Imperial Valley press., 1932-02-06

be approximately as follows:
l. For five years after compile
ton, 80 cents per acre per year.
2. Next 10 years, 60 cents per
acre per year.
8. Last 25 years, 90 cents per
acre per year.
Power possibilities along the
All-American canal will, by the
terms of the contract. belong TO
Imperial Irrigation district.
These possibilities are proved by
engineering studies to amount to
$4,000 installed horsepower, or
47000 firm horsepower, an amount
equivalent to between $4,000 900
and 400,000,O00 kilowatt hours per
year. Records show that the total
sale of power in Imperial and Goa
chella valleys last year to have
been 56,987,744 kilowatt hours for
which was paid a gross revenue
| Of $1,128,99719. That sum repre-
Sents the revenue from one-seventh
the quantity of power that will be
produced on the All-American
canal.
The contract provides that net
proceeds from power development
on the canal shall apply upon the
next accruing installments due the
government on the canal.
BY terms of the Colorado river
compact, California has a limita-
ton on its use of water allocated
to the lower basin, which limita-
ton is placed at 100000 acre
feet per year and one-half the eX-
cess or surplus. OF that amount
Palo Verde, Yuma project in Cali
fornia and Imperial and Coachella
valleys are allotted 3,850,000 acre
feet for their uses as a prior right
to all other users.
With ALLEGATION in mind the pro-
posed boundaries of the new dis
trict under the All-American canal
were planned upon engineering
study and records of water con-
sumption, not only in Imperial
Valley, but in the Palo Verde and
Yuma areas.
In finally determining the ac-
tual lands to be included in the
district, all these factors were
considered and as a result the
proposed areas to be served by the
canal comprise not the total areas
that could be irrigated but rather
those areas only which can most
economically and beneficially be
served without endangering in any
way the supply to present lands
under irrigation.
Once the contract becomes eff
fective it provides a definite and
officially recognized water right
prior to that of any other pros
pective use outside the named ag-
ricultural areas, the water for
which right is to come from stor-
age in Boulder canyon reservoir in
perpetuity without cost. The United
States under the provision of the
contract obligates itself to I'M
perial Irrigation district to de-
liver that water at Imperial dam
in a regulated flow, as ordered by
the district.
Ample Water Rights
Governmental officials and state
commissioners and engineers de-
clare that the contract secures to
Imperial Irrigation district ample
water for the lands to be served
by the All-American canal for all
time to come. In addition the
contract provides that Imperial r.
rigation district may divert to the
full capacity of the canal from the
available supply in the Colorado at
Imperial dam. 1t is estimated that
for many years after the compile
ton of payments for construction
of the canal, there will be more
water available at Imperial dam
than can be carried in the ALL
American canal.
Since the All-American canal is
specifically authorized in the
Boulder canyon project act as a
main canal to serve Imperial and
Coachella valleys, its operation and
repayment of construction costs
become a joint responsibility of
these areas. Among the obvious
benefits to be derived from CEN
tralized control of the entire prof.
ect into one area are: full control
of power development and sale,
equitable apportionment of repay
ments to the government of con-
struction costs, efficient and fair
delivery of water, control over
wasting and drainage and general
operation of the system.
The contract provides that the
district shall be divided into units,
each unit to pay toward the total
cost of construction the proportion
which it's total area bears to the
total area of the district. New
lands to be included shall pay their
proportion of the Laguna dam con-
tract obligation.
AS a consequence of inclusion
these new lands will assume their
proportion of the bonded debt
of the district as well as direct
All-American canal costs.
Since the laterals to be built to
serve new lands are not a part of
the All-American canal costs, lands
acquiring them will have to fl
nance them independently of the
present irrigated areas and this is
to be one of the terms under which
the lands will be included within
the district.