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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8210.140.20
Description
Colorado River Basin Organizations and Entities - Colorado River Basin States Forum - California
State
CA
Basin
Western Slope
Date
2/1/1922
Author
A P Davis
Title
Report On Problems Of Imperial Valley And Vicinity
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,'",:.,. .."., <br />t...J.1.U <br /> <br />.") ,-., <br />u~') <br /> <br />Power Develoume~t. <br /> <br />The development of po~er at the Boulder Ca~on reser- <br /> <br />voir is a by-product, which does not i~ all rC3pects conform <br /> <br />to the requirements of irrigation but can b2 r.Bde to co~form <br /> <br />thereto with some adjustments. The extremely arid and semi- <br /> <br />tropic character of th3 lands in the Lo~er Colorado Basin <br />o'c,t <br />~s it necessary to irrigate through/the year ahd the <br /> <br />irrigation requirements therefor co~orm ~r3 nearly to the <br /> <br />requirements for power thah do those in northern latitudes. <br /> <br />It is 3stimated that th3 feasib~e irrigation projects <br /> <br />in the lovrer B~sin, ~hich ,~~ld divert water from the main <br /> <br />6trs~. cornprige 2,030,000 acrs3, of vnnch about 60% is in <br /> <br />the Uni ted States and 40% in Mexico. '!'he full development <br /> <br />of the proposed projects in the Uppsr Basin "Till s.~btract <br /> <br />substantially from the total water supply, but there ,nll <br /> <br />still be left ample water to irrigate a11 the lands of the <br /> <br />LoWSI' Basin if it is conserv3d a~ regulated in a storage <br /> <br />reservoir of ample capacity. ~13 watsr can be used for power <br /> <br />as dra.m from th3 reservoir and the amount of power th~ can <br /> <br />be developed Inth different amounts of storags capacity and <br /> <br />with different assumptions of irrigated land below is sholvn <br /> <br />by the diagram in figure?. It shaws that with 1,505,999 <br /> <br />acras of land in th~ Lower Basin irrig~ted and with a total <br />
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