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<br />,.-,*(rela:l1tmg,turtiv~fl9Rartd,narVest.m 1994! approximately 460,000/:;:..". y
<br />,1Jf~~el"~al,Valley}~nt}:w~farmed to produce,~early $1 b~on in HeIdi"
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<br />f~a~ibili~C:lfi~igat:ittgtlte. 'The' Colorado River is thelif~:"
<br />i.",.etiat;~~l1ey~;itli''r~ter< lmepfthe ImperialValley. Its coUrse'
<br />.." ,.,t1\e{(,::olol'clfiQRl-ver .w~,cr~cog- runs'a1,400:'mi1ediStanceand its, ,;:::,
<br />ite~,a~,ta:t~fas,!1i~)85Q$rlt Wa$t\'r'watt!rshedcovers157mil1ion'aq~ot., I,'
<br />Jil~l~J.tl1a~Ui~'C4aligQwia,~velqP:" lan~. The riveJ:' produces , approxi~ .:, " '
<br />"'''i'~,~~t:#pa~<;,()J1t1itencetidiverting mately 14 million acre-feet of water' per. .
<br />~~'t9:the'ilriJ.pe!ialV al1eythtouglia~ 'year. One acre-foot is eq1,lal to 325,900. .~
<br />'.~l,t~ll~,th~Ala.m()'.'Yhiqllha~f its" gallons-"' enough' to sUstain the water' , .'..
<br />"i~iftgitl)117Pnited.s~te~butran: ,'needs of a family of five for one y~ar. '
<br />:~H~i~1:?w~etproughJvlexiCo., ,.' ,',,'.' ,,' The river~akes it possib!eb,l< '.
<br />">'lttJ~05,~~intetn9Qd{:a:used., irrigate nearly 500,000 acres in,the :;'
<br />e<+olql;~d~.J~ivert{)ju~p ,itsbani<s ImperialValley, in addition to farin-.',.
<br /><:Jl()~fr~lyh1tothe Jmperial V al~. ,land in the Palo Verde and CoathellfJ: '
<br />);~i~~tingtheSalt()n Sea;'111eSea is . valleysm California and the Yuma,',
<br />,'+x',>" ".>rise~as"'~draii1ag~basiIlJOrirriga- project in Arizona. Water' from the" ,,-
<br />~~:),tf~*;~n~'9t9fmJ;\ln-offinthe}1l\petial, river is also diverted to the Metropoli- "
<br />-":;i~oac~eI1Cland MexicaliValleys. ',,", " tan' Water District for use in Southe~"
<br />,/ti"", ''l11e]"mpt!riaJ IrrigationDistrid" ,California urban areas and to other
<br />;;;~5:W~Joril:ui~dil1'191ttoacqUirepropel"-' . agnculture and urban interests aldng; . ,
<br />, ':otWlebaJ;lkfupt CalifQrriiaDeve~:' ' its course.,' .
<br />~t1t~Cgrt1Rany,13fl~22.,thePistri,ct " " Anaturally ~alty river, th~',,"
<br />Yt~4:at~acquired ttte,l3 D;\uttlal water, Colorado carries salinity from salirie :.
<br />.j~~E,l~pariies!whichhad deyelopedand sprin~and agriculture return flows.
<br />;'~;~o~ratoo the distributiQIlcanals. , '. , along its way. Salinity is responsible
<br />,cr.?'?': Since 19tU,thelmperialValley '. fo~milli(:ms< of dollars in dama:ge$to'
<br />:{;l\~srec~ive4 its water~()ugh the All,;, . agriculture,municipaI and indUstriaL: ,
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<br />';,':",m.lle-longAlhAmericanCC\l1al carries " tremely silty river: Six desiltingbaslns
<br />3;:,~at~rfrom~~Imperia1l)a:m on the, ..relIlovesilt from the water at the .
<br />7\J~61orf\aoRiyet westto agriculture and Imperi~l Dam before it is diverted into ,
<br />f;IBitiesinU\e Imperial V ~Uey: " the All- American CanaL '
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