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Show Month. Minimum Area of run-off Duty in possible (acre-feet). feet. irrigation. January .................................... 185,407 0.20 927,000 February .................................. 182,531 .25 730,000 March........................................ 367,702 .30 1,220,000 April ........................................ 479,663 .41 1,170,000 May .......................................... 1,670,000 .52 3,200,000 June .......................................... 2,550,000 .70 3,650,000 July .......................................... 1,411,995 .90 1,570,000 August ...................................... 598,366 .80 750,000 September ................................ 386,456 .56 690,000 October .................................... 494,160 .38 1,300,000 November ................................ 321,271 .26 1,230,000 December .................................. 266,598 .22 1,210,000 Area in project, 131,000 acres. The amounts in the second column are the minimum run-offs that occurred during the months named in the 16 years of observation. There will be, therefore, ample water for the project, after satisfying prior rights, to cover 200,000 acres now irrigated under private enterprise in the Imperial Valley below. The Imperial Valley Irrigation Co. has filed on 10,000 second-feet additional, but as beneficial use of it has not yet been made, the claim will probably not be allowed in full, but restricted to an amount that will cause no interference with the Yuma project. 6. Lands.-The irrigable land in the different units is as follows: Units. Public. Private. Gila Valley .................................................... 10,000 10,000 Yuma Valley ................................................ 10,000 45,000 Mesa lands .................................................... 38,000 2,000 Indian lands .................................................. 16,000 - Total ...................................................... 74,000 57,000 |
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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. |