Show Senate Group Given Date Data On Colorado Water Use WASHINGTON March 25 CT Jp- Jp Three sets of figures on the quantity quan quan- quantity and present and future use of water in the Colorado river system were submitted to the senate senate senate sen sen- ate interior committee Friday They were provided by the reclamation reclamation rec rec- bureau and California and Arizona engineers separately The statistics were asked by Chairman Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man D D. Wyo at the suggestion of Sen Anderson D D. N N. M M. for the committees committee's guidance guidance guid guid- ance in considering two bills I One of these would authorize the central Arizona reclamation project The other woud authorize a supreme court determination of water rights in inthe inthe I Ithe the basin Nevada Interested Sen Malone R. R Nev said Nevada is interested in using some of the Colorado river for relatively relative relative- ly Jy small irrigation projects He I Isaid said he didn't want to see all aU the I water allotted before his state had a chance Sen Watkins R. R Utah suggested suggested suggested sug sug- that the states of Nevada Utah and New Mexico should go ahead an and build their small projects projects projects and let Arizona and California California California Cali Cali- fornia continue their battle Raymond Mathew chief engineer for or the Colorado river board of California estimated the average annual supply available for use usein usein in m the UlC lower basin basin by by California Arizona and Nevada principally is is acre feet based on stream flow from 1897 to 1913 19 Based on the critical period 1930 1916 this supply would be reduced to A Average Yield R. R G. G Baker Baier chief engineer for forthe forthe forthe the Arizona interstate streams commission with E E. B B. Debler and W. W W. W Lane estimated the water available to the lower Jower basin on a long Jong time timo average to 10 be pe 10 acre feet and during a alow alow alow low runoff period feet including a foot from Lake Mead storage reservoir The reclamation bureau estimating esti esti- mating independently on the basis of the state contentions puts the Ule California figure at and the thc Arizona figure at 10 On this basis it sa says s 's the California California California Cali Cali- fornia estimate would indi indicate ate a surplus of acre feet and the Arizona estimate a surplus of acre feet on the basis of the average run long-run water sup sup- ply Deducting for present use the California position as interpreted I by the reclamation bureau would allow Arizona acre feet for future use while the Arizona method of computing leads to an estimate of for that state Arizona's engineers however vever reported re reported reported re- re ported a balance of acre feet available for its use including for the central Arizona project |