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Show 128 Approximate Consumptive Use of Mainstream Water In California Amount of Consumptive Use User (Acre-Feet) Tear All-American Canal Project72...... 3,662,000 1955 (Coachella and Imperial Districts) Metropolitan Water District73...... 481,493 1956 Palo Verde Irrigation District74___ 296,000 1957 Yuma Project-Reservation Division75 ........................ 36,392 1955 Miscellaneous76 .................. 8,000 1957 Total................... 4,483,885 Approximate Consumptive Use of Mainstream Water In Nevada Amount of Consumptive Use TTsei (Acre-Feet) Tear Boulder City77..................." 2,750 1956 Others78 ........................ 21,700 1956 Total .................. 24,450 72Calif. Ex. 275 shows diversions for Imperial and Coachella in 1955 of 3,642,000 acre-feet. Added to this is 20,000 acre-feet of losses chargeable to the districts. See Calif. Ex. 279. 73Ariz. Ex. 429. Counsel stated at Tr. 19968 that the Metropolitan diversion for 1957 was 584,000 acre-feet and this was not challenged. 74This figure is claimed in Calif. Proposed Finding 4C:102(2) and is based on the consumptive use per acre in 1955, derived from Calif. Ex. 356, multiplied by the irrigated acres in 1957, which increased from 1955. Irrigated acreage in 1957 was approximately 74,000 acres. Tr. 8772. The figure is computed, actual diversion being much greater. California contends that all water diverted by Palo Verde returns to the river except for that consumptively used and that the computed figure accurately represents consumptive use. I have accepted the contention for present purposes. 75This figure is also computed and the contention is that the remainder of the water used returns to the River. The figure is taken from Calif. Ex. 376. /8Calif. Proposed Finding 4C:.110-unspecified non-contractual uses. "U. S. Ex. 35. T8Nev. Ex. 502; Tr. 16329. |
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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 |