Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-01
TNSTALLMENTOF ENGINEER DATA
ON DISTRICT CONDITION GIVEN

Tor this and Other purposes. Inc
Mutual Water companies were ac-
CURED in 1899 and 1923, and the
district has since then carried ON
all functions of diversion, trans
portation. and delivery of water in
Imperial Valley.
No additional bonds of the dis
trict have been authorized, other
than refunding bonds, but extern
sions and betterments have been
made out of operatig revenue until
today the books of the district show
almost S20y000,000 of fixed assets.
Present Fixed Assets
A recent condensed balance sheet
of Imperial Irrigation District car
ries the following items of fixed
assets:
Canal System, Additions
and Betterments ...-.. S l0,262,0lO
Protective WorkS-Flood
Control OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3,8739l0
Drainage Canals and
Structures ............ 2,762,27O
Laguna Dam Diversion
Right -......................-- 1,4l53s5
Buildings, Less Depre-
citation ....................'....... 247,965
Land Observation-Disclosures. 1868
Equipment and Facili-
ties, less depreciation 475,237
Other Assets .................... 482,877
Total Fixed Assets
August 81, 1897 S l9,633,3 BAT
The largest item above is for
the canal system and additions
and bettermentS. Most of the
system was acquired by purchase
from California Development Co.
and from the Mutual Water COM
panies, but material betterments
and extensions have been made
during the past fifteen years.
The expenditures for protective
works have been largely for levees
in Mexico which have kept the
floods of Colorado river from again
flowing into Imperial Valley The
total of $3,873,91O is presumably
exclusive of amounts expended by
the United States and may not
reflect all of the expenditures made
by the predecessor companies for
flood control
The district has constructed,
out of bond funds and to some
extent from operating revenue
partial system of outlet and
surface drains, which are used
primarily for carrying off waste
irrigation waters. The outlet
drains are deep channels which
generally discharge into New
river or Alamo river the principal
channels erOded at the time Col
oradO river broke into the valley.
The surface drains are relatively
shallow and must be deepened
before they can function as
drains.
Laguna dam diversion right rep
resents payments which have been
made to the United States under
a contract entered into in 1918,
whereby Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict was granted the right Of con-
nection to Laguna dam, the point
of diversion for the Yuma Valley.
The new diversion dam, Impe-
rial dam, being built is located
above Laguna dam; consequently,
the S1,4l5,385 Laguna dam div
ersiOn right has no real present
value except as ii influenced the
conditions of payment for the
new works being built by United
States for the district.
NEW WORKS
The United States, through the
Bureau of Reclamation, recently
completed Boulder dam and the
flood waters of Colorado river are
now being stored in Lake Mead
The water supply Of the district
is thereby assured and the flood
menace has been reduced.
The Bureau of Reclamation is
also building, as part of the Boulde.
Canyon project, a new diversion
dam on Colorado river about fiji
teen miles above the mouth OF
Gila river, together with a very
large canal from there to the I'M
perial Valley. The latter is called
the All American canal and as
the name implies is being built in
the United States for it's entire
length. The construction cost is to
be repaid by Imperial Irrigation
district under the terms and con-
ditions of the All-American canal
contract entered into Dec. l, 1882