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Show 36 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS Thus, except for "surplus water, all of California's apportionment of Colorado River water is presently utilized. B.ll California Miscellaneous Contracts The United States has entered into various loan contracts under authority of the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956, dated August 6, 1956, 70 Stat. 1044, as amended September 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 376. These are not water delivery contracts, but are loans to provide improvements to water distribution systems. Included are contracts with: Eastern Municipal Water District, No. 14-06-300-1169, dated May 2, 1961, amended July 31, 1961, and May 24, 1965. As of September 30, 1977, $809,574 was repaid of $4,971,983 loan; West San Bernardino Water District, No. 14-06-300-1977, dated September 12, 1967, amended September 21, 1971. Of the $3,519,292 loan $90,255 was repaid as of September 30, 1977; Valley Center Municipal Water District, No. 14-06-300-2152, dated January 30, 1970. The amount advanced was $7,240,000; and De Luz Heights Municipal Water District, No. 7-07-30-W0005, dated September 29, 1977. The maximum amount of the loan is $5,402,783. C. Arizona Water Delivery Contracts Prior to the passage of the Boulder Canyon Project Act in 1928 water deliveries were made under the Reclamation Act of 1902. It was not until February 9, 1944, that the Secretary contracted with Arizona for the delivery of 2.8 maf annually to users in Arizona who contract with the Secretary. The deliveries were all subject to the availability of water under the Project Act and the Compact. C. 1 Yuma Project - Valley Division The Yuma Project, one of the earliest Reclamation projects, comprising approximately 68,000 acres, was initially authorized by the Secretary of the Interior on May 10, 1904, in accordance with Section 4 of the Reclamation Act of 1902, 32 Stat. 388. It consists of the Reservation Division in California, which, in turn, is divided into the Yuma Indian Reservation portion of 7,743 acres and a non-Indian or Bard Unit of approximately 6,700 acres; the Valley Division in Arizona of 50,000 acres; and the Yuma Auxiliary Division of 3,300 acres on the mesa between the Valley Division and the Yuma Mesa Irrigation and Drainage District in the Gila Project. Colorado River water for the Yuma Project was initially diverted at Laguna Dam which was constructed in 1909 under authority of the Act of April 21, 1904, 33 Stat. 189. The water was carried on the California side from Laguna Dam to Siphon Drop, a small powerplant built in 1926 at the head of the Yuma Main Canal but now inoperative, and delivered to Reservation Division lands in California. Other waters were carried through the Yuma Main Canal and under the Colorado River by means of an inverted siphon for use on Yuma Project lands in Arizona. Initial water deliveries were made pursuant to individual water right applications, a procedure which preceded the Bureau of Reclamation's contracting process with a District or similar water agency. With the construction of Imperial Dam (immediately north of Laguna Dam) and the Ail-American Canal pursuant to the Boulder Canyon Project Act of December 21, 1928, diversions at Laguna Dam for the Yuma Project ceased and diversions were begun at Imperial Dam in 1941. The All-American Canal contract with Imperial Irrigation District requires the District to provide and for the AAC contractors to pay for an additional 2,000 acre-feet of capacity in the Canal without cost to the Yuma Project for the purpose of making water deliveries to the Yuma Project. The United States Department of the Interior has a series of contracts with the Valley Division of the Yuma Project represented by the Yuma County Water Users' Association: Contract dated May 31, 1906, No. Ilr-635, whereby Association guaranteed payment for construction of works of the Valley Division, and was supplemented by contract dated February 5, 1931, whereby |
