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Show COMPACT----REPORT BY CARPENTER----COLORADO A83 Table 4 Acre-feet Estimated average annual water supply______________________20, 500, 000 Acre-feet Upper division allocation, includes present consumption. 7, 500, 000 Lower division allocation, includes present consumption. 7, 500, 000 Lower division permissible increase in water consumption. 1, 000, 000 Total allocated or permitted__________________________ 16, 000, 000 Unallotted surplus__________________________________ 4, 500, 000 Table 5 Upper basin water allotment_______________________________ 7, 500, 000 Acre-feet Estimated present consumption, upper basin_________ 2, 500, 000 Estimated future water requirements, upper basin, including transmountain diversions________________ 5, 000, 000 7, 500, 000 Table 6 COLORADO RIVER AREA IN THE STATE OP COLORADO (WESTERN SLOPE) Estimated average yearly water supply, western slope___________ 12, 100, 000 Estimates present consumptive use per year on 859,000 acres irrigated land________________________________________________ 1, 100,000 Unused water passing out of Colorado, average yearly flow.. 11, 000, 000 Estimates future requirements all new lands western slope (1,500,000 acres) and future transmountain diversions__________________ 2, 600, 000 Average annual surplus water to main Colorado River______ 8, 400, 000 [The full text of the compact appears at this point in the Congressional Record reprint of Mr. Carpenter's report. It is omitted here to avoid duplication.] |
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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] : |