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Show 45 VI. Irrigation Projects and Districts, Indian Reservations and Other Water Users in the Lower Basin A. Arizona 1. Salt River Project. This project, which lies on both sides of the Salt River east of its confluence with the Gila River in central Arizona, is capable of serving 240,000 acres of land. Approximately 200,000 acres were under cultivation in 1955 and portions of the remaining acreage constitute town sites and residential property which are furnished water for domestic uses.56 The northern portion of the Project, which includes the City of Phoenix, is bounded on the west by the Agua Fria River and on the east by the Arizona Canal. The southern portion is bounded on the south by the Gila Indian Reservation and on the east by the Roosevelt Water Conservation District.57 The major dams serving the Project are Granite Reef Diversion Dam, Stewart Mountain Dam, Horse Mesa Dam, Mormon Flat Dam and Roosevelt Dam-all on the Salt River; Bartlett Dam and Horseshoe Dam on the Verde River; and a flood control dam on Cave Creek.58 The Project is operated by two agencies with a complex interrelation never fully explained in the evidence. It was initiated by the Bureau of Reclamation which conducted operations until 1917 when the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, organized under Arizona law in 1903, assumed control. Subsequently a district was incorporated as a political subdivision of the State of Arizona; the officers and directors of the district and association are identical.59 »Tr. 1806-1807 (Corbell). 5:See Ariz. Ex. 140. 55Tr. 1763-1767 (Corbell). See also pp. 40-43, supra. "Tr. 1770-1772, 1756-1757, 1815-1818 (Corbell). |
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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 |
