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Show IS Boulder Reservoir will then average 15,069,000 acre feet per year. X Precipitation and Duty of Water In those parts of the Colorado River Basin which are susceptible of irrigation, the average annual rainfall is: In Arizona and California, less than 5 inches; in Nevada, 6 inches; in Wyoming, 7 inches; in Utah and New Mexico, 8 inches; in Colorado, 10 inches. The average quantity of water per acre required annually for the purpose of irrigation (exclusive of canal losses) is as follows: In Arizona and California, 4 acre feet; in Nevada, 3 acre feet; in Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming, 1.5 acre feet. XI Irrigated Areas About 2,027,000 acres are under irrigation by water diverted from the Colorado River and its tributaries, other than the Gila, distributed among the Colorado River Basin States as follows: Arizona ........................................................ 72,120 California ....................................................464,653 Colorado ......................................................856,413 New Mexico................................................ 45,937 Nevada ........................................................ 12,308 Utah..............................................................347,452 Wyoming ....................................................228,699 |
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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] : |
