Chapter III - Present Water Supplies and Uses

Document: Chapter III, Present Water Supplies and Uses: "Pacific Southwest Water Plan", August 1963, page 12aSheet 2 of 2 1/ Includes Little Colorado River and other tributary areas in the States of Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. 2/ Includes existing Lake Mead diversions and conveyance losses. 3/ Colorado River areas include: Palo Verde District and non-Indian portion of Yuma Project. Desert areas include: Imperial District, Coachella District, Whitewater-Coachella area, and Antelope-Mojave area. Coastal areas include the coastal drainage of Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, and San Diego Counties. 4/ Conveyance losses associated with area imports. 5/ Colorado River areas include: Gila Projects and Yuma Projects. Central Arizona Project area includes most of Gila River Basin. 6/ Includes present Colorado River Indian Reservation in Arizona and Indian portion of Yuma Project in California. 7/ Uses by present mainstream wildlife refuges not included. 8/ Includes 370,000 a.f. reservoir net evaporation, 230,000 a.f. regulatory losses, and 670,000 a.f. other net unmeasured beneficial and nonbeneficial uses, including present wildlife refuges. III-12aEpson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 2,089,649 byte