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 135 |
OCR Text |
Show 135 the full amount of the water she claims could not be utilized without a large new project. For example, the United States plans to contract for the delivery of mainstream water pursuant to the federal reclamation laws to the South Gila Valley near Yuma, Arizona. This area, serviced by the Yuma Irrigation District, is presently within the authorized limits of the Gila Reclamation Project. Additional congressional authorization and an appreciable expansion of existing works would not be necessary in order to develop new water uses in the South Gila Valley. California, however, argues that additional diversions of mainstream water for use in the State of Arizona are forbidden by the Colorado River Compact, the Boulder Canyon Project Act and principles of priority of appropriation. As in the case of the California projects, there is a natural reluctance to develop the land when there is a danger that users may be legally barred from applying water to its irrigation. Manifestly, then, the various claims to mainstream water urged by the parties to this litigation ought to be decided by the Supreme Court so as to remove this controversy as the major obstacle to full development of the Lower Basin of the Colorado River. |
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 |
147-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 135.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119887 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119887 |