Biennial Report of the Division of Engineering and IrrigationCalifornia State Printing Office, 1923 - Irrigation |
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... records or supplying missing measurements ; and with the independent investigations of the division , to measurably enhance the value and conduce to the complete- ness of the report . Covering , as it does , the greatest area hitherto ...
... records or supplying missing measurements ; and with the independent investigations of the division , to measurably enhance the value and conduce to the complete- ness of the report . Covering , as it does , the greatest area hitherto ...
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... record Elevation of zero of staff gage and datum Maximum high - water record Feet Feet Feet Kennett 30 10.0 12.0 U. S. W. B .. Feet 621.6 U. S. E. D. Feet Simpson's Bridge ( Stony Creek ) . 20 5.0 5.0 ( Orland project ) Ord ... records 34.
... record Elevation of zero of staff gage and datum Maximum high - water record Feet Feet Feet Kennett 30 10.0 12.0 U. S. W. B .. Feet 621.6 U. S. E. D. Feet Simpson's Bridge ( Stony Creek ) . 20 5.0 5.0 ( Orland project ) Ord ... records 34.
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... records the flow for the Sacramento River is six miles upstream from Red Bluff , at the mouth of Iron Canyon . This ... record in the Weather Bureau office at Red Bluff , of the gage heights on the Sacramento River , six miles above ...
... records the flow for the Sacramento River is six miles upstream from Red Bluff , at the mouth of Iron Canyon . This ... record in the Weather Bureau office at Red Bluff , of the gage heights on the Sacramento River , six miles above ...
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... records in the vicinity of its watershed and a determination of the flood channel necessary for this run - off . Mokelumne River . A study of the run - off per square mile of the streams on both sides of the Mokelumne River watershed ...
... records in the vicinity of its watershed and a determination of the flood channel necessary for this run - off . Mokelumne River . A study of the run - off per square mile of the streams on both sides of the Mokelumne River watershed ...
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... will furnish very valuable run - off records . The following table gives the river measurement stations maintained during 40 COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATIONS WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT___ Restraining Debris on Yuba River_ Stream-gaging.
... will furnish very valuable run - off records . The following table gives the river measurement stations maintained during 40 COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATIONS WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT___ Restraining Debris on Yuba River_ Stream-gaging.
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acres agricultural allotted American River Angeles appropriated approved April bank protection Basin biennium Bond Certification Commission bond issues bridge Butte by-pass California Bond Certification California Debris Commission canal Canyon cent Chief of Division Colorado River Colusa construction cooperative cost County Creek dams Department of Public discharge Division of Engineering drainage duty of water Earthfill Engineering and Irrigation expenditures Feather River Federal Flood Control Project Fresno Geological Survey ground water Irrigation Investigations July June 30 Kern River Kings River Lake lands legislature levees loam March Markleeville Merced River Mokelumne River North Fork organization Pit River proposed Reclamation Board Reclamation District records reservoirs Sacramento and San Sacramento Flood Control Sacramento River San Diego San Joaquin River Santa Ana River South Fork stations Statutes sundry civil supervision Sutter tion topographic Tulare Tuolumne River United water resources Water Rights Water Storage District water supply weir Yuba River
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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...