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Show Appendix B. WATER SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT. Colorado Basin contains over 6,000,000 acres of irrigable land for which water supply is sufficient: about 38 per cent was irrigated in 1920. STATISTICS. Table No. 1.-Political (State) divisions of Colorado Basin. Square miles. Wyoming................................».............................. 19,000 Colorado.. j___.............-............................................ 39,000 New Mexico............................................................. 23,000 Arizona..........___1. -..................................."___......... 1,03,000 Utah................................................................... 40,000 Nevada......,.......................................................... 12,000 California..........,.........................................._____... 6,000 Total, United States.............................................. 242,000 Total, Mexico....................................................,....., 2,000 244,000 Table No. 2.- Upper basin-Acreage irrigated and irrigable in future: SUMMARY'BY RIVER BASINS. Irrigated, 1920. Additional possible to irrigate. Total. Green River Basin, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado Grand River Basin, Colorado and Utah............ San Juan River Basin, Colorado and New Mexico.. Price River Basin, Utah.........................;. San Rafael River Basin, Utah..................... Fremont River Basin, Utah....................... Little Colorado River Basin, Arizona.............. Virgin River Basin, Utai, Arizona, and Nevada... Escalanti River Basin, Utah....................... Kanab Creek, Utah and Arizona__.'>............. Ptiria River, Utah...?.............................. Other tributaries................................... Total.........„............^................ SUMMABY BY STATES. States. Irrigated lWO.i Additional possible to irrigate. Total. Wyoming. Colorado.. Utah. New Mexico. Arizona..... Nevada..... Total. 1 From United States census, modified by data from State engineers. 9371&-tS. Doc. 142,67-2------4 31 |
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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] : |