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	Colorado River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Colorado River is a river in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately 1,450 mi (2,333 km) long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains.
		At the southern end of Marble Canyon, the river is joined by another tributary, the Little Colorado, and the river then turns abruptly west directly athwart the folds and fault line of the plateau, through the Grand Canyon, which is 217 miles long and from 4 to 20 miles wide between the upper cliffs.
		The lower course of the river, which forms the border between Baja California and Sonora, is essentially a dry stream today due to use of the river as a water source.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colorado_River (1399 words)

	Colorado River Aqueduct - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The aqueduct diverts water from the Colorado Riverat Lake Havasu on the California-Arizona border west across the Mojave and Colorado deserts to the east side of the Santa Ana Mountains.
		The aqueduct is operated by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) as one of the primary sources of drinking water in southern California.
		The aqueduct was constructed between 1933-1941 by the MWD to ensure a steady supply of drinking water to Los Angeles and now serves southern California communities from Ventura county to San Diego county.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colorado_River_Aqueduct (378 words)

	MSN Encarta - Colorado (river, North America)
		The source of the Colorado River is Grand Lake, Colorado, in Rocky Mountain National Park.
		The river initially flows to the southwest through the state of Colorado and is joined by the Green River in central Utah.
		Along the Colorado’s banks, river water nourishes a narrow band of natural vegetation that includes willow, cottonwood, and mesquite trees and shrubs such as seepwillow and arrowweed.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761557363 (1896 words)

	Colorado River Report - Regional Conservation Committees - Sierra Club
		The river basin was divided into Upper and Lower Basins in 1922 with the dividing line situated at Lee Ferry, a point on the Colorado one mile below the mouth of the Paria River (a).
		The Bureau of Reclamation estimated in 1988 that the average inflow to Lake Powell was 11.55 maf/yr from 1963 to 1986 and that the average from 1914 to 1957 was 12.71 maf/yr.
		The foundation of the Law of the River is the Colorado River Compact of 1922, signed in 1923 by six of the seven basin states (Arizona did not sign the Compact until 1944).
	www.sierraclub.org /rcc/southwest/coreport/background.asp (7388 words)

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		The Colorado River Region's population increased 48 percent from 313,000 in 1980 to 464,200 in 1990.
		The availability of Colorado River water to California in 1993 was determined in the annual operating plan issued by the Secretary of the Interior in October 1992.
		As a result of high river flows from 1983 to 1986, releases from reservoir storage into the lower Colorado River were greatly in excess of the releases required for beneficial uses.
	rubicon.water.ca.gov /v2/CRR.html (6628 words)

	Colorado River Board 4.4 Plan
		The Colorado River Board of California (CRB) agencies recognize and agree that the components of this Plan are an inseparable package and none of the components can be implemented until the final agreement is approved by all of the agencies and the Secretary of the Interior.
		California's current consumptive use of Colorado River water is approximately 5.2 million acre-feet (MAF) per year, while its mainstream basic apportionment is 4.4 MAF per year, plus one-half of any available surplus water.
		The Cadiz Land Company Inc. has proposed to MWD that water from the Colorado River Aqueduct be delivered to the Cadiz/Fenner project area, about 37 miles north of the Colorado River Aqueduct in eastern San Bernardino County, during periods of excess water supplies.
	www.sci.sdsu.edu /salton/CoRiverBoard4.4plan.html (3881 words)

	Colorado River Water Users Association: Urban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Colorado's second largest industry, tourism and recreation, has put the spotlight on the same areas of the state in which yesterday's mines were found.
		The resources of the Colorado were not easily utilized by the early settlers of southern Nevada, but the 20th century brought a series of large dams, municipal, industrial and recreational development and the need for the water managers.
		With the Colorado River system contributing more than 60 percent of the state's water needs, it surely is a significant contributor to its economy as well and to its reputation as the Land of Enchantment.
	www.crwua.org /colorado_river/urbanuses.htm (3375 words)

	Sharing Colorado River Water: History, Public Policy and the Colorado River Compact
		Colorado River water was apportioned, with California receiving 4.4 maf, Arizona 2.8 maf and Nevada 300,000 af, with each state also awarded all the water in their tributaries.
		Plans call for 260,000 af of Colorado River water to be delivered via the CAP aqueduct to central and southern Arizona, for underground storage in existing aquifers or to be exchanged with water districts that pump groundwater.
		The minimal Colorado River flow allocated to Mexico by the Law of the River is not sufficient to protect and preserve the delta.
	ag.arizona.edu /AZWATER/arroyo/101comm.html (6488 words)

	Water from the Colorado River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Colorado River is a major river of the southwestern U.S. Created by rain and melting snow in the Rocky Mountains.
		The Colorado River carries water west across the dessert and it ends at the end of Baja.
		The Colorado River is one of the most important water source of the southwestern of the U.S. because 25,000,000 people in both the U.S. and Mexico depend on it.
	hoover.sandi.net /course/STRAND/WtrProj/Period6/documents/colorado6.html (152 words)

