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Show 52 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS D.6. Miscellaneous Nevada Water Delivery Contracts The United States, with the Colorado River Commission's concurrence, has entered into two miscellaneous contracts permitting diversions from Lake Mead. These are with: Lakeview Company, No. 14-06-300-1523, dated February 12, 1965, providing for a maximum annual diversion of 120 acre-feet per year. No diversions have been made thereunder. Johns-Manville Production Corporation, No. 14-06-300-1518, dated April 9, 1965, providing for a maximum annual diversion of 928 acre-feet per year. In 1975, 385 acre-feet were diverted and in 1976, 422 acre-feet. In addition, six other contracts permit a total diversion of 458 acre-feet from the Colorado River below Davis Dam in Nevada, of which one contract is for 380 acre-feet. The Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation has entered into the following Memoranda of Understanding: U.S. Bureau of Mines, No. 14-06-300-1215, dated June 1, 1961, providing for a maximum diversion of 175 gallons per minute, under which 21 acre-feet were delivered in 1975. Nevada Park Service, No. 14-06-300-1212, dated June 1, 1961, providing for a maximum delivery of 80 gallons per minute, under which 8 acre-feet were delivered in 1975. Nevada Fish and Game Department, No. 14-06-300-2405, dated October 18, 1972, under which 6 acre-feet were delivered in 1975. D. 7 Nevada Water Use In 1975, 1976, and 1977, in addition to the aforementioned diversions by the Southern Nevada Water Project contractors, the major Nevada water contractors diverted the following quantities of Colorado River water: Boulder City Basic Management Inc. Southern California Edison Company 1975 1,983 acre-feet 11,923 acre-feet 14,422 acre-feet 1976 1,900 acre-feet 8,798 acre-feet 14,709 acre-feet 1977 1,356 acre-feet 7,353 acre-feet 14,327 acre-feet Boulder City receives Colorado River water from the Southern Nevada Water Project facilities and from an older separate Federally constructed system. The figures in the above tabulation are from the latter. The total water use for the above and all other contractors in 1975, 1976, and 1977, respectively, was: 1975 105,054 32,914 72,140 1976 108,362 35,170 73,192 1977 109,434 36,260 73,174 acre-feet of diversions acre-feet of measured return flows acre-feet of consumptive use out of the 300,000 acre-feet apportioned to Nevada by the Supreme Court Decree in Arizona v. California. (The measured return flow for 1975 includes 29,150 acre-feet of estimatred return flow in Las Vegas Wash and 31,357 acre-feet in 1976.) D.8. Nevada's Use of Excess or Surplus Water A contract has been drafted for Nevada's use of l/25th of any excess or surplus water as provided in Article 7(f) of the Arizona water delivery contract of February 9, 1944, and Article II (B) (2) of the Decree of March |