Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . ^>*>^,. -r««5gM|. l%^ 5-^/:^^V;^ Plate VI, Fig, 1 (upper).—Channel eroded and enlarged by flood of January, 1916, along thelocation of levee constructed by Indio Levee District. Fig. 2 (lower).—Rock levee on SanAntonio Creek. The drift on the face of the levee shows height at which flood water stood. -(P. 18) FLOOD CONTROL IN COACHELLA VALLEY. 19 Conditions are unfavorable for such an efficient use of water fromWhitewater River. The stream discharge varies much throughout
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . ^>*>^,. -r««5gM|. l%^ 5-^/:^^V;^ Plate VI, Fig, 1 (upper).—Channel eroded and enlarged by flood of January, 1916, along thelocation of levee constructed by Indio Levee District. Fig. 2 (lower).—Rock levee on SanAntonio Creek. The drift on the face of the levee shows height at which flood water stood. -(P. 18) FLOOD CONTROL IN COACHELLA VALLEY. 19 Conditions are unfavorable for such an efficient use of water fromWhitewater River. The stream discharge varies much throughout theyear, storage sites are not available, the valley lands are distant fromthe canyon, piping the water across the desert would be expensive, theevaporation is high, and it is impossible to recover from wells all thewater that sinks. Water Rights. Water rights are based on appropriation and use while some of theirrigated land in San Gorgonio Pass and at Palm Springs is of the appropriations have ripened into prescriptive rights. Sofar as is known the courts have not been called upon to decid
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