	Colorado River Water Users Association: California State Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Colorado River is a vital link in sustaining the economy of Southern California -- water for irrigation, water for cities and hydroelectric power for both.
		Urban use of the Colorado is primarily on Southern California's coastal plain -- from Ventura County to the Mexican border and inland as far as Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
		Though agreements were signed for Colorado River water in 1919, Coachella Valley Water District's first imports began in 1948 with the completion of the Coachella Canal branch of the All-American Canal.
	www.crwua.org /ca/crwua_ca.htm (1160 words)

	ipedia.com: Colorado River (U.S.) Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Colorado River is a river in the southwestern United States, approximately 1,450 mi (2,333 km) long, draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains.
		Here the Colorado turns abruptly west directly athwart the folds and fault line of the plateau, through the Grand Canyon, which is 217 miles long and from 4 to 20 miles wide between the upper cliffs.
		The lower course of the river in Mexico is essentially a dry stream today due to use of the river as a water source.
	www.ipedia.com /colorado_river__u_s_.html (834 words)

	The Colorado River Aqueduct
		The idea for a Colorado River Aqueduct was developed in the 1920's around the time that the federal government built the All American Canal in the Imperial Valley.
		In 1929, a court case gave each of the states in the Colorado River Basin allocations of the water from the river.
		Before the aqueduct was built, the Colorado River flooded and breeched a farmer-cut irrigation canal in 1905.
	www.schoelles.com /Water/waterco.htm (345 words)

	California's Colorado River Allocation
		An annual flow estimate of the Colorado River system was the basis of the 1922 compact which split use of the flow of the river between the Upper and Lower Basin states.
		Southern California’s rights to Colorado River Water were thought to be solidified in the 1930s when a number of agencies signed water delivery contracts with the Secretary of the Interior.
		As a result of increased Colorado River diversions by Arizona and Nevada (within their apportionments), MWD’s total diversions could eventually decline to its fourth priority right of 550,000 acre-feet per year plus water available from a conservation program with Imperial Irrigation District and a groundwater storage program with the Central Arizona Water Conservation District.
	www.mwdh2o.com /mwdh2o/pages/yourwater/supply/colorado/colorado04.html (734 words)

	Colorado River Aqueduct
		The aqueduct carries water 242 miles, from Lake Havasu, on the Colorado River, to Lake Matthews in western Riverside County, at the edge of the Great City.
		Built by the Metropolitan District Water Commission (MWD), the aqueduct was under construction for eight years, and was finished in 1941.
		A large raised-relief map of the Mojave, built for the design of the aqueduct, is on display at the General Patton Museum, at Chiriaco Summit, off I-10 in the Mojave.
	ludb.clui.org /ex/i/CA3318 (182 words)

	PASADENA’S ROLE IN THE FORMATION OF THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
		Now the Colorado came to be viewed as the source for urban areas on the coast.
		In 1931, in the midst of the Depression, the election that authorized funding for the Colorado River Aqueduct was held.
		Wadsworth was elected chairman of the board; Thomas was vice-chair and headed the water committee that developed the Colorado River and Morris Dam plans.
	home.att.net /~timbri/Pasmwd.htm (4002 words)

	HAERnet, Colorado River Aqueduct, HAER CA-226 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		MWD continues to operate the aqueduct, and was the co-sponsor of this HAER documentation project.
		The 242-mile long aqueduct crosses a harsh desert landscape and is a vital component in supplying Los Angeles and much of southern California with Colorado River water.
		In 1992, the aqueduct was recognized by the ASCE as one of the seven "wonders" of the American engineering world.
	www.cr.nps.gov /habshaer/haer/1998proj/colorado.htm (210 words)

	Parker Dam - DesertUSA
		Parker Dam spans the Colorado River between Arizona and California, 155 miles downstream from Hoover Dam.
		The Colorado River Aqueduct is also tapped by the San Diego Aqueduct, which takes water to that city's water system as well.
		Colorado River water is delivered to users by pumping it from Lake Havasu into the conveyance system, then relifting it through a series of pumping plants across the state.
	www.desertusa.com /colorado/parker_dam/du_parkerdam.html (1013 words)

	Discussions continue on Imperial Valley water transfer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Water Authority is continuing its discussions with the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) on the possible use of MWD's Colorado River Aqueduct to transfer water from the Imperial Valley to San Diego County.
		The transfer water would come from the Colorado River; the Colorado River Aqueduct is the only connection that carries water from the river to San Diego County.
		The Authority's response to the MWD proposal centers on three areas: the quantity of water to be transferred, the cost of using MWD facilities, and support for MWD's effort to change the way the Colorado River is operated.
	www.uswaternews.com /archives/arcsupply/7discon1.html (518 words)

