Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-02-02
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lions which congress will make.
The joint meeting of the council and
board deferred action on the report
of the committee recommending a wa
ter users member on the cost survey
board.
A feature of the morning meeting
was the passage of resolution in
troduced by !. J. Casey who doesn't
like pumped water. TIE resolution
resulted in an odd lineup, being car
ried by a margin of one vote on the
board. Johnson. Wilkinson, Lassen,
Hansen, Casey and Orme voted for
the measure and Bennett. Rockwell
Clemens, North and Dobson voted
against it. The odd part of it is that
all the sons and sens didn't get
on the same side of the division, but
Mr.. DObson regarded what he took to
be the merit of the resolution more
than he did staying with the Other
sons"
hSSSsNC0g budt kflC 9Odt0 VI WV
ernors does hereby declare that no
pump water shall be pumped into any
Of the canals in such quantity as to
affect the value of the water now be-
ing served to water users, which shall
change its character, reducing its VAL
ue for irrigation purposes, detracting
from its fertility or which may in any
~ rNnftirx MIL, rla%rark $rnve
the rights of water users who are
now being served with water from
any canal into which said water shall
be pumped.
The Report:
Jan %, 1915.
To the Board of Governors,
Salt River Valley Water Users
Association, Phoenix.
Gentlemen:
proposed cam generally known as tn,
Horseshoe. l have endeavored tC
treat the question in as broad a way
! IS the information at hand would
/ permit. The photographic curves ac-
comoanying and a part of this repoi
Will serve to give a general idea 81
the benefits which might have beer
Cerived from the waters that hav,
gone GOWN the river unused in this
valley, had the Horseshoe dam ,cci
| in existence from 1896 to 1914 There
| are no doubt other questions of more
| or less Importance to be worked CD
and answered such as the valuation
of private property if any within tn,
flooded areas of the reservoir. Thi.
and other points will be covered un
der their respective headings:
Location
The proposed reservoir is located
River Base Meridian.
| The dam site is a canyon just nOrtl
of the line between TIPS. and 8 n
of range E.. and will be in Sec. 81
when the township is subdivided at ;
point just below the confluence of tn
Verde River and Lime Creek.
The distance from Phoenix, vi;
Camp Greek road, is about S. mile
and lies in a northeasterly direction
The water duty on this project ha
been determined to be about As acr
feet at the point of diversion.
Water Supply
The water to be conserved by tn
Horseshoe Reservoir will be the floO
water of the Verde river that is no
utilized for irrigation on this project
Table No. / shows the amount O
water of the Verde River that ha
been wasted over the Granite Rec
and Joint Head dams from 1896 t
I1914 The total amount is 1886 rs
lacre feet. If the Horseshoe reserved
had been in operation druing thi
period and the Salt River reservoi
used as an auxiliar yto it the amour
wasted would have been 2,43S,92S acr
feet or about so per cent (2.427,s4
acre feet would have been utilize
for irrigation during the 10 years.
Hydrograph No / shows the waite
elevation of the Horseshoe reservoi
at any time between 1896 and 1914 as
Stunning the Salt and Horseshoe re
servoirs had been in operation durin
this period and the Horseshoe con
served the flood water, or that pOr
ton of the Verde flow that has bee
wasted, to it's capacity assumed q
205 900 acre feet and this water wa
applied to $1,000 acres with waite
duty of As acre feet per acre an
monthly demand as used by board G
y survey
!, It will be seen by n study of tn
hydrograph that during 1896 and 1870
water would be required from othe
sources and during nine other year
considerable water would be wasted
Hydrograph No. shows the condi
ton of the Horseshoe reservoir
operated in conjunction with the Sa
River reservoir and 80 pumps of $50
600 acre feet capacity per annum. f.
approximately 5000 acres Of townsite
with a use of 10000 acre feet per an
mum. and for 20S.O00 acres of irri
Estimate N
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