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Show CALIFORNIA DEFENDANTS Exhibit No. 1248 Identification: July 15, 1957 Admitted Extract From Lowry, Consumptive Use in the Rio Grande Basin, Proceedings of American Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 77, Separate No. 97 (1951). (P-2) Control of Consumptive Use Losses Through Nonbeneficial Consumptive Use.-In the Rio Grande Basin the most notable example of stream depletion by nonbeneficial consumptive use, for which there is some hope of relief through remedial measures, is that of the area of more than 15,000 acres at the head of Lake McMillan, on the Pecos River in N. Mex., now covered by a dense growth of salt cedars. A plan of the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), United States Department of the Interior, for bypassing this area with a side channel, has been developed with the expectation that an annual saving of from 30,000 to 40,000 acre-ft of water may be realized. Another area in which nonbeneficial uses are large is the Middle Rio Grande Basin in N. Mex. A project to bring about improvement of this condition by channel rectification has been jointly submitted to Congress by the USBR and the Corps of Engineers, United States Army. When consummated, it is expected that a substantial saving in water in that area will result. |
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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. |