	Colorado River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Agriculture: The Colorado river water feeds many farm animals and crops 85% of the river's water is used for agricultural use!
		The main reason is the river is so shallow in some places, it goes through the canyons in other places, and it has lots of rapids, so if you wanted to go to work on a boat you would have an awful hard time!
		The river descends the most in elevation from 3166 feet at Lees Ferry to 1200 feet at Lake Mead.It is about 225 miles long as the crow flies(The Colorado River in Grand Canyon, by Larry Stevens, 1983)
	schools.4j.lane.edu /spencerbutte/StudentProjects/Rivers/color.html (402 words)

	Griffith Company History
		Southern California’s thirst for water is an ancient one, dating back to earliest settlers and their primitive irrigation and water storage systems — systems that quickly proved inadequate as the region’s population continued to expand.
		A portion of the river would have to be diverted westward across a vast expanse of desert.
		Built on the Sacramento River, Shasta Dam was the most important unit of the Central Valley Project, the largest reclamation enterprise in U.S. history.
	www.griffithcompany.net /html/history/water.html (1166 words)

	Water Education Foundation - Western Water Magazine
		The goal was to tame the Colorado River, to protect people from floods and put its waters to work irrigating cropland, supplying new industries and producing hydroelectric power for the west's booming cities.
		What we truly concluded to be sufficient water in the Colorado River for all needs for all time soon became a glaring shortage.
		At times, the rhetoric of 1997 parallels that of 1922 as the seven Colorado River basin states push for less federal government involvement when it comes to water use, water quality, transfers and instream flows, and water for American Indians tribes and Mexico.
	www.water-ed.org /septoct97.asp (1997 words)

	Nat' Academies Press, Ward Valley: An Examination of Seven Issues in Earth Sciences and Ecology (1995)
		Therefore, the committee concludes that the potential impact of airborne radionuclides on the water quality of the Colorado River or Colorado River Aqueduct is minuscule, even much less than the upper bounding calculation made previously for the direct ground-water pathway scenario to the river.
		While there are conceivable, but unlikely, flowpaths for some ground water within Ward Valley to reach the Colorado River, conservative bounding calculations suggest that the potential impacts on the river water quality would be insignificant relative to present natural levels of radionuclides in the river and would meet accepted regulatory health standards.
		The committee concludes that the potential impact of airborne radionuclides on the water quality in the Colorado River or Colorado River Aqueduct is minuscule, much less than the upper bounding calculation for the direct ground-water pathway scenario to the river.
	www.nap.edu /books/0309052882/html/149.html (695 words)

	The Colorado River
		Mulholland turned east to the Colorado River as a new source of water.
		The DWP, manager of its own hydroelectric power facilities along the Los Angeles Aqueduct, was instrumental in the struggle to gain federal approval for the project which combined flood control, water supply, and energy production for the three states that form the lower Colorado River basin.
		Upon the completion of the Colorado River Aqueduct in 1941, MWD began to wholesale Colorado River water to its member agencies.
	wsoweb.ladwp.com /Aqueduct/historyoflaa/coloradoriver.htm (346 words)

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		The agreement between the Authority and MWD was contingent on approval of a $235 appropriation for, among others, the lining of the All American and Coachella canals in the Imperial Valley and conjunctive use storage projects along the Colorado River Aqueduct.
		Now, these "unused apportionments" are diminishing, because Nevada and Arizona are expected to use nearly all of their Colorado River supplies, leaving very little excess for California.
		This means, that the Colorado River Aqueduct, which has been kept full in the past two years due to surplus water, will not be running full (leaving room for the conserved water from the Imperial Valley).
	www.sdchamber.org /public/infrastr/wateriss.html (1291 words)

	Travelog #4 (part one) - patton museum, quartzsite, blythe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It was created for the Colorado River Aqueduct project and had been taken apart to transport to Washington, D.C. in 1928 for congressional hearings prior to the passage of the Boulder Canyon Act.
		On the west side of Parker Strip by Parker Dam we had seen the start of the aqueduct where the water leaves the Colorado River and heads into California, so it was fun to see just where the pipes went from there.
		The Colorado River Aqueduct runs through what became Patton's huge desert training facility established shortly after the United States was drawn into World War II.
	homeiswhereweparkourhouse.com /adventure/adventurefour.html (1880 words)

	News Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The program follows Howser as he tracks MWD's 242-mile aqueduct system, beginning with the district's massive, 9,000-horsepower pumps near Parker Dam at Lake Havasu on the Colorado River and ending at Lake Mathews, the system's terminal reservoir in Riverside County.
		Before reaching the urbanized coastal plain, water from the aqueduct crosses five massive mountain ranges and passes through nearly 100 miles of 16-foot-diameter tunnel, 62 miles of open canal and more than 80 miles of buried pipeline.
		The Metropolitan Water District is a regional water agency that imports water from Northern California and the Colorado River, and delivers it on a wholesale basis to the coastal plain of Southern California.
	www.cmua.org /mwd5-99.htm (454 words)

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