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iC: long as the water is used ior Irrigation of reservation lands. After the ,'ear 2005, the ,]Ikx..ltion would be rroucf'd 10 20 peru'n! of the tolal irrigation water availablf' irom the Project each ....ear, but no! Ipss than to percent of all Projffl '....aler. In addition. the tribes m,lV contract for Projffl muniCipal and industriill waler, thl;' Sdme as ,In\! olhpf emilv in Central Arizona. Th", tribes had asked fOf 450,000 acre-ff't'l ,}nd the Arizonil \Valef Commi....ion hild recommendl?d lh,u the tnbps rpCl:'ive only 1 'JS,OOO acre-it>t,\. A finill allocation had not been announced as of the end 01 the lieM. The Forr\'oiaH' Indian Tribe ha.. bt'Run development of tht'ir lands in California by leasing portions of it to non-Indi.l.n developers_ In revieWing constru((ion plans of d Catiiorni.l les,>(>e, (hI.' Bo,ud\ ..taif {)b~prved th.1t lhl:' facililil'" are sizl"d to divt'rt far morl> water than i.. .1I1OC.ltl"d to the Tribe bv thl' Decrt'f' in Ari?ond \ CJ/I(orm~,- Lmd in Califarni" h".. bt"l"n dddl"d to the Rt'st'fvalion, which m"v e:..pl.1in the nf.'ed lor tht' largt'f c.1pacitv. The tribe h.1<; leased dbout 4,000 dues 01 reservation l.1nd in Calitornia, Induding thest' added land.., whill' the Deuee in Ari?ond v. California grantl'd tht' Tribe W.ltt'r righl'i for onlv 2.119 dUt'S, II appe,u" Ihat the Tribe is prou'roing to develop thp Idnds that have hfoen added to thp rl:'Servatlon since thl:' Decree on the a~sumption that it will obtain a right 10 ~"'ater from lhe Supreme Courl for the added lands_ ProP(H,f:'d '\en CoforJdo RilPr I \'<lI/>r Oi_<.lrict Planning conlmued during 1975 tor f"'tablishml'n! of a nev\ waIN diwiCI to obtain a pNmanenl water "'upph " ~~t-.. F: ,,-... CJ L...... '0-': .:.. ,:. ~;.i:;'~~ ~'~ '~-= P:.__-~ .....:,~~ --"'~-L_.~"~-- "" . .~ -."....- '!" .* ..~ . _.- ...-; , ~~--::~ ~ l....c;;-~ ~l:.&1 . . :.-"..... ..,'-~<g- , . . ~ ,-' '\ , " Sorl,ng and pac~'ng melons l7'ownln Parker Valle" for land~ along the California side of the 10wN Colorado River. In luly. A....i\t.1nt St'Cft'tarv of the Interior Jack Honon appointed a Task Fore t'. consi<,ting of the Board'.. Chit'f Engint'N, dnd representatives of the Bureau of land M.1n.1gement IBlMl. Bure.1u of Rl'Clamation, Arizona \Vater Commi....ion. and the Depdrtment of the Interior's Regional SoliCllor's Office to dewlap option'> with re!>pl'Ct 10 .1 w.1ler ~upplv ior Bl "1 land\ .:\nd recommf'ndations on a schl"dule for disposition of unauthorized watl'r u.,er,,_ The T a..k Force preparl"d a feport. which w"~ transmitted to .-\ssist.:\nt Sf'Cretarv Horton in ~o\'embN. The report r/;'Commended .1 course oi aClion \\herl'bv Bl\-1's ""olter nt"t>ds would !>t' combined With the other muniCipal and non-iecif.ral recreational m't'd., .1lon~ the river not h.1\ ing a 1~.11 ri~ht ior Woller. and these combinro nE't'd~ would be supplit'd '':;; - . . , - -- by the pumping oi ground water from fe-der.ll1y-ownPd land'i ad,.1Cent to the junction of the .-\II-Amt'rican and Coachell.l Canals. This water would he pumpPd into the All-American Canal and an equivalent quantity would then be diverted upstream alon~ the Colorado River. Ii future urban and recreational U'ies alonR the river e:..cE't'dPd the qU.1nlily expected to be aVililable by groundw.1ter pumping. the repon recommended thi'll a new dislrict. the form.1tion of which is being studied to ..erve the I.lnds alon~ the river. con\r.1ct for an exchanRe of St.1te Water Project .1nd Colorado River w.1ler to supplement the pumpPd groundwater. Implemenlation of the recommendations i.. conditioned upon !>tudie.. b\ the Bureau of Rl'Clam.1tion clOd the U. S. Geological Survev that \..ould demonstrate that sufficien! water of good qualilv can be obtaint'd, that canal 'ieepage from the i\1I-AmeriCdn Can.11 ....ould nOI ~ tncreaM'd, and that exchange .1grt"t'ments can be execuled with Imperial Irrigation Dimict .1nd Coachell.:\ Vallev Countv Woller District.