WSP08073

• File Number: 8277.100
• Description: Salinity Projects Not Located in Colorado - Colorado River Salinity Control Forum
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 9/1/1981
• Title: Salinity Control and Environmental Assessment - part 1
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: EIS

Irrigation Systems and Practices

There are eight separate irrigation diversions and distribution
systemS supplying river water to 3,525 irrigated acres in Virgin Valley.
Five of these systems are in the Littlefield, Arizona area. The other
three serve Mesquite, Bunkerville and Riverside, Nevada areas. The
systems consist of lined and unlined ditches. The condition of the
distribution systems range from poor to good. There are no reservoirs
for storage. Figures 7,8,9 and 10 show the location of irrigated land
in the study area.

Littlefield - The five small distribution systems in the Littlefield
(and Lower Beaver D8111 Wash) area supply water to farmlands along the
north and south banks of Virgin River near the town of Littlefield,
Arizona. There are two organized systems, (Eastside and Wests ide Irriga-
tion companie~ that provide water for 435 acres (see Figure 7). Approxi-
mste1y ten water users are supplied water by these two organized systems
with a total length of about 10,000 feet of canal.

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Virgin Valley Subevaluation Unit
Arizona. Nevada. Utah

USDA-SCS

of the Virg1n River Unit
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program

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