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Show CALIFORNIA DEFENDANTS Exhibit No. 2202A Identification: Aug. 7, 1957 Admitted: Aug. 7, 1957 Average Annual "Virgin Flow" of Colorado River at Lee Ferry for Various Periods (Per Arizona Exhibits 197, 77-B) Average annual Periods "virgin based on flow"1 water years (acre-feet) 1909-1929 17,943,000 1903-1920 17,704,000 1896-1922 16,814,000 1897-1943 15,875,000 Significance of Period Wet portion of selected study period. Period used in Fall-Davis Report, Senate Document 142, 67th Congress, 2nd Session, 1922, Plaintiff's Exhibit 45. Longest period of record2 prior to signing of Colorado River Compact. Period used in U.S.B.R., "The Colorado River," House Document No. 419, 80th Congress, 2nd Session, Plaintiff's Exhibit 64. 1These average annual figures were computed from annual data given in the following sources: (1896-1947) USBR "Report on Colorado River Storage Project and Participating Projects," dated December, 1950, pages 55 and 56, Plaintiff's Exhibit 197. (1948-1951) USBR "Report on Water Supply of the Lower Colorado River Basin, Project Planning Report, November, 1952," Memorandum Supplement dated November, 1953, Plaintiff's Exhibit 77-B, Table A, page 25. (1952-1956) Estimates using method described in Plaintiff's Exhibit 197. including published estimates. |
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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. |