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 70 |
OCR Text |
Show 70 in the County is erratic, varying from Al/2 to 26 inches annually.92 The San Diego County Water Authority was incorporated in 1944. In 1956 it had 17 member agencies, an area of 678.6 square miles and a population of 754,500. In 1946 the Authority became a member of the Metropolitan Water District by annexation. The Authority obtains water from two sources: local supply and the Colorado River. Approximately 75% of all water used comes from the River and, in 1956, 115,094 acre-feet were received from this source.03 There are no undeveloped sources of local water in the San Diego area that can be economically exploited and, therefore, present and projected water requirements can be satisfied only by imported water.94 Colorado River water reaches the San Diego County Water Authority through the Colorado River Aqueduct and the San Diego Aqueduct. The Colorado River Aqc-duct has been described above95 The San Diego Aqueduct consists of two installations or barrels; the first barrel was installed from 1945 to 1947 and the second in 1954. Both barrels take out of the Colorado River Aqueduct at the San Jacinto Tunnel and follow a southerly course terminating at the San Vicente Reservoir in San Diego County. The capacity of both barrels is 180 c.f.s. at Rainbow, California, and 165 c.f.s. at the terminal point. There are no pumping plants on the aqueduct; water flows by gravity from the Colorado River Aqueduct at San Jacinto to the San Vicente Reservoir. In general, the terrain over which the aqueduct runs is hilly and this factor necessitated the construction of a number of tunnels through which the conduit passes. Title to the aqueduct remains in the United 92Tr. 9676-9681 (Beerman). 93Tr. 9715-9721 (Holmgren). 9*Tr. 9683,9695-9696 (Beerman). 95See p. 38-39, 65-67, supra. |
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 |
081-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 70.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119821 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119821 |