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 329 |
OCR Text |
Show 329 Two questions have been raised with respect to the use of underground, pumped water on lands in the Virden Valley in New Mexico. One question is whether lands specified in the Gila Decree may be irrigated by pumped water in addition to the surface diversions from the Gila River permitted by the Decree. The resolution of this question, which requires an interpretation of the Gila Decree, is best left to the court which rendered and administers that Decree. It is sufficient in this case to hold that the Gila Decree governs all uses of water on lands in the Virden Valley specified in the Decree, and that the interpretation of the Decree is left to the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. The recommended decree is to be so construed. The other question is whether the use of underground, pumped water on lands in the Virden Valley which are not specified in the Gila Decree should be prohibited. Arizona and New Mexico have stipulated that there are 380.81 acres of land within the Virden Valley which are not specified in the Gila Decree and which are presently being irrigated with water from the underground water sources of the Gila River. The United States does not dispute this figure. Arizona and New Mexico have compromised this question by agreeing that these non-decree lands, or other lands or uses in the Virden Valley to which their water rights may be transferred, may consumptively use not more than 838.2 acre-feet of underground water per annum "unless and until such uses are adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be an infringement or impairment of rights confirmed by the Gila Decree." The United States objects to this compromise, asserting that the use of this water may reduce the surface supply in the Gila River available for storage in the San Carlos Reservoir, which in turn would reduce the water available for the Gila River Indian Reservation. |
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 |
341-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 329.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1120081 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1120081 |