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Show 31 Imperial Irrigation District (for power) 3,000 2,190,000 Coachella Valley County Water District ...................................................... 2,000 1,460,000 Total ....................................................17,955 12,670,000 The State of California will grant the permits so applied for upon completion by said corporations of the necessary diversion works. In addition, the Imperial Irrigation District is obligated, under its contract with the United States Government for the construction of Imperial Dam and All-American Canal, to divert from the Colorado River at Imperial Dam and deliver 2,000 second feet of water, continuous flow (the equivalent of 1,460,000 acre feet per year), to the United States Government at Siphon Drop, California, to be used for irrigation and power. Approximately 200,000 acre feet so to be delivered to the United States will be siphoned across Colorado River and used for the irrigation of 45,000 acres of land in the United States Yuma Reclamation Project in Arizona. The remainder of said water will be used for irrigation of the Yuma Indian Reservation in California and for power. The water so to be used for power will be wasted back to the river at a point where it cannot be recaptured for further use within the United States. By means of the water so to be diverted by said California corporations and the United States Government it is purposed to irrigate 1,328,000 acres of land in California and 850,000 acres of Mexican lands owned |
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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] : |