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<br />WalE"rD"tflCllslocall"dw....t,lnd
<br />north of tilt- Salton ~a in
<br />Californ,a. ""orE" than 135.000 01
<br />'Is 620,451 acr{"'; could bot-
<br />IrrlKdtt'dlromlhe 123-mile
<br />COdch('lla Bran<;h oflhe ~II
<br />Americ,ln Canal. Thefea'E"
<br />pr~nlly{,Q.oooaol"'; under
<br />irri!!ahOO, R.wrnond Fl,
<br />Rummonds. Prl"';Idenl o/thE'
<br />Coacht'lla o.SI"cl's 6Od.dof
<br />Di.t"Clors.reprl'\{"flblh",D'WICl
<br />on the Colorado RIV",r BClool.d and
<br />is Chalfman as w",1I .ts e>; officio
<br />Color.l.do River CommiSSion... of
<br />Califor>'lia
<br />The COdch('lla 6',lnchoj IheAII
<br />AmE-flcan Can,ll brmgs vrtal
<br />Color.tdo Riyer Woller 10 lhe f('I1,(e
<br />yalle), The inv{"';lmenl 01 lhto
<br />Di$lr'Cl m worh ~rl..nl upon
<br />lhl" "'dler of lht> Colorado R,yer
<br />SYSlt>m 10lals app'o"imdll'l) SJ4
<br />mi(IiQr't,
<br />Principal a!lrlCultu,al p'odocts
<br />of the Coochelfa Valley oIre dall"\.
<br />grol!X'fruil.!l:,,1pe\.H1wtabl.....
<br />.tHalfol. COllQr't 0Ir.d It,am ",hlCh in
<br />1976 had a Ydlul' oj SI05.lXJO,7Qb
<br />In 197&. lhl' pt'r aOl" crop
<br />yal......l""cl"t"dedSt.870,
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<br />the '>Outhl'aSI"'" com,-" of lhe
<br />Slale. tS locollC'd In Impt'floll dnd
<br />RISt'rsld,'COUnllt'S. .1M IS
<br />bo,dl"ro b. "-l.."icoon the south
<br />dnd bs' tn.. Colorado R,yft on lhe
<br />l'dSl TheW~sol(reajle""'lhlnthe
<br />D,sU'ct bound.!rI~n Impt'(Ia(
<br />Counl)_., I.Ob2.290 oi which
<br />502.400 a".... no.... rl'Ce've .....0I1t'r.
<br />makln!llhe I.ID ItwIMll'~1
<br />""~llOnprO!l'<:lmthE''''''''ll'rn
<br />hem'sphl're II IS "'prf".l'(llC'd on
<br />th.. Color,loo RIsef Bo,lrd b~ R f
<br />Carter.G,-,nf'fal"-1an..IW'
<br />The BO-mll..-lonll ~1I.Amef/(oIn
<br />Canoll d,-,I",-,,, Colorado R,,1'1'
<br />"'.1110" 10 tho. D.strte"s l.&}'l.mll("
<br />dlSlrlbullOn S)'stt'm. and.s the \0(,.
<br />'-OUf'l'ot ......lI." iurall.lll"cultural,
<br />Irn.Ju~lfla!..Ind dom....hc pUrpost'\
<br />Th.. c.lnoll. p(~ct'd In .......'I(f' ,n
<br />t94~, rl'pla,C'd list< uld AloIrno
<br />Glnd!. ....h,th.....s 'nse....l(..f,Gm
<br />1'lO1 and l'awlt'd mU(h of J1\
<br />d,sl.lnc(" lh'ou!lh "-l"'\Ieo In
<br />..<irl,tlon 10 II. tana1.lnd
<br />d"l'ibutlun syst{'m. th.' D'~lrl(t
<br />,II..... m.llfllaln\ a lAOO-mlle
<br />drd'n..Ren..l....u,k
<br />Impt<ria! Vdlley. known a\ thl'
<br />"W'''l'''' GolfcWn of ....m...,col_
<br />Wh"'("lh,'SunSpend'lhe
<br />\\'lfIl,.,," annuall, prodU(t"S (rop\
<br />valul'tl,n ,."c.....sol S)()()mllloon
<br />W'lhlh",liY~IOlkanddal'"
<br />Indu'lf~' eO"It1bulln~ a major Pol'l
<br />oi th.. amounl Imperldl Valle~
<br />call1'''.t'~'nRopI'ral'OO'olfl'lhe
<br />IMg''''1 In lh,-, wo,1d
<br />Thf<ColorddoR,w1. s'ia lhe
<br />AII.Am'''',can Canal. ha, made
<br />posSJble thl' ~roduClloo of
<br />hrRh.qua!ilv ....nl.., ..00 ("arl~
<br />\pn"gH'lWlolbleo;andjrulh,n
<br />larg.' QUdflt,li.". ()thf'f
<br />mull,.mJI/'on dollar crops mdude
<br />Wjla, bl""h. .l.I/al!a. ....h..al. colton.
