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 52 |
OCR Text |
Show 52 designed to serve 7,000 acres. It receives waters from the Gila Gravity Canal at a turnout with a 150 c.f .s. capacity.92 (ii) Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District. Located east of the North Gila Project along both sides of the Gila River, this project is designed to serve 75,000 acres03 although only 30,000 acres were irrigated in 1955.94 It receives its water from the Gila Gravity Canal at a turnout with a capacity of 1,300 c.f.s. From this turnout the Wellton-Mohawk Canal runs east and southeast, using three pumping plants to lift the water. The last pumping plant lifts the water into the Mohawk Canal, which at this point has a capacity of 900 c.f.s. The District has approximately 300 miles of canal system most of which is lined.95 (iii) Yuma-Mesa Irrigation and Drainage District. This project, which is now constructed to serve approximately 20,000 acres,90 is located south of the North Gila Valley Project and east of the Yuma Project. The 14,566 acres irrigated in 1955 had never been irrigated prior to organization of the Project.97 The Project receives its water from the Gila Gravity Canal at the Yuma-Mesa Pumping Plant which lifts the water 52 feet on to the mesa. The plant has a capacity of 700 c.f.s. and the Mesa Canal has a capacity of 620 c.f.s. The canal network is concrete lined and operates as a closed system.08 (c) Unit B Irrigation and Drainage District. Also known as the Yuma Auxiliary Project, this district is sit- 92Tr. 2200-2201 (Steenbergen). 93Tr. 2203 (Steenbergen). 94Tr. 2390 (Steenbergen); Ariz. Ex. 186. 95Tr. 2202-2203 (Steenbergen). 96Tr. 2206 (Steenbergen). 97Tr. 2385, 2387-2389 (Steenbergen) ; Ariz. Ex. 186. 98Tr. 2205-2206 (Steenbergen). A closed system is one in which no provision for regulatory waste is made. |
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 |
063-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 52.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119803 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119803 |