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<br />34 Chapta' 4-Presant and Future Deva/opmant
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<br />Colorado River Indian Reservation
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<br />The Colorado River Indian Reservation is
<br />located along the Colorado River, just below
<br />Parker Dam, with most of the land in Arizona
<br />and the remainder in California, The Supreme
<br />Court Decree allocated 717,148 acre-feet of
<br />diversions to the Colorado River Indian
<br />Reservation for irrigation of 107,588 acres of
<br />land, There are 8,213 acres ofland in California
<br />that are partially developed and consume about
<br />3,000 acre-feet,
<br />
<br />Palo Verde Irrigation District
<br />
<br />The Palo Verde Irrigation District (PVID) has
<br />the first priority in California for Colorado River
<br />water under the Seven Party Agreement to
<br />irrigate a total of 104,500 acres, In 1991, an
<br />estimated 413,000 acre-feet were consumptively
<br />used,
<br />
<br />Yuma Project, Reservation Division
<br />
<br />California lands within the Yuma Project have
<br />the second priority under the Seven Party
<br />Agreement, In the Indian Unit, Arizona v,
<br />California reserves water for 7,743 acres ofland,
<br />The Bard Unit has about 6,294 acres ofland,
<br />The estimated consumptive use of the two units
<br />in 1991 was 51,000 acre-feet,
<br />
<br />Imperial Irrigation District
<br />
<br />The Imperial Irrigation District and the
<br />Coachella Valley Water District have rights to
<br />the remaining water within the first three
<br />priorities under the Seven Party Agreement,
<br />The total apportioned to these priorities is
<br />3,850,000 acre-feet per year, Under the
<br />Imperial Irrigation DistrictJMetropolitan Water
<br />
<br />District Conservation Agreement, the first three
<br />priorities will be limited to 3,740,000 acre-feet
<br />by 1995 with the 106,000 acre-feet made
<br />available to the Metropolitan Water District, In
<br />1991, the Imperial Irrigation District
<br />consumptively used about 2,899,000 acre-feet,
<br />
<br />Coachella Valley Water District
<br />
<br />In 1991 the District consumptively used about
<br />318,000 acre-feet,
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<br />OTHER USES
<br />
<br />The Virgin River is a tributary to the Lower
<br />Colorado River, It passes through portions of
<br />Arizona, Nevada, and Utah prior to entering the
<br />Colorado River at Lake Mead, The water
<br />resources currently serve water users in all
<br />three States,
<br />
<br />Virgin River, Utah
<br />
<br />Current and projected water depletions for the
<br />Virgin River Basin in Utah are shown under
<br />"Other Uses" at the end of table 3, Values were
<br />estimated by the State of Utah in their state
<br />water plan for the Kanab CreekNirgin River
<br />basins, Irrigation uses are expected to gradually
<br />reduce as existing agricultural land is converted
<br />to new residential development, The converted
<br />irrigation water is accounted for as part of
<br />future M&I water supply in both public systems
<br />and secondary systems, The increase in exports
<br />includes the potential delivery of 6,500 acre-feet
<br />of water to Cedar City, The Shivwit Indian
<br />Band is currently depleting 200 acre-feet of
<br />water, Future use depends upon ruling on
<br />reserve water rights,
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