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 330 |
OCR Text |
Show 330 Despite this opposition from the United States, I have decided to adopt the Arizona-New Mexico settlement. The total quantity of ground water involved is only 838.2 acre feet. While I have found that pumping of ground water in the Gila River System basin affects the surface supply, there is no evidence regarding the extent that out-of-decree pumping in the Virden Valley affects United States interests in Arizona. The maximum effect would be in the amount of the 838.2 acre-feet, and in all probabilty the diminution of surface supply available to the Gila River Indian Reservation would be much less. Moreover, the United States is not foreclosed. It is protected from injury if it can show that pumping from lands outside the Gila Decree impairs rights confirmed to it under the Decree. For similar reasons I have also adopted in the recommended decree a compromise between Arizona and New Mexico which permits the domestic use of a maximum of 265 acre-feet per annum of water diverted from the Gila River or its underground sources in the Virden Valley in addition to the uses confirmed by the Gila Decree, "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." Both San Simon Creek and the San Francisco River have their confluence with the Gila River in Arizona. In order to ensure that Arizona users on the Gila and on those tributaries of the Gila will not be adversely affected by increased use, diversions from one of these streams may not be transferred to any of the other streams, nor may uses for irrigation purposes within any area on one of the streams be transferred for use for irrigation purposes to any other area on that stream.29 The recommended decree so provides. 29The areas on the San Francisco River System are: Luna, Apache Creek-Aragon, Reserve, and Glenwood (including Mule Creek). The Luna, Apache Creek-Aragon, and Reserve areas are |
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 |
342-UUM-COvAZ-SMRP_page 330.jpg |
Setname |
wwdl_azvca |
ID |
1120082 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61835d5/1120082 |