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 71 |
OCR Text |
Show 71 States but is presently being purchased by the Authority under a lease-purchase contract. The northerly portion of the aqueduct lying between the San Jacinto take-out and the San Louis Rey River was financed and is operated by the Metropolitan Water District; the portion of the aqueduct south thereof is operated by the San Diego County Water Authority.96 Important reservoirs in the system include the San Jacinto Reservoir and the San Vicente Reservoir. The former, which is located two miles below the take-out of the San Diego Aqueduct, has a storage capacity of 1,800 acre-feet and acts as a balancing reservoir between the Colorado River and San Diego Aqueducts. San Vicente Reservoir has a capacity of 90,230 acre-feet and stores water for use in the County.97 C. Nevada 1. Virgin River Drainage Basin. Irrigation is practiced along the Virgin River in the vicinity of Littlefield, Arizona and Mesquite and Bunkerville, Nevada. In 1954, approximately 2,800 acres in Nevada were irrigated by Virgin River \vater.9S During the low flow of the Virgin River from May to October, river flow is derived primarily from saline springs just north of Littlefield and this water has an extremely high salt content-2,500 parts per 1,000,000." Because of the poor quality of the water during these months farmers have found it necessary to use Virgin River water during other parts of the year for leaching purposes.1 n6See Calif Ex 523. 9TTr. 9678-9680 (Beerman) ; see Calif. Ex. 523. 98Tr. 16221 (Shamberger). 90Tr. 16209-16210, 16368 (Shamberger). >Tr. 16954-16956 (Shamberger). |
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 |
082-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 71.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119822 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119822 |