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Show __2__ Question 10. Is it true that, if the Colorado River compact is adopted, all of the water that Arizona will ever get out of the main river will be enough to irrigate only 280,000 acres of land, of which 130,000 acres are now embraced in the Yuma project and 110,000 acres in the Parker project? Answer 10. The Colorado River compact does not attempt to divide the water of the river between individual States. Except for rights already initiated by California and Nevada, there is nothing in the compact that will prevent the State of Arizona from taking from the river all the water that it can put to beneficial use. Rights already initiated will have to be respected in any event, and future development under the compact will be undertaken only in competition with the two States named, and with the cooperation instead of against possible opposition of the States of the upper basin. The present and prospective use of water in the lower basin is estimated, as follows: Use of Colorado River, lower basin Lower basin Acreage irrigated, 1920 Consumption of water, acre-feet New acreage Consumption of water, acre-feet Total acreage Total consumption of water, acre-feet Arizona California Nevada 58,000 450,000 5,000 290,000 2,250,000 20,000 229,000 490,000 35,000 860,000 1,540,000 140,000 287,000 940,000 40,000 1,150,000 3,790,000 160,000 Total, Main River 513,000 2,560,000 754,000 2,540,000 1,267,000 5,100,000 |
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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. |