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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8210.140.20
Description
Colorado River Basin Organizations and Entities - Colorado River Basin States Forum - California
State
CA
Basin
Western Slope
Date
1/1/1977
Author
Myron B Holburt
Title
Annual Report for the Calendar Year 1976
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Annual Report
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<br />. ... . - <br /> <br />.lV,J: <br /> <br />the water ...upply pha...e for the San <br />Diego Ga... and Elt.><:tric Company'... <br />propo...ed Sundes!:'rt /"'uc/edr Plan/, <br />near Blythe, California, The Colorado <br />River Board approved a ...tatement to <br />the California Public Utilitie... <br />Commi......ion which wa... pre...ented at <br />the Commi......ion'... public hearing in <br />Palm Spring.... The Board'... statement <br />empha...ized the ~nefit that would <br />accrue to California u...er... of Colorado <br />River water due to a reduction in <br />salinity cau...ed b~' the project'... <br />propo...ed u...(> 01 Palo Verde Valley <br />irrigation drainage water for cooling <br />and ...upported the water ...upply pha...e <br />of thl' project. A ...tatement wa... also <br />presl'ntro by the Chief Engineer in <br />Oecember before the Stale Energy <br />Re...ource... Conservation and <br />Development Commission concerning <br />the water supply and water quality <br />issue... relatro to the proposed project. <br />Con...truction continued on the <br />Centr,J1 Arizon,J Project (CAPI during <br />the yeaL Contracts totallin~ $26.4 <br />million were awarded by the Bureau <br />of Reclamation ior construction of 33 <br />miles of the Granite Reef Aqurouct <br />and for switchyard facilities to supply <br />power to the pumping plant.... In <br />October, the Secretary of the Interior <br /> <br />Cu/frng head 01 machme used on <br />Central Ari.rona Project runnel. <br /> <br />publishro in the Federal Regi...ter a <br />final notice allocahng 257,000 <br />acre.feet per year from the Central <br />Arizona Project for agricultural use on <br />the five central Arizona Indian <br />reservations. The remaindl'r of the <br />project's agricultural wate;, will be <br />divided among non-Indian USNS in <br />Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima Counties. <br />A.fter 2005, thl' tribes will be entitled <br />10 eithl'r 20 percent of thl' agricultural <br />water or 10 percent of the total <br />annual deliveries through the Project. <br />whichever i... to their advantage. <br />The Bureau of Reclamation budget <br />for geothermdl resource ira"esr;g.Jtion <br />mainly in the East Mesa area of <br />Imperial County, wa... $1.2 million for <br />1976 and will continue at that level <br />for 1977, Construction of thp Burpau's <br />proposed 500,000 gallon per day <br />prototype desalter ha... been delayed <br />beyond 1977 because of thE' <br />uncertainty of the combined ...team <br />and water program at this time. <br />Fort Moha ~'e Indian Reservation <br />lands wer{> farmed in California, and <br />in a letter from the Bureau of Indian <br />Affairs to the Bureau of Reclamation, <br />it was indicated that 2,300 acre.. <br />would be cultivdtf'{:l, and the total <br />diversion from the Colorado River for <br />this land would be 15,000 acre-feet <br />for calendar year 1976, This is 1,300 <br />acre-fl:'el more than the water <br /> <br />allocated to the Tribe lor land... in <br />California by the Decree in Arizona v. <br />California. <br /> <br />Proposed i\'ew Colorado Ri~'er <br />W..Uer District <br /> <br />rlans continued during 1976 for <br />establi...hment of a new water district <br />along the California side of the lo....er <br />Colorado River to obtain a permanent <br />water ...upply and for the disposition <br />(..f unauthorized water uses. <br />The Board's 1975 Annual Report <br />contained information on a Task <br />Forct' report which recommended to <br />the A......istant S{>crptary of the Interior <br />a courSt' of action whereby the <br />Bureau of land Managem(>nr... future <br />water nt>ed., along the lower Colorado <br />River could be satisfit'd. Tht' <br />recommendations in thi... rpport were <br />accepted by the Assistant Secretary in <br />March 1976. The Board.s Chief <br />Enginft'r was a member of the Task <br />Force. <br />To implement the recommendations <br />in the report concerning the California <br />portion of the lower Colorado River, <br />the Bureau of Reclamation drilled a <br />pilot "ell in a proposed well field on <br />fedprally-owned lands near the <br />junction of the All-American and <br />Coachella Canals. In accordance with <br />Minute No. 242 of the International <br />Boundary and Water Commi...sion, <br />Me>oico was officially advised of the <br />dt'velopment and datd for the pilot <br />well were provided to Me>oko, The <br />Ta...k Force report further <br />recommended thdt if the quantity of <br />groundwater is insufficient for future <br />urban and rperE>ational nE't"d... along <br />the river, then a new water di...trict, <br />that i... being studied to serve the lands <br />alon~ the California side of the rivPr, <br />supplement the pumped groundwater <br />by contracling for an e>ochange of <br />State Project water and Colorado <br />River water. <br />Another step in the implemenlation <br />of the Task Force report was <br />accomplished toward the end of 1976 <br />when the Bureau of Reclamation <br />drafted proposed vvrilten notices to all <br />unauthorized users of Colorado Rivt'r <br />water informing them that their use <br /> <br /> <br />13 <br />
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