Explanation of Terms in the Colorado River Controversy Between Arizona and CaliforniaArizona Colorado River Commission, 1929 - 12 halaman |
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acre feet allocated acre feet annually acre foot runs acre of land act provides all-American canal allocation of water allowed the Lower amount of water appro APPROPRIATION DOCTRINE ARIZONA COLORADO RIVER Arizona land Arizona's stand Article III Basin includes beneficial Boulder Dam Project build carry water Coachella Valleys Colorado River Basin Colorado River Commission Colorado River Question Colorado River System Congress consumptive Dam Project Act ditch divide the waters doctrine of prior drain back drainage DUTY OF WATER excess revenues feet of water four acre feet Gila River head gate Imperial and Coachella Imperial Valley irrigate Lee's Ferry Lower Basin main river Mexican Burden Mexico Nevada one-half owner Parker-Gila Project prior appropriation ratify the Seven Riparian Doctrine River Waters Santa Fe Seven States Compact storage and delivery surplus waters Tri-State Compact tributaries Upper and Lower Upper Basin Utah Valley in California vested right water allocated water in perpetuity
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Halaman 4 - Colorado River Basin" means all of the drainage area of the Colorado River system and all other territory within the United States of America to which the waters of the Colorado River System shall be beneficially applied. (c) The term "States of the Upper Division" means the States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. (d) The term "States of the Lower Division" means the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada.
Halaman 6 - Basin, and allocated a certain amount of water to the Upper Basin and a certain amount to the Lower Basin. The...
Halaman 8 - ... the two basins by the allocation of waters to each of them, yet it would remain in full force and effect as between California and Arizona, and that while the Upper Basin States had escaped the danger which they had feared by California appropriating a great amount of water through the all-American canal that it intended to build, yet the same danger would still confront Arizona.
Halaman 5 - ... Colorado River commission when he defined consumptive use on August 1,1929? Mr. CARSON. I do not know what that was. Mr. ENGLE. Here is what he said/ Mr. CARSON. I know him very well. I used to work with him. He agreed with all the positions I took up to the time of his death. Mr. ENGLE (reading) : It means where water is consumed an illustration of consumptive use is where a farmer takes through a ditch 4 acre-feet of water a year. He puts it all on his land but 1 acre-foot runs off through...