2003

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 2003
• Author: U.S. Department of the Interior.
• Title: Quality of Water, Colorado River Basin.
• USFW Year: 1985.
• USFW - Doc Type: Progress Report No. 12,
• Copyright Material: NO

PART VI

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

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in 1982, and it is estimated the valley will consume about 143,000,
203,000, and 225,000 acre-feet in 1990, 2000, and 2010, respectively.

Boulder City's maximum allowable diversion from the
Boulder City Act of 1958 was 3,650 gallons per minute or 5,890 acre-feet
per year. Under the First Stage of the Southern Nevada Water Project,
Boulder City has obtained the right for an additional 8,000 acre-feet of
water from Lake Mead. In 1982, Boulder City diverted about 4,500 acre-
feet through a combination of its older separate federally constructed
system and the more recent Southern Nevada Water Project Facilities.

b. Lake Mead Recreation Area

The Lake Mead Recreation Area is entitled to that quan-
tity of water that is reasonably necessary to fulfill the purpose for
which the recreation area has been set aside. In 1982, about 1,000
acre-feet were diverted to the recreation area from Lake Mead. It is
also projected that 1,000 acre-feet will continue to be diverted to the
area through the year 2010.

c. Miscellaneous Users Above Hoover Dam

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Two corporations have contracts permitting diversion of
1,048 acre-feet per year of Lake Mead water. In 1982, only 559 acre-feet
were diverted. It was projected that 1,000 acre-feet, on the average,
will be consumed through the year 2010.

d. Mohave Steamplant, Southern California Edison Company

A portion of the Southern Nevada Water Project allotment
has been obtained via contractual arrangements by the Southern Califor-
nia Edison Company for diverting up to 23,000 acre-feet annually from
the Colorado River for thermal power production purposes at a site about
3 miles downstream from Davis Dam. Us~ of water until July 1, 2006, by
the Southern California Edison Company is in accordance with two con-
tracts--one between the State of Nevada and the Southern California
Edison Company and one between the Bureau of Reclamation and the State
of Nevada. The depletion for 1982 was about 17,000 acre-feet. It is
estimated the depletions for the years 1983, 1990, and 2000 will be
15,000, 18,000, and 22,000 acre-feet, respectively. The diversion is
not shown under the Southern Nevada Water Project since the point of
diversion is below Hoover Dam.

e. Fort Mohave Indian Reservation

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There are 1,939 acres of Fort Mohave Indian Reservation
land located in Nevada. In 1982, no water was diverted to these lands.
It has been estimated that the portion of the reservation lo<:ated in
Nevada will use 4,000 acre-feet by 1990 and 8,000 acre-feet by 2000.

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