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Show 214 of the water for the division under the provisions of ... the Act of July 30, 1947 (61 Stat. 628). . . ,"79 (8) Contracts concluded between 1951 and 1956 under the Warren Act for the delivery of water from the facilities of the Yuma, Yuma Auxiliary, and Gila reclamation projects by the United States to individual users on lands bordering the reclamation projects.80 (9) Contracts concluded between 1945 and 1956 under the Miscellaneous Special Use Act of February 25, 1920 for the delivery of water from the facilities of the Yuma, Yuma Auxiliary, and Gila reclamation projects by the United States to various special users in the Yuma, Arizona, area.80a (10) Contracts between the United States and the Imperial Irrigation District and between the United States and the Coachella Valley County Water District for delivery of water to those districts in the amounts and with the priorities stated in the Seven-party Agreement among various California users, subject to the availability thereof for use in California under the Colorado River Compact and the Boulder Canyon Project Act.sl The United States seeks a decree adjudging that it has the right and power to release for diversion from the mainstream of the Colorado River the amount of water necessary to fulfill the contractual obligations detailed above. Arizona objects. She argues that, under the Project Act, the Secretary of the Interior must contract for the delivery of water directly with each state, and that the division of each state's allotment of water among individual users is controlled by the state. Arizona says that the 79Ariz. Ex. 93. 80Ariz. Exs. 163, 165. S0*Ibid. "Ariz. Exs. 34, 35. |
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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 |