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<br />7. ProBENT IRRJI:lATION
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<br />The so-called "irrigable" lands in the Lower Basin, for
<br />which an allowance of 579,000 acres is made, are located in the Boulder
<br />division, and under the projects shown in the following table, appearing
<br />at page 237 of the Report.
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<br /> Irrigated Additional Combined
<br /> in 1943 " Irrigable" "Presentll
<br />Colorado River Indian Reservation 5,000 95,000 100,000
<br />Gila Project: 5,400
<br />North Gila Valley 4,400 1,000
<br />Yuma. Mesa 100 69 , 900 70,000
<br />We11ton - Mohawk 7,800* 70,000 77,800
<br />South Gila Valley 6 600* 1,000 7,600
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<br />Williams River 1,700 0 1,700
<br />Yuma. Project (in Arizona) 52,300 0 52,300
<br />Sub-Total, in Arizona 77,900 236,900 314,000
<br />Las Vegas Area, in Nevada 1,200* 0 1,200
<br />Palo Verde Irrigation Dist. 38,000 37,000 75,000
<br />All-American Canal
<br />Imperial Irrig. Dist. 400,400 122,600 523,000
<br />Coachella Valley 16,000* 69,000 85,000
<br />East Mesa 0 40,000 40,000
<br />West Mesa 0 50,000 50,000
<br />Pilot Knob 0 15,000 15,000
<br />Yuma. Project (in Calif.) 6,500 8,500 15,000
<br />Sub-Total in Calif. 460,900 342,100 803,000
<br />Total - Boulder Division 540,000 579,000 1,119,000
<br />* Irrigated from ground water.
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<br />Note (13): Comparable data concerning "irrigable" lands are
<br />not given in the Report for the Upper Basin, or for divisions of the Lower
<br />Basin other than the Boulder Division. According to the 1940 U. S. Census
<br />the additional areas which constructed works were capable of supplying
<br />with water, in addition to lands irrigated in 1939, amounted to 205,253
<br />acres in Colorado, and 343,956 acres in the Upper Basin.
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