in Nevada under the Compact and Project Act.2 8GThe text of this contract, which is representative of the California contracts, appears in Appendix 8. 97Ariz. Exs. 33, 34, 36-40. 98Calif. Ex. 1810. "Ariz. Ex. 27. The Seven-party Agreement is reprinted as part of the Palo Verde Water Delivery Contract, Appendix 8. *Calff. Ex. 1811. 2Special Master's Ex. No. 4, The Hoover Dam Documents, appendices 1018-1019, Ariz. Exs. 43, 44. The text of these contracts appears in Appendices 6 and 7. |
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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 |