WSP04615

• File Number: 8278.400
• Description: Title I - Mexican Treaty
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 2/1/1963
• Author: USDOI/BOR
• Title: Special Studies - Delivery of Water to Mexico
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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c. Yuma Auxiliary Project

The Yuma Auxiliary Project, for many years referred to as the

Yuma Mesa Auxiliary Division of the Yuma Project, was authorized

under the Act of January 25, 1917. It originalJ,y included

45,000 acres of mesa land situated adjacent to the eastern boundary

of the Valley Division, Yuma Project. Financial limitations on the

initial construction reduced this area to approximately 6,318 irri-

gable acres. Irrigation service was provided by a pump lift from

the East Main Canal of the Valley Division, Yuma Project. The Act

of J\U1e 13, 1949, f'urther reduced the irrigation service area to

3,305 acres and authorized the furnishing of water through facilities

of the Gila Project in lieu of pumping from the Yuma Project. With

completion of contractual arrangements and necessary physical

connections, initiation of service from the Gila Project facilities

through the Gila Gravity Main Canal, the Yuma Mesa Pumping Plant,

and the "A" Canal was cOllllllenced J~ 6, 1953.

D. Gila Project

The Gila Project, consisting of the Yuma Mesa and Wellton-Mohawl<

Divisions, was authorized\U1der the finding of feasibility approved

by the President on J\U1e 21, 1937. The project was reauthorized by

Public Law 272 on J~ 30, 1947.

1. Yuma Mesa Division. The Yuma Mesa Division is comprised

of the Yuma Mesa and North and South Gila Valley units. The Gila

Gravi ty Main Canal and Yuma Mesa Pumping Plant were completed in

1943.

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