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Show -5- The water required to properly irrigate the land under this project is shown in the following table: Demand for the irrigation of 90,000 acres under the Palo Verde Mutual Water Company's project. (Headgate duty 5 acre-feet.) Demand Total Total acre-feet demand demand per acre acre- second- Month. irrigated. feet. feet. January .30 27,000 439 February .28 25,200 454 March .40 36,000 585 April .42 37,800 635 May .46 41,400 673 June .46 41,400 696 July .57 51,300 834 August .53 47,700 776 September .48 43,200 726 October .46 41,400 673 November .33 29,700 499 December .31 27,900 454 Total 5.00 450,000 In a few years Colorado River will not furnish an adequate supply of water during the winter for the irrigation of lands under the projects now in operation or under construction. These projects and the area to be irrigated are given below: Project. Imperial Valley in the United States and Mexico Yuma project Cibola project Palo Verde Mutual Water Company's project Area. (Acres). 700,000 160,000 20,000 90,000 Total 970,000 |
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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. |