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Show 25. ninth: At the time of. my Investigation, the Palo Verde Mutual Water Company was delivering water to 25,000 acres of land which was being farmed. The capacity of the project is sufficient to irrigate the 31,1490 acres of land for which stock is outstanding. In order to properly irri- gate this area, there would be required 110,195 acre-feet of water, figuring the duty of water at 3$ acre-feet per year, which is, according to the information I was able to secure, a fair average. This amount of water is required during the months of May, June, July, August, and September; therefore, figuring, tne maximum capacity of the canal system at 700 cubic feet per second, there could be delivered during the said five months 212,058 acre-feet of water or approximately /o-/t9i^ acre-feet in excess of that required. TMTH: The company is now supplying water to the 25,000 acres under the project Wiilch is being farmed; but, as ex- 1/ plained in Section Nine, is in position to supply water to all the land covered with stock. ELEVEN: In the Palo Verde valley there are 90,000 acres of irritable land; and it is planned by the Palo Verde iiutual Hater Company to ultimately extend Its Irrigation |
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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] : California exhibits. |