AZ vs. CA:25 California Exhibits, Vol. XXV; Nos. 7501-7859

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24 storage of water in said reservoir, for the delivery thereof for irrigation, domestic use and generation of electric power, and for the delivery thereof to States, municipal corporations, political subdivisions and private corporations, upon charges that will provide revenue which, in addition to other revenue accruing under the Reclamation Law and under said act, will in his judgment cover all expenses of operation and maintenance incurred by the United States on account of works constructed under said act, and the payments to the United States provided for in section 4 (b) thereof; that contracts respecting water for irrigation and domestic use shall be for permanent service; and that no person shall have or be entitled to the use of the water stored in said reservoir except by contract with said Secretary. The effect of said act would be to withdraw from appropriation all of the water to be stored in said reservoir, including the 8,000,000 acre-feet of unappropriated water now flowing in the Colorado River, all of which is now subject to appropriation in Arizona; to prohibit the appropriation of said water; and to prohibit the use thereof, except by contract with the Secretary of the Interior. Under said act, said Secretary could not be required to deliver or to contract for the delivery of any of said water for use in Arizona, but could, if so minded, refuse to deliver or to contract for the delivery of any such water for any such use, and could thus withhold all of said water from use in Arizona. If said Secretary should choose to deliver or to contract for the delivery of any of said water for use in Arizona, he would be required by said act to make a charge for the storage and delivery of such water for such use, but said act does not require or permit said Secretary to make any charge for the storage or delivery of water for use in the Imperial and Coachella Valleys of California, it being