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 211 |
OCR Text |
Show One is the Yuma Reclamation Project which is located on both sides of the Colorado River downstream from Yuma, Arizona; the Valley Division is on the Arizona side of the River and the Reservation Division on the California side. The Valley Division is serviced by the Yuma County Water Users' Association. The non-Indian landowners on the Reservation Division have entered into individual water right application contracts with the United States for the irrigation of the particular acreage which they severally own. A second project is the Yuma Auxiliary Reclamation Project which is located in Arizona, south of Yuma and east of the Valley Division of the Yuma Project. The Yuma Auxiliary Project is serviced by the Unit B Irrigation and Drainage District. A third is the Gila Reclamation Project located in Arizona near the confluence of the Gila and Colorado Rivers. It contains three areas: North Gila Valley, Yuma Mesa, and Wellton-Mohawk. The North Gila Valley Unit is serviced by the North Gila Valley Irrigation District, the Yuma Mesa Division by the Yuma Mesa Irrigation and Drainage District, and the Wellton-Mohawk Division by the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District. The South Gila Valley, while not presently operated as a federal reclamation project, is within the authorized limits of the Gila Project. It is serviced by the Yuma Irrigation District. The fourth federal reclamation project constitutes the Ail-American Canal System and the Coachella Distribution System in California. The All-American Canal System is serviced by the Imperial Irrigation District; the Coachella Distribution System by the Coachella Valley County Water District. The contracts which the United States has made for delivery of water to these Reclamation Act projects, to lands bordering these projects and to special users are as follows: |
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 |
223-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 211.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1119963 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1119963 |