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 106 |
OCR Text |
Show 106 Geological Survey, which maintains and publishes records of stream flow data, rates its records from excellent (error of 5% or less) to poor (error in excess of 15%).30 Determination of diminution of supply resulting from reservoir evaporation loss entails similar inexactitude. Without detailing the methods of measuring reservoir evaporation loss, it is sufficient to say that the process is also one of estimate and calculation, with attendant inaccuracies. One witness characterized the often-used land pan method as reliable only to the extent of "general application on an annual basis."31 Determining channel losses presents similar problems. In addition, there is the problem of incomplete stream flow records. Historical flow records suffer not only from the infirmities just described but also from the fact that they often are derived, not from actual measurements on the stream, but from correlations with flows of other streams. In some instances, records were never kept or were lost. In such cases it is common to estimate flows by correlating such records of the stream that do exist with longer records of "adjacent" streams thought to have a relationship to the one in question.32 Prediction of future supply depends upon repetition of past conditions in future years. In making these estimates, experts select some portion of the historical record which they expect will recur. But the experts do not agree on which portion of the record to select. Certainly 30Tr. 3836-3845 (Dugan). At the time Mr. Dugan gave his testimony, he was Assistant Chief Development Engineer of the United States Bureau of Reclamation. slTr. 3914 (Dugan). For a full description of methods used to calculate evaporation losses on Lake Mead, see Tr. 3907-3915A (Dugan). S2Tr. 4286 (Tipton). For a detailed account of the technique of correlating two streams, see Tr. 5456-5486 (Dugan). |
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 |
117-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 106.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119857 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119857 |