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Show -67- that; that no water of the Gila River comes down under certain circumstances and too much water comes down under other circumstances; it is all well enough to say when the all-American canal ultimately shall be constructed that that all-American canal will be above where the Gila River runs into the Colorado River and that there will be no occasion for differences at all; all those things may be well enough as matters of speculation; but the fact is, sir, that there comes from the Gila River 3,500,000 acre-feet, all of which is claimed by the State of Arizona-every drop of it. When Arizona says that she has but 2,800,000 acre-feet of water, to that must be added the Gila River with its 3,500,000 acre-feet, and it will then be found that Arizona has in reality two-thirds of the water of the Colorado River itself. If we should exempt, as possibly we may should this amendment be adopted, the Gila River from any burden or any servitude that might thereafter attach because of water to Mexico, we should then exempt a [467] a large proportion of the water of the stream from bearing its part at all, and say the rest of the stream, owned in equal shares, shall bear the burden equally, so far as California is concerned and so far as Arizona is concerned. Mr. Hayden. Mr. President, will the Senator from California yield to me? Mr. Johnson. I yield. Mr. Hayden. Taking the statement that there are three and one-half million acre-feet of water in the Gila River in Arizona, if Arizona obtains 2,800,000 acre-feet, from the Colorado the combined sum amounts to 6,300,000 acre-feet. The State of California has allocated to it- Mr. Johnson. California has allocated to it 4,400,000 acre-feet of water. |
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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. |