AZ vs. CA:05 California Exhibits, Vol. V; Nos. 193-247

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67804 Palo Verde Irrigation District, for beneficial consumptive use, 3>?5O,OOO acre-feet of water per annum less the beneficial consumptive use under the priorit-ies designated in Sections 1 and 2 above. The rights designated (a) and (b) in this section are equal in priority. The total beneficial consumptive use under oriorities stated in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this article shall not exceed 3,3*0,000 acre-feet of water per annum. Section 4. A fourth priority to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and/or the City of Los Angeles, for beneficial consumptive use, by themselves and/or others, on the Coastal Plain of Southern California, 550,000 acre-feet of water per annum. Section 5. A fifth priority (a) to The Metropolitan Vater District of Southern California and/or the City of Los Angeles, for beneficial consumptive use, by themselves and/or others, on the Coastal Plain of Southern California, 550,000 acre-feet of water per annum and (b) to the City of San Diego and/or County of San Diego, for beneficial consumptive use, 112,000 acre-feet of water per annum. The rights designated' (a) and (b) in this section are equal in priority. Section 6. A eixth priority (a) to Imperial Irrigation District and other lands under or that will be served from the Ail-American Canal in Imperial and Coachella Valleys, and (b) to Palo Verde Irrigation District for use exclusively on 16,000 acres in that area known as the "Lower Palo Verde Mesa," adjacent to Palo Verde Irrigation District, for beneficial consumptive use, 300,000 acre-feet of water per annum. The rights designated (a) and (b) in this section are equal in priority. Section 7. A seventh priority of all remaining water available for use within California, for agricultural use in the Colorado River Easin in California, as said basin is designated on Map No. 23000 of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Section 8. So far as the rights of the allottees named above are concerned, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and/or the City of Los Angeles shall have the exclusive right to withdraw and divert into its aqueduct any water in Boulder Canyon Reservoir accumulated to the individual credit of said District and/or said City (not exceeding at any one time 4,750,000 acre-feet in the aggregate) by reason of reduced diversions by said District and/or said City} provided, that accumulations shall be subject to such conditions as to accumulation, retention, release and withdrawal as the Secretary of the Interior may from time to time prescribe in hie discretion, and his determination thereof shall be final} provided further, that the United States of America reserves the right to make similar arrangements with users in other States without distinction in priority, and to determine the correlative relations between said District and/or said City and such users resulting therefrom. Section 9. In addition, so far as the rights of the allottees named above are concerned, the City of San Diego and/or County of San Diego shall have the exclusive right to withdraw and divert into an aqueduct any water in Boulder Canyon Reservoir accumulated to the individual credit of said City and/or said County (not exceeding at any one time 250,000 acre-feet in the aggregate) by reason of reduced diversions by said City and/or said Countyj provided, that accumulations shall be subject to such conditions a? to accumulations, retention, release and withdrawal as the Secretary of the Interior may from time to time prescribe in his discretion, and his determination thereof shall be final; provided further, that the United States .of America reserves the right to make similar arrangements with users in other States without distinction in priority, and to determine the correlative relations between the said City and/or said County and such users resulting therefron. Section 10. In no ovent shall th« amounts allotted in thi3 agreement to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California «nd/or the CltyHof Los Angeles be increased on account of inclxision of a supply for both said District and said City, and either or both may use said apportionments as may bo agreed by and between said District end snid City. -13-