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<br />Southern California Edison Company for
<br />~ diverting up to 23,000 acre-feet annually from
<br />~ the Colorado River for thermal power production
<br />c;,Q, purposes at a site about 3 miles downstream
<br />~ from Davis Dam, In 1991 about 14,800 acre-feet
<br />were diverted to the Southern California Edison
<br />facility from the Colorado River below Davis
<br />Dam, Use of water until July 1, 2006, by the
<br />Southern California Edison Company is in
<br />accordance with two contracts-one between the
<br />State of Nevada and the Southern California
<br />Edison Company and one between Reclamation
<br />and the State of Nevada,
<br />
<br />Fort Mohave Indian Reservation
<br />
<br />There are 1,939 acres of Fort Mohave Indian
<br />Reservation land located in Nevada, In 1991, no
<br />water was diverted to these lands, It has been
<br />estimated that the portion ofthe reservation
<br />located in Nevada will use approximately
<br />4,000 acre-feet by 2000 and 8,000 acre-feet by
<br />2005,
<br />
<br />Laughlin and Miscellaneous Users Below
<br />Hoover Dam
<br />
<br />Uses in the Laughlin area totaled about
<br />4,100 acre-feet in 1991, but it is projected that
<br />the area will use 7,000 acre-feet by 2000,
<br />
<br />Arizona
<br />
<br />Imperial Wildlife Refuge
<br />
<br />The Imperial Wildlife Refuge is entitled to divert
<br />28,000 acre-feet per year or consumptively use
<br />23,000 acre-feet per year, whichever is less, In
<br />1991 the Imperial Refuge diverted
<br />6,656 acre-feet,
<br />
<br />Lake Havasu Wildlife Refuge
<br />
<br />The Lake Havasu Wildlife Refuge is entitled to
<br />divert 41,839 acre-feet or consumptively use
<br />37,339 acre-feet per year, whichever is less,
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<br />Fort Mohave Indian Reservation
<br />
<br />The Fort Mohave Indian Reservation, located
<br />below Davis Dam, is allocated water by the
<br />Supreme Court Decree to irrigate 18,974 acres of
<br />land of which 14,916 acres are in Arizona, 2,119
<br />acres are in California, and 1,939 acres are in
<br />Nevada, with a maximum annual diversion from
<br />the Colorado River of 122,648 acre-feet, The
<br />consumptive use required for irrigation of these
<br />lands is estimated to be 4 acre-feet per acre.
<br />
<br />Kingman, Boulder Canyon Project
<br />
<br />A contract was signed with the city of Kingman,
<br />Arizona, for an annual diversion of
<br />18,500 acre-feet, At the present time, the city
<br />does not divert Colorado River water, although it
<br />is developing plans to do so in the future, This
<br />contract water is not expected to be used until
<br />2000,
<br />
<br />Mohave Valley Irrigation and Drainage District
<br />
<br />Interior and the Mohave Valley Irrigation and
<br />Drainage District signed a contract for an
<br />annual diversion of 51,000 acre-feet, As a result
<br />oftenns in the contract, the district lost
<br />10,000 acre-feet of its diversion in June 1979,
<br />The 10,000 acre-feet was assigned to Bullhead
<br />City, As development occurs within this district,
<br />the trend is towards municipal uses and away
<br />from irrigation,
<br />
<br />Bullhead City and other M&I
<br />
<br />A contract was signed with Bullhead City for an
<br />annual diversion of 8,200 acre-feet per year,
<br />
<br />Cibola Valley Irrigation and Drainage District,
<br />Parker, and Others
<br />
<br />A contract was signed with Cibola Valley
<br />Irrigation and Drainage District (CVIDD) for an
<br />annual diversion of 22,560 acre-feet, The Cibola
<br />Valley Irrigation and Drainage District diverted
<br />about 19,000 acre-feet in 1991. Total use by
<br />CVIDD, Parker, and others was 21,000 for 1991,
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