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Show i 76k) and ibl^Z ,inJ any permit which nuy be issued in the natter of Application 4056 »s iLjy be necessary to supply the District the total quantity, including all other waters diverted Tor use of the District from the Colorado River, set forth in that certain agreement Known as the Seven Party Priority Agreement, dated August 18, 1931 (a:> modified l>y the 1946 Merger Contract referred to in paragraph 4 hereof), which provides in part, as follows: "The waters of the Colorado River available for use within the State of California under the Colorado River compact and the Boulder Canyon Project Act shall be apportioned to the respective interests below mmnrl and in amounts and with priorities therein named and set forth, as follows: SECTION 1. A first priority to Palo Verde Irrigation District for beneficial use exclusively upon lands in said district as it now exists and upon lands between said district and the Colorado River, aggregating (within and without said district) a gross area of 104,500 acres, such waters as may be required by said lands. SEX:. 2. A second priority to Yuma project of the United States Bureau of lieclaaatlon for beneficial use upon not exceeding a gross area of 25,000 acres of land located in said project in California, such waters as may be required by said lands. JEC. 3. A third priority (a) to Imperial Irrigation District and other lands under or that will be served from the All-American Canal in Imperial and Coaohella Valleys, and (b) to Palo Verde Irrigation District for us* exclusively on 16,000 acres in that area known as the ¦ Lower Palo Verde Mesa,' adjacent to Palo Verde Irrigation District, for beneficial consumptive use, 3,850,000 acre-feet of water per annum lass the beneficial consumptive use under the priorities designated in sections 1 and 2 above. The rights designated (a) and (b) in this section are equal in priority. The total beneficial consumptive use under priorities stated in sections 1, 2, and 3 of this article shall not exceed 3,850,000 acre-feet of water per annum. SEC. 4. A fourth priority to the Metropolitan Water District of W Southern California and/or the City of Los Angeles, for beneficial eon-sumptive use, by themselves and/or others, on the Coastal Plain of Southern California, 550,000 acre-feet of water per annum. |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde 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, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |