Water-supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological SurveyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 - Irrigation |
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Page 13 - The use of all water now appropriated, or that may hereafter be appropriated, for sale, rental, or distribution, is hereby declared to be a public use, and subject to the regulation and control of the State, in the manner to be prescribed by law...
Page 13 - ... 1. That he claims the water there flowing to the extent of (giving the number) inches, measured under a four-inch pressure. 2. The purposes for which he claims it, and the place of intended use. 3. The means by which he intends to divert it, and the size of the flume, ditch, pipe, or aqueduct in which he intends to divert it. A copy of the notice must, within ten days after it is posted, be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which it is posted.
Page 94 - Provided, That hereafter the reports of the Geological Survey in relation to the ganging of streams and to the methods of utilizing the water resources may be printed...
Page 13 - California, but the right to the use of running water flowing in a river or stream or down a canyon or ravine may be acquired by appropriation...
Page 94 - ... thousand copies in number; one thousand copies of which shall be for the official use of the Geological Survey, one thousand five hundred copies shall be delivered to the Senate, and two thousand five hundred copies shall be delivered to the House of Representatives, for distribution.
Page 24 - ... the total discharge for the Roanoke. Gaging stations were established on the Dan and Staunton rivers at Clarksville on October 28, 1895. On Dan River the rod is fastened to the inside of the guard rail of the fourth panel of the third span west of the Southern Railroad bridge. The distance from the zero of the rod. to the outside of the pulley wheel is 3 feet; the length of the wire rope is 33.17 feet. The water power