Biennial Report of the Division of Engineering and IrrigationCalifornia State Printing Office, 1923 - Irrigation |
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... canals , and other retention and conveying works , and these in their entirety are almost always of such a magnitude that they cannot be undertaken by individuals . To be constructed and adequately financed , it has taken associative ...
... canals , and other retention and conveying works , and these in their entirety are almost always of such a magnitude that they cannot be undertaken by individuals . To be constructed and adequately financed , it has taken associative ...
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... canals for drainage and water distribution ; and in levee construction and river control to prevent inundation . State surveillance of these undertakings , important to California as a whole , as well as to the agriculturist , requires ...
... canals for drainage and water distribution ; and in levee construction and river control to prevent inundation . State surveillance of these undertakings , important to California as a whole , as well as to the agriculturist , requires ...
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... canals mainly in the ownership of Miller & Lux , Inc. , was presented to this office in April , 1922 , and a hearing held May 26 and 27 at Los Banos . A favorable ruling on the sufficiency of the petition was made at that time ...
... canals mainly in the ownership of Miller & Lux , Inc. , was presented to this office in April , 1922 , and a hearing held May 26 and 27 at Los Banos . A favorable ruling on the sufficiency of the petition was made at that time ...
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... U. S. Weather Bureau gage near Lathrop . 17.28 22,300 18.20 28,200 Zero equals 5.5 ft . 12.97 14,688 U. S. E. D. 15.50 20,900 In cooperation U. S. G. S. and City of Stockton . Zero equals 8.5 ft . Grant Line Canal .. San 37-
... U. S. Weather Bureau gage near Lathrop . 17.28 22,300 18.20 28,200 Zero equals 5.5 ft . 12.97 14,688 U. S. E. D. 15.50 20,900 In cooperation U. S. G. S. and City of Stockton . Zero equals 8.5 ft . Grant Line Canal .. San 37-
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... Canal .. San Joaquin River ** . Near Lathrop .. June 13-14 , 1922 0.88 U. S. E. D. 13,700 * Half mile below Stockton channel .. Dec. 2-3 , 1920 Dec. 22-23 , 1920 Jan. 5-6 , 1921 Jan. 17-18 , 1921 Jan. 24-25 , 1921 Feb. 10-11 , 1921 Mar ...
... Canal .. San Joaquin River ** . Near Lathrop .. June 13-14 , 1922 0.88 U. S. E. D. 13,700 * Half mile below Stockton channel .. Dec. 2-3 , 1920 Dec. 22-23 , 1920 Jan. 5-6 , 1921 Jan. 17-18 , 1921 Jan. 24-25 , 1921 Feb. 10-11 , 1921 Mar ...
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Page 42 - There is hereby apportioned from the Colorado River System in perpetuity to the upper basin and to the lower basin, respectively, the exclusive beneficial consumptive use of 7,500,000 acre-feet of water per annum, which shall include all water necessary for the supply of any rights which may now exist.
Page 41 - Lower Basin" means those parts of the States of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah within and from which waters naturally drain into the Colorado River System below Lee Ferry, and also all parts of said States located without the drainage area of the Colorado River System which are now or shall hereafter be beneficially served by waters diverted from the System below Lee Ferry. (h) The term "domestic use...
Page 42 - If, as a matter of international comity, the United States of America shall hereafter recognize in the United States of Mexico any right to the use of any waters of the Colorado River System, such waters shall be supplied first from the waters which are surplus over and above the aggregate of the quantities specified...
Page 42 - Further equitable apportionment of the beneficial uses of the waters of the Colorado River System unapportioned by paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), may be made in the manner provided in paragraph (g) at any time after October 1, 1963, If and when either Basin shall have reached Its total beneficial consumptive use as set out in paragraphs (a) and (b).
Page 42 - To secure the ascertainment and publication of the annual flow of the Colorado River at Lee Ferry. (c) To perform such other duties as may be assigned by mutual consent of the signatories from time to time.
Page 41 - Upper Basin" means those parts of the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming within and from which waters naturally drain into the Colorado River system above...
Page 43 - ... over the meaning or performance of any of the terms of this compact ; (c) as to the allocation of the burdens incident to the performance of any article of this compact or the delivery of waters as herein provided; (d) as to the construction or operation of works within the Colorado River Basin to be situated in two or more States, or to be constructed in one State for the benefit of another State ; or...
Page 43 - Present perfected rights to the beneficial use of waters of the Colorado River System are unimpaired by this compact. Whenever storage capacity of 5,000,000 acre-feet shall have been provided on the main Colorado River within or for the benefit of the Lower Basin, then claims of such rights, if any, by appropriators or users of water in the Lower Basin against appropriators or users of water in the Upper Basin shall attach to and be satisfied from W7ater that may be stored not in conflict with Article...
Page 39 - States or under its authority, or not, and shall be deemed to be for the benefit of and be available to the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and the users of water therein or thereunder, by way of suit, defense, or otherwise, in any litigation respecting the waters of the Colorado River or its tributaries.
Page 41 - Colorado River system" means that portion of the Colorado River and its tributaries within the United States of America. (6) The term "Colorado River Basin...