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<br />OJ2JIS <br /> <br />.\HJ1..o:-.-.\ Y. C.\LlFOnXI.\ .\Xlll'.\CfFlC SOCTIIWEST W.\TEIf PHOllLE:\JS ~l <br /> <br />/ <br />....y <br />" <br />{ 1~;/ <br />~,.-.. <br />?/~(J <br />,,_..:::'~ ,-:..~. -~j~\,---- <br />..-.......\ <br />."- - <br /> <br /> <br />r_",:. <br />,.7 <br /> <br />'. <br />.'. <br />"" <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />.- <br />I <br /> <br />e <br />~ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />./ <br /> <br />, <br />. <br /> <br />.~::. <br />"1;: <br /> <br />,,'_w. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~.,..". <br /> <br /> <br />,~ ./ <br />,,~ <br />.-.. <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />1"7 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />"" <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />". <br />" <br /> <br />...,_.... <br />-".....-. <br /> <br />..."....... <br />'l.i~"""'" =-.Is'> <br /> <br />CALIFORNIA D(VElOP!,![NTS <br />0" THE COlORAOO RIVER <br /> <br />."~.--" <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />1C1_...'_....,.. <br /> <br />G:;::':':"':::: -.,....-. <br /> <br />Yuma Project <br />This proj('d consist.;. of three separah' divisions. <br />The Yuma I','ojl'et \; ":llll')" Divi"iull SI'I'H'S ahollt ;'iO,OOO 1\('l"ps sOllth <br />of Yuma. Arizona. <lloll:! tlIP vast "illt, lIf till' t'oloralln Hiver to the <br />~I('xi(',lIl norliN', The watt'r is din'I'I..,1 at Impf'rial Dam throng-h thl' <br />'-\1l..;\meril'.1I1 Canal ~lIld I'I"OS."'I'S IIllth'l" thi' ColOl'!Hlo at a siplwll 1:'1 <br />miles frol1l ImpC'rial. This pn'.iPet was autlHwizt'd in l~lOt with tilt' <br />pro.if'd wnl'k~ t'omplt't(,tl in H113, <br />Th{> Yuma Projeel. California I>i,'i~illll, W:l~ authorized in I!IO-l with <br />first llinr:-.iolls l'olllillf! in 1910. <br />Tlll~ Yuma .\llxiliar.\' f'rujl'd :-'l'rws ;~,:W5 :)l'r!"" IIt'ilr thl' Yuma I'l'll,i- <br />I'd ill ArizlJllu ;lIltl n~l,t}i\'('s water from the t.:ila (;ravit:v ('anal. <br /> <br />Palo Verde Irrigation Di$triet projed <br />Thl' l'aln "l'rf!t:> l1'ri~ati()1l Distril't was fOrIllt't! III 1~):!:~ :IIlt] PII- <br />l'umpn~st'S l!lore than l:!O,OOO al'rp~ ill tlh~ Palo \'l~l'de Yulll',\' and :\1l'....:I. <br />hh'ated ill Ri\,t'l'side County midw:lY 1)(>l\H'ell Parke!' and IlIllh>rial <br />Dams. A distrihlltinn systt'llI l.'nn:o'trlldl'd and olwratPll Ity the di...tl'id <br />lear}s from Pnln '-I'l'fh' nam. First rli"I'I'"jons at [',IiIJ V{'nIt' wen' prior <br />to 1900. <br />