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Show 294 ent consumption of water diverted from the mainstream on the Lake Mead National Recreation Area is less than 300 acre-feet per annum.81 Furthermore, from all that appears, its future requirements, whatever they may precisely be, will be of the same general order of magnitude as present uses. Unlike the mainstream Indian Reservations, the potential future uses of the Recreation Area do not cast a cloud on the continuing availability of any appreciable amount of water. This being the case, I have concluded that it would be unwise to attempt to limit the Area to a specific quantity of mainstream water for its future needs. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. The Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona and Nevada is the only one of the National Forests, Parks, Recreation Areas, Monuments, Memorials and lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management currently diverting water from the mainstream of the Colorado River in the Lower Basin.82 2. Executive Orders dated May 3, 1929 (No. 5105) and April 25, 1930 (No. 5339) withdrew lands in Arizona and Nevada pending determination as to the advisability of including such lands in a national monument. In 1936, the Congress appropriated funds for the operation of the Boulder Canyon Project Area which included these lands. 49 Stat. 1794. Lake Mead National Recreation Area was established on the basis of agreements between the Bureau of Reclamation and the National Park Service, dated October 13, 1936 and July 18, 1947, governing administration of the Boulder Canyon Project Area.88 81U. S. Ex. 2802. 82See U. S. Exs. 2700-2722, 2800-2821, 2900-2911. 83U. S. Ex. 2802. |
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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 |