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 50 |
OCR Text |
Show 50 water in the Gila River and water stored by Coolidge Dam are subject to, and are administered under, a water rights decree.83 The San Carlos Project has been troubled by a shortage of surface water and declining water tables. If present agricultural and water supply conditions persist, some acreage will be forced out of cultivation and the project will eventually stabilize at 50,000 acres under annual cultivation.84 5. Yunia Area. Several Bureau of Reclamation irrigation projects and an irrigation district are operated on the Arizona side of the Colorado River in the vicinity of Yuma, Arizona. One of these is the Yuma Project, the Valley Division of which is located in Arizona and the Reservation Division in California. The largest of the projects, the Gila Project, has three irrigation units: North Gila Valley Irrigation District; Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District; and Yuma-Mesa Irrigation and Drainage District. Lying between the North Gila Valley and Yuma-Mesa units are privately irrigated lands known as South Gila Valley. Unit B Irrigation and Drainage District is the last of the projects in this area. At one time its lands were within the Yuma Project and it is still referred to as the Yuma Auxiliary Project. All of the surface water for these projects comes from the mainstream of the Colorado River.85 (a) Yuma Project-Valley Division. The lands within the Valley Division are located south of Yuma, Arizona, and 83Tr. 1497-1501 (Gookin). Water rights are administered under the so-called "Gila River Decree" rendered in United States v. Gila Valley Irrigation District, et al. (Globe Equity No. 59) (D. Ariz. 1935), Ariz. Exs. 103, 300. 84Tr. 1539, 1562 (Gookin). 85Tr. 2196-2198 (Steenbergen). |
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 |
061-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 50.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119801 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119801 |