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Show 170 UPDATING THE HOOVER DAM DOCUMENTS attorneys and chairman of each of the five Indian Tribes on the Colorado River which would advise the Tribes of the proposed stipulation. The proposed letter to Justice would state that the stipulation has been agreed to by all the parties in Arizona v. California and noted the different hydrological positions for the major irrigation claimants as related to return flows to the Colorado River which justified the use of a single diversion figure for the non-Indian irrigation claimants. Only the lesser M&I uses were stated with a dual limitation. The enclosed table shows the claims filed with the Supreme Court in 1967 totalling approximately 3,460,000 acre-feet and those proposed for a stipulated settlement, totalling approximately 3,159,000 acre-feet. MAJOR PRESENT PERFECTED RIGHTS CLAIMS Claimed in filings with the Supreme Court (acre-feet) Now proposed I stipulated settlement* or a U.S. California Arizona Acre-feet Priority Date Imperial Irrigation District 2,806,000 ' 2,600,000' 1901 Palo Verde Irrig. Dist. 208,100 ' 219,780' 1877 Reservation Division (Bard Dist.) 39,561 42,325 * 38,270* 7-8-05 Valley Division, Yuma Project 299,852 279,378' 254,200' 1901 North Gila Valley Unit Yuma Mesa Div., Gila Proj. 31,994 31,840' 24,500' 7-8-05 Yuma Auxiliary Project (Unit B) 6,801 7,350' 6,800* 7-8-05 SUBTOTALS Arizona - Cibola Valley 3,056,425 ' 318,568' 27,706' 3,143,550* - Misc. Claims 45,084' and3 - Supp'l Claims 8,000' and4 SUBTOTAL 80,790' 10,751* California - Misc. 4,145.7' 5,001* TOTALS 3,060,570.7 399,358' 3,159,302* 'Consumptive Use. •Diversions. 'Does not include four subsequent claims involving a consumptive use of approximately 4.000 acre-feet per annum. 'Does not include two subsequent claims involving a diversion of approximately 1,100 acre-feet per annum. |
