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Show -18- preme Court and from Green River which is undoubtedly navigable although there has been no judicial determination of its navigability. There is no distinction in the statutory water law of the States in that region between the acquisition of water rights in navigable and non-navigable streams. With respect to the acquisition of water rights acquired by purchase, the Regional Counsel reports the purchase of land with appurtenant water rights for the Hyrum Project, Utah, on the Little Bear River; for the Ogden River Project, Utah, on the Ogden River; for the Provo River Project, Utah, on the Provo River; for the Weber River Project, Utah, on the Weber River; and for the Pine River Project, Colorado, on the Pine River. He reports also that the decreed water rights in the Hum-boldt River, Nevada, were purchased to provide water for storage in the Rye Patch Reservoir, Humboldt Project, Nevada, and that on the Newlands Project, Nevada, the United States exchanged project water for vested water rights on the Carson River. Also, decreed water rights were purchased on the Uncompahgro Project, Colorado, with various canals and diversion works, the source of supply being the Uncompahgro River and Cimmaron Creek. Also, the United States acting through the Department of Agriculture, purchased water rights from the Big Sandy Creek and Little Sandy Creek for the Eden Project, Wyoming. It is not likely that the foregoing streams are legally navigable although there has been no judicial determination to the Bureau's knowledge. |
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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. |