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PART VI FUTURE DEVELOPMENT e annual diversion of 51,000 acre-feet. As a result of terms in the contract, the district lost 10,000 acre-feet of its diversion in June 1979. The 10,000 acre-feet will be used for municipal, industrial, and irrigation purposes on lands not part of the Mohave Valley Irrigation and Drainage District. The 1982 decree accountingl/ shows that the Mohave Valley Irrigation and Drainage District diverted 31,000 acre-feet of main stream water. It is anticipated the district will use its full entitle- ment of 41,000 acre-feet by the year 2000. f. Lake Havasu Irrigation and Drainage District A contract was signed with Lake Havasu Irrigation and Drainage District for an annual diversion of 14,500 acre-feet. The Lake Havasu Irrigation and Drainage District diverted 8,000 acre-feet from the Colorado River in 1982. It is anticipated the district will use its full entitlement of Colorado River water, 14,500 acre-feet, by the year 1990. g. Central Arizona Project e The Colorado River Basin Project Act authorizes the Cen- tral Arizona Project for the purpose of furnishing irrigation and munici- pal water supplies to the water-deficient areas of Arizona and western New Mexico through direct diversion or exchange of water. This project is now under construction with water deliveries expected in 1985 to Phoenix and 1988 to Tucson. This project will provide water to Indian lands and a supplemental water supply to lands now being irrigated. Water made available to non-Indian lands can be used only on lands having a recent irrigation history. The Central Arizona Project must withstand shortages up to its full allocation if there is insufficient main stream water to satisfy an annual consumptive use of 7.5 million acre-feet allocated under the Supreme Court Decree of March 1964 to the States of Nevada, Arizona, and California. When shortages occur, diver- sions to the Central Arizona Project will be limited to assure prior water users of their entitled diversions from the Colorado River main stream water. A maximum of 2.2 million acre-feet of Colorado River water is all that could be diverted with a canal capacity of 3,000 cubic feet per second (ft3/s). h. Colorado River Indian Reservation The Colorado River Indian Reservation is located along the. Colorado River, just below Parker Dam, with most of the land in Arizona and the remainder in California. The Supreme Court Decree allo- cated 717,148 acre-feet of diversions to the Colorado River Indian Reser- vation for irrigation of 107,588 acres of land. e 1/ The decree accounting is in accordance with Article V of the Supreme Court Decree in Arizona vs. California. 52