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<br />in 01<1 Mexico. '1'110 UJH10vclopccl iITig-ri.bln flreu that is cOIl~illcl'ecl fl:.'fl8ible of
<br />development: aCl'onling (0 llrescnt H[:nndanls lllay approximate 4,000,000 to
<br />ti,OOO,OOu acres, uf which 700,000 acres lie In old Mexico.
<br />To show the ll.pproximnLc extent, clistribution, and relation of t1lf~ present
<br />irrigated Ullll undeveloped irrigable ureus of the Colorac1o River Basin, the
<br />following table l)fCpared h.y Mr. ,Jolm T. Whistler, engineer or the Uuiterl Slates,
<br />ReclulTIlltioll ServIce, Is quoted (sec Eighteenth Allllllu1 Reclamation Report,
<br />p, 399) :
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<br />Dist1'i.I;1lUnn of -inigalion. and in1yalJl6 (l1.eas, Coloratlo Rin'1' Busin, 1916,
<br />
<br /> --.
<br /> Additiona.l
<br /> Slo.to. Ar('airrigated arlll!. that
<br /> jn 1016. may b,
<br /> inigll.ted.
<br /> Acres. .tIcrrs.
<br />'" '" ...... .....-..-..-..-..-..--....--.. ,103,000 358,000
<br />.. .. .-....--.. ...... ...... '" .... ...-.... 209, 700 336,300
<br />-" '" '" '" '" .....- .-.--.-...-..-...... " 452,:100 0I.1l2,000
<br /> ............. " '" ..--. ..-.--.--..- -.. 47,000 71,000
<br />.., ...... .., ,,- -" ..- .-----..-..-...... ..... 35G,22li 326,940
<br />'" ,.. .......... ,,- -" " .....-... '" ,,- 5,.'116 1',260
<br /> ,.. ........ ....................-. 365, 010 1,018, 690
<br />..-..- ............ " ...-..-.--..-.. ,,- I, 8:<'8,4.80 2,1314,190
<br />....- __.._.h._.. ..... '" .. " .... ..--. 7f.i,OOO 7Ul,400
<br />.-...-.........................--...--. .--. " 903,180 3, 333, 590
<br />
<br />Wyomillg....
<br />L1tah...._.._..........
<br />Colorad0. ............
<br />New Mexico.........
<br />Arilr;ona........._....
<br />Nevada........._...
<br />California.. .....................
<br />Unilcd Slo.tc,~.............
<br />.Mexico........_.._..............
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<br />Tot~l...._..........__....
<br />
<br />Total arCH that may be ultimnlely irriA"ated:
<br />Uni tec1 Stales_ _ _ _______ _ _ __ _ ___ ____ _ ___ _ __ _______
<br />1l1cxico ________ ____________ _ _________________.____
<br />
<br />Act'es.
<br />
<br />4,4'12,600
<br />794, 400
<br />
<br />Total ultimate tlrc[t il'l'igable in Colorndo H.iver
<br />HaHin _______________________________________ 5,237,000
<br />Sinrc 191<1 the lJuited States Gl"ological Survey and United Stutes Reciallln.
<br />tion Service have mude IllRny .studie~, Investigations. ancl surveys of water
<br />supply, .stQl'Ugc ~ilcs, projects, and arable lands of every State in the hasin.
<br />At t.he prescnt Limc tho Doulder Canyon reservoir site of 25,000,000 ncrc-feet
<br />capacity is heillg investignted and studied. Tllis site lies bet'l,.veen Nc;>vada and
<br />Arizonn at th~ mouth of the Virgin Hiver, and if built will control the entire
<br />lower river and equalize lLlld conll'ol the flow for all undevelopecl il'1'igable lands
<br />in the lower bllsin. 'l~hc Boulder Canyon site (if feasilJle) will 8erve n tbree.
<br />fold purDose, vi:;.: Lurg0.ly sol\'e the flood prohlem of the lower river, equalize
<br />for inigation requirements, ana also provide equalization for bydro.power de-
<br />veloplnent.
<br />The following table ~llow~ Colorndo'~ interest in any interstate plan for
<br />utilization of Colorudo H.iver wuter. Over 10,000,000 acre feel of the 1l0W un.
<br />used wnter pusbing across Colorado State lines flows into trilJutaries of the
<br />Colorurlo River.
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<br />APP1'O::l'i.m.Ot(l WI.'('}"(/flP. a-Imw,l discha.rgc in nCl'c-tr.ct. of iJri';(;;Wll <:olon.'('o
<br />s[.roa,ms w[. Statc lines, arrango(l in ordcr of ,qize.
<br />
<br /> I Nmuh"
<br />Strenm Acrc.fcQ~. of years' nQillJ,rks.
<br /> IQcord.
<br />(1rJ.nd. ........... .. 6,OOO,(l()(I , FmitsStation.
<br />YamK1(11e,..\f). ... ,,- 1,35lJ,OOO 10 Cllloi!!" Station, 917,000Jrtilt.Jc Srmkr al Dixon, U2,000.
<br />San llflll...... ...... \:117,000 10 Ar~oles n1.tioll, ~lfi", : Piedra o.t Arholcs 31\1,000.
<br />Allimns._. .............. i.50,OJ\) 10 DUT,-l.n~Q ....t.ltioll, 70,000 l\crc.fect, estimated: lor Ftorida,
<br /> i\78,OO.
<br />Dolores.... ......... 125,000 2 ~~~'~;kBi~t1~~?; S<\n Mil;;lld, Natmita, 187,000.
<br />White.. "'-.' a!'lR,OIJO 15
<br />PillQ ......... ..... 310,000 12 Iguacio.
<br />L::J.I'liltn ..... '25,000 1 P0We.Il'S riLnch nnd La }'[:1to., New Mox., approximate
<br /> only.
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<br />NOTE.-~1!.11 Jllall rLlld trilmta.rios, 2,OO2.000o.cre-feot.
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