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Show 26 Virgin flow Colorado River at Imperial Dam.. 16,840,000 Virgin flow Gila at confluence with the Colorado River.................................................... 1,331,000 Net virgin flow Colorado River......................18,171,000 Less water apportioned by Compact..............16,000,000 Surplus waters unapportioned ........................ 2,171,000 Therefore the maximum quantity of Colorado River water which California may legally divert and consumptively use is: Of water apportioned by par. (a), Art. Ill, Compact.......................................................... 4,400,000 One-half waters unapportioned........................ 1,085,500 California's maximum legal rights.................. 5,485,500 The foregoing quantities are in acre feet per year and are based upon average annual discharges of the Colorado and Gila for the last thirty-seven years for which records are available. XIX Water Contracts Between Secretary of Interior and California Corporations The Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act, during the years 1931 and 1933 entered into contracts with the California corporations named below for the storage in Boulder Reservoir and the delivery of Colorado River water for domestic and irrigation purposes in California, in acre feet per year, as follows: |
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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] : |