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<br />The Palo Verde Irr'gallOn <br />D,str,ct IS loceled eround the <br />City 01 Blythe It InCludes 1:10.500 <br />ecres.of which 91.CO) ere under <br />cultl"'lItlon. It is represented on <br />the Colorado R,...er Board by <br />Virg,l Jones. president of lne <br />District's Board 01 Trustees <br />The District obtains Its <br />Irriga!.on water trom lhe <br />Colorado R....er and has one ot <br />the otdest waler d....ers'on rlghls <br />on the entore "...er system, Use of <br />ColoradO R,...er waler for the <br />imgat,on of lands in the Blythe <br />area dates back 10 1877 The <br />el(pendLtures on Colorado R,...er <br />water faclllt,es by the D,stroct <br />and Its predecessors amount to <br />appro.,mately s:1O m.lhon <br />Prlnc,palagr,cultural products <br />of the Palo Verde D'Slr'Ct are <br />alfalfa. wheal. cOllon.lelluce. <br />cantaloupes. watermelons. <br />on,ons. and c,trus In 1973. these <br />crops had a ...alue ot S47.OCQ.0CI0 <br />li...estock ...alues trom cllllle and <br />sheep feedong operations dUflng <br />the ',leaf amounled to ll00ut <br />$4J.0CI0.OOJ. <br /> <br />~~ <br />~,l _ -;i ) <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br /> <br />Virgil Jones <br />Board Member <br /> <br />... . , ~ <br /> <br />.1."",.....,'... <br /> <br />The San D'ego County Wale' <br />AuthOrity encompasses <br />sppro.,mlltely 760.760 acres and <br />oncludes mOSt ot the de...eloped <br />areas 1(\ San O.ego County It <br />has a population 01 aoout <br />1.460JX(l and an assessed <br />...aluallon ot sJ.634.000.OClO The <br />Authoroty.s represented on the <br />COlorado RLVe' Boald by <br />Raymond E Badger. Cha,rmsn ot <br />the AuthOflly Board Of D<rectors <br />The Authoflty IS a member Of <br />lhe MetropOl,tan Wate' D,strlCl <br />01 SOuthern Cal.fornoa. h8v,ng <br />anne.ed to the D'StrICllfl 1946 <br />Attnal1,me. the AulhOflly <br />merged LIS "9h!to 112.(1(() <br />Ilcre-feel of COloradO River W81er <br />annuallywLth The DistriCt's <br />o"g'nal nght of 1.100.(0) <br />acre-teel <br />ColoradO River waler 's <br />delive.ed to the AuthOrtty <br />thrOugh lWO branch squeducts <br />wh,Ch ca.", 1he waler SOulh from <br />the ma,n Colorado R,...er <br />Aqueduct. Appro..rnstely 90 pel <br />cent 01 all wall'r d.strlbuted by <br />the Autho"Ty's22 membar <br />agenc'es 's dellvered through lhe <br />San Diego Aqul'ducts <br /> <br />~ <br />~~ <br />- ~ <br /> <br /> <br />Raymond E, Badgar <br />Board Member <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Colorado River Board <br />of California <br /> <br />-:r.- " <br />~i\~ <br />Jr"''flj <br />,-:;r ~.~ <br /> <br /> <br />,.- <br />1-" <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />Myron 8, Holburt <br />Chief Engineer <br /> <br />Harold F. Pellegrin <br />E~ecullVe Secretary <br /> <br />, <br />