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Show 120 PROBLEMS OF IMPERIAL VALLEY AND VICINITY. Water supply.'-Stream is not measured at diversion. Acre-feet. Discharge at Steamboat Springs......................................... 370,000 Discharge at Yampa................................................... 22, 000 Estimated at diversion (average)......................................... 112, 000 October to April....................................................... 28,000 May................................................................... 35,000 June.......'............................................................ 38, 000 July.................................................................. 8, 000 August................................................................ 3,000 Total........................................................... 112. 000 Little is known of demands of old rights on this water and no storage maybe necessary. If old rights should demand all water after July 15, storage required is 9,000 acre-feet. MAD CREEK PROJECT. Acreage, 5,000. Statistics, same as for Wessels project. Irrigation plan.-Diversion from Mad Creek on north line of section 12, township 7 north, range 85 west; thence down the canyon for 1 mile, where it reaches the project. Irrigable lands are rough and rolling, lying in two equal areas. Storage.--Is not necessary, as prior rights are in wild-hay land which does not require water in August. Project will be short of water in August of low years. Possible storage site exists at Swamp Park in the headwaters. Duty of water. Per acre. 5,000 acres. Mav............................................................................ Acre-feet. 0. 2o Acre-feet. 1,250 .70 .70 .35 3,500 3,500 1.75& July___•...................................... ....................... August......................................................................... Total..................................................................... 2.00 10,000 Water supply. Average discharge: Acre-feet. October to April.................................................... 13,000 May................................................................ 25,000 June___............................................................ 36, 000 July............................................................... 16, 000 August............................................................. 2, 200 Total,.......................................................92, 200 HAYDEN MESA PROJECT. Gross area, 68,000 acres. Net area, 40,000 to 50,000 acres (limited by water supply). Temperature, mean annual, 42°. Precipitation, mean annual, 17 inches; irrigation season, 5 inches. Elevation, 6,500 feeti Transportation, Denver & Salt Lake Railroad. Between frosts (summer), 90 days average. Two plans have been proposed for this project. Both divert from Williams Fork north to the project. |
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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] : |