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Show 338 11. The Gila River is a losing or wasting stream below Ashurst-Hayden Dam." 12. Lands within the Gila River System drainage basin in New Mexico are irrigated with surface and underground water.48 13. There are 2,900 acres presently being irrigated with water from San Simon Creek, its tributaries and underground water sources in New Mexico.47 14. Present annual consumptive uses of water from San Simon Creek, its tributaries and underground water sources in New Mexico are 7,200 acre-feet.48 certain federal and Arizona agencies. Ariz. Ex. 103 p. 98. However, diversions at Ashurst-Hayden Dam from 1934 to 1955 averaged 187,000 acre-feet per year. Ariz. Ex. 139, p. 1. The 1951-1955 diversion figures were as follows: 1951 .......................... 47,000 acre-feet 1952 .......................... 226,000 acre-feet 1953 .......................... 53,000 acre-feet 1954 .......................... 121,000 acre-feet 1955 .......................... 113,000 acre-feet Similarly, the Gila Decree authorized the storage in San Carlos Reservoir of 1,285,000 acre-feet. Ariz. Ex. 103, p. 105. Storage in the Reservoir, however, has never exceeded 800,000 acre-feet and storage, from 1934 to 1955, averaged 168,000 acre-feet. Ariz. Ex. 139, p. 5. Storage figures as of May 1 for the years 1951 through 1955 were: 1951 .......................... -0- acre-feet 1952 ......................... 160,000 acre-feet 1953 .......................... 9,000 acre-feet 1954 ......................... 26,000 acre-feet 1955 .......................... -0- acre-feet An average of 63,000 acres of the 100,546 acre San Carlos Project were irrigated from 1934 to 1955. Most of the unirrigated acreage would have been irrigated had the water supply been adequate. Tr. 1560-1562 (Gookin); see Ariz. Ex. 139. See also Part One, pp. 48-50. 45Tr. 1399-1402 (Gookin); 5584-5590 (Dugan); Ariz. Ex. 77B, p. 33, Table G. "See Tr. 17389-17407 (Sorenson) ; N. M. Ex. 517. 47Tr. 17389-17407 (Sorenson). "N. M. Ex. 517. |
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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 |