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

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PART VI

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

f. Laughlin and Miscellaneous Users below Hoover Dam

Uses in the Laughlin area were negligible until recently,
but it is projected the area will use 5,000 acre-feet in 1990 and 7,000
acre-feet in the years 2000 and 2010.

2. Arizona

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a. Imperial Wildlife Refuge

The Imperial Wildlife Refuge is entitled to divert
28,000 acre-feet per year or consumptively use 23,000 acre-feet per year,
whichever is less. In 1982, it was estimated the refuge diverted 144
acre-feet. By 1990 it is projected the Imperial Refuge will have a
depletion of 13,000 acre-feet.

b. Lake Havasu Wildlife Refuge

The Lake Havasu Wildlife Refuge is entitled to divert
41,839 acre-feet or consumptively use 37,339 acre-feet per year, which-
ever is less. In 1982, it was estimated the refuge diverted 39,000
acre-feet. By 1990, it is projected the Lake Havasu Refuge will have a
depletion of 37,000 acre-feet.

c.

Fort Mohave Indian Reservation

The Fort Mohave Indian Reservation, located below Davis
Dam, is allocated water by the Supreme Court Decree to irrigate 18,974
acres of land of which 14,916 acres are in Arizona, 2,119 acres are in
California, and 1,939 acres are in Nevada, with a maximum annual diver-
sion from the Colorado River of 122,648 acre-feet. The consumptive use
required for irrigation of these lands is estimated to be 4 acre-feet
per acre, which would result in a main stream depletion of about 75,900
acre-feet annually.

In 1982, the estimated consumptive use for that portion
of the Fort Mohave Indian Reservation located in Arizona was 35,000
acre-feet.

d. Klngman, Boulder Canyon Project

A contract was signed with the city of Kingman, Ariz.,
for an annual diversion of 18,SOO acre-feet. At the present time, the
city does not divert Colorado River water nor are there any plans to
divert Colorado River water in the near future. It has been anticipated
there will be no use of its contract water until 2000. It was assumed
the use will be fully developed by 2010.

e. Mohave Valley Irrigation and Drainage District

A contract was signed between the Department of the
Interior and the Mohave Valley Irrigation and Drainage District for an

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