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Show [7] SYNOPSIS The Palo Verde Irrigation District lies within the Palo Verde Valley on the west side of the Colorado River in the vicinity of Blythe, California. It includes 99,000 acres of land of which about 45,000 acres are cultivated at present. The soil is excellent in quality, crop yields are high and farm incomes are on high levels. The Palo Verde Mesa adjoining the District on the west contains 34,000 acres of which 16,000 acres are being considered for development. The district obtains its water from the Colorado River and has water rights dating back to 1877. The water rights and water supply are adequate. Diversion, however, has always been attended by difficulties, the problem being one of maintaining satisfactory diversion conditions at the district's intake. As an expedient to prevent loss of the crops of the Palo Verde Irrigation District to the war effort, construction of a temporary weir across the Colorado River below the District's intake was authorized by the Congress on April 1, 1944. The Bureau of Reclamation was directed to construct the weir. Since completion of the weir in March 1945, the Palo Verde Irrigation District has had satisfactory diversion conditions at its intake. Construction of the weir, however, created problems on the Colorado River Reservation of the Office of Indian Affairs, located mainly on the east side of the Colorado River in the vicinity of Parker, Arizona. The reservation contains 100,000 acres of irrigable bottom lands of which about 10,000 acres are irrigated at present. |
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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] : |