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Show -2- Average annual Periods "virgin based on flow"1 water years (acre-feet) 1914-1945 15,638,000 1914-1951 15,338,000 1909-1956 15,211,000 1896-1956 15,180,000 1922-1956 14,008,000 1931-1956 13,016,000 1931-1940 11,832,000 Significance of Period Period used in U.S.B.R., "Report on Water Supply of Lower Colorado River Basin, Project Planning Report, November, 1952," Plaintiff's Exhibit 77. Period used in U.S.B.R., "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. Period selected for study. Longest period of record.2 Period since Colorado River Compact was signed. Longest dry period of record.2 Driest decade of record.2 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. |