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Show 138 PROBLEMS OF IMPERIAL VALLEY AWD VICINIT*. Emitting power plants. [Data from E. C. La Rue-Wl S. P. 395; p. 174.1 Index num- . Oper- Installed capacity. ber on map. Name of plant. Stream. ..« Kilo-' watts.1 Horsepower.' 1 2 Ashley Creek................ My ton...............iii......... Ashley Creek...........<........ Lake Fork...................... 84 250 * 150 400 250 Known undeveloped power sites. Index number on map. Stream. Horsepower at switchboard, 80 percent efficiency 22 23 Ashley Creek.................... Duchesne River............'..... ••••,........•......• •¦-............ 18,900 8,760 Total..................... 27,660 1 Rated capacity of generators. * Rated capacity of water wheels. .. ' ¦ Note.-For discussion of Nos. 18 to 21, which are shown on Uinta Basin map but which are on Green River, see section headed "Power." DIVERSIONS OUT OF BASIN. Three are in operation and one proposed, which is believed in-feasible because of lack of water supply. These are shown on map described in the portion of the report devoted to a discussion of these diversions. Average acre-feet diverted annually. Daniels Pass___ Strawberry..... Soldiers- Summit Total..... 84,000 GRAND RIVER BASIN-MAIN STEM AND GUNNISON AND DOLORES BASINS. GRAND RIVER BASIN, COLORADO-UTAH. The Grand River drains 26,000 miles of area, of which 4,000 are in Utah. The remainder is in Colorado, and this area furnishes 40 per cent of the discharge of the Colorado at Yuma. Its basin has a very large, high mountain area, on the slopes of which precipitation is heavy. For convenience of description, the basin may be divided into three areas, the main stem of the Grand, the Gunnison, and the Dolores, which are discussed in the following pages under separate headings. |
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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] : |