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<br />Imperial dives for dollars in the Colorado <br /> <br />A threat to Coach ell a Valley Water <br />District's lower valley water supply is being <br />met head-on as others lust over the Colo- <br />rado River water contracted for by <br />Coachella to meet local user needs. <br />The waters of the river are divided <br />among seven states and Mexico. Unfortu- <br />nately, they were divided when the river's <br />annual flow was thought to be far greater <br />than history has proven. <br />Including water losses through evapora- <br />tion, 18.5 million acre-feet of water from <br />the river was committed. Average annual <br />flow is only 15 million. The lower Colo- <br />rado River basin states (Arizona, California <br />and Nevada) were allowed 7.5 million <br />acre-feet and the four upper basin states <br />(Colorado, New <br />"''''' "''''' """" "'M'e)(tcb7 t1tah;"" """" """ id <br />b' and Wyoming) <br />= were allowed 7.5 <br />cr <br />3 million acre-feet. <br />-. Mexico was <br />o <br />1/1- given 1.5 million <br />cr acre-feet off the <br />o <br />1/1 top and the <br />~ -. <br />. n lower basin states <br />~" <br />3 0 were to receive <br />= Q an additional 1 <br />-.0 <br />o a. million acre-feet, <br />;:) 0 if available. <br />g ~ The California <br />~ ~ basic entitlement <br />?.... <br />(0 E was to be 4.4 <br />,.,. 0 million acre-feet, <br />,.,. <br />~ but priorities <br />(\) among the five <br />~ California Colo- <br />ii' rado River water <br />3 purveyors within <br />(\) the state totaled <br />;:) <br />,.,. nearly 5.4 million <br /> <br /> <br />acre-feet. Of this, the state's agricultural <br />water users-including Coachella Valley <br />Water District-are entitled to the first 3.85 <br />million acre-feet after Indian tribes along <br />the river take what they can put to reason- <br />able and beneficial use on reservation <br />lands. The remainder is delivered to the <br />coastal plain by the Metropolitan Water <br />District of Southern California. Its member <br />agencies deliver water from the Mexican <br />border north to Ventura. <br />The four agricultural users within Cali- <br />fornia have no <br />5,222,830 acre-feet total individual fixed <br />entitlements, but <br />total use must <br />not exceed 3.85 <br /> <br /> <br />MisceUaneous <br />34,000 acre-feet <br /> <br />. Mojave Indians <br />24,760 acre-feet <br />ot <br />_8" <br />~ n <br />....0 <br />roO' <br />3 0 <br />00. <br />~ 0 <br />!:f:D <br />III - <br />~ <br />0) "" <br />~ 0. <br />2:0) <br />~ - <br />10- <br />~ <br />~~ <br />10 ~.. <br />C III <br />III tT <br />tTO <br />....n <br />:g~ <br />~O' <br />3 <br />o <br /> <br />Yuma Project, <br />eservation Division <br />48,340 acre-feet <br /> <br />Palo Verde lrogation Dlst. <br />487,440 acre-feet <br /> <br />