<br />b.lrll's...,KJ"lr!!hum
<br />Tn.. AII.A"",r".!n Candl al\O
<br />provtd,,,> ~ st'l'Ond -.e""tt', i l',.
<br />p,oduthOn 01 ....IKlne
<br />po....,-,,-fmm h,dro planl, IOCdlt'd
<br />alon!l'l"hannt'f-Iolhee'lenl
<br />..I ~50.{v)O.())(}kwh pe' dnnum.
<br />'u~pll'1Tl{<ntlfl!la I.250JllX!.rO)
<br />kwh po......, requ!l<'mt'nlto ........e
<br />t 10.000 cu'IOffif"~ S1tuatt'd In
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<br />The City of los "-ng..I.....
<br />Oep.lrtme<1t of Wal('r and PO"'t'r,
<br />'>UPP('{"\ wal..r and eifo(l,ic !.l''''>('("
<br />to 28 million ,eo;Id.>nl\ of lhe
<br />lhlrd la'!!""'l ('l~ in tho.' Unill'd
<br />Slalt'S, The Ot'partmenl's oI~st'h '"
<br />197& "'e',-, S26 blllioo mdkmll"
<br />lhe nalloo's l,Irll""l munl(ipal
<br />Wolle' olnd po....... ull!ily W'lt"fTI
<br />Theappomtffit'nloltht-
<br />Oep.;il1m.>nt 0/ ''Vatl'' and Po...(",
<br />'E'prt">l'nlal"'e on tho' Colo'ado
<br />River 8o.l,d i( pe-nd,nll oIClIon b~
<br />Ihe Governor
<br />The C'h normolll~ 'mporh
<br />oIpprO\Im.l.t..l~ 80'0/001 .ts Wdll'l'
<br />wpply i,om lhl' o....l'n( Va!!e~
<br />through Ih,-, lo( ~nll{<11"\ AQurouCl
<br />S~Sll'm. Th", wS!em has bfton In
<br />operatiOn w>ce l'llJ and thfO
<br />System (apaC'I~ Wa( IfICf("oIseO by
<br />flE'arly 50"~ ",ilh lhecomplt'lion
<br />of a ,('(:ond oIQut'dU(t In 1'l70
<br />The City i, one 01 It\(" 0"1110.1.1
<br />m''fllbo'r C,lll"\ of lhl> ''-It'lropolitan
<br />W.lte, Dlm;(t and f{'(l"t'l'S
<br />Colorado Riyt'f ....11..' lh'ough lhe
<br />Coloroloo RIH" AQUf'du(t WoIlt'f
<br />uS(, In Lo, Anlll"lE'S 10 1975
<br />ase'allt'd ~;millionllolllonsa
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<br />The ''-It'lropol'tan Waler 00S!f1c-l
<br />of Southern Cllofornia built a.nd
<br />0pl"'0I1t'S lhe 2.42-fflllto.long
<br />Colorado RiYt'. ^Qu<'ducl ....hidl,
<br />for rno,ethana da..de.dt'l;\'er<'d
<br />rno,(" than 1.000.lXJO oICf{".jt"t"l of
<br />wate' dnnually 10 lhe co.Htal
<br />plain. Th(' Dist"Cl i,lhl> 100rRl'\1 of
<br />31 conlraCl<)r~ for "'ortht'rn
<br />Cali/or",oI wall;'< from lht< Slale
<br />W.-Iler P'ojt'Ct. Sinc,-, northt-rn
<br />Woller bl"Camt' availabl(" to thoe
<br />DlSl,icr In I'll!. II ha~ grd.du.llly
<br />dKreast>d pumping on tho.'
<br />Colorado Ri,..r AQu<'ducl and
<br />onCf{<oIso:.-d lh,-, amount of nOf1ht'rn
<br />Woller In 1'l76. torP"ample. tht-
<br />DIstf/CI delivered about 700.000
<br />aCfl;'-fft'1 oj Coloroldo Riser ",..te,
<br />oInd ret:eiv<'d oIboul 638.000
<br />dCfe-ft't't from tlw Stall' Wal{'("
<br />P'OI{'(:1. Tho.' D"I'iCl is
<br />'("prl"st'med on lhe Colorado
<br />Riser Board by W.lrren \\!. 8ul(l'!',
<br />Chalfman Em{<fI!u~ of Ihe
<br />Dimicr, 800rd of D"t'Clo'~,
<br />The cOO~lal plolon wrvict' arN
<br />of the Di\I"<:I COYt'rs 4.900 SQUol''''
<br />mill"\. with a population of more
<br />Ih..n 10.800.000 and an asws!.E'd
<br />yaluatoon 01 about S45.7 billion,
<br />To deliver nol1hl'!'n WOller 10 lis
<br />meml>..'d!lenCit"<;.lheDistrict,s
<br />"~pandin8 ils facilitrf<!, at a CO\I of
<br />mor{< lh.ln one b,llion dollars, II
<br />hdS an inn~tmenl of more than
<br />S500 million In 'l~ CoIorddo Rist>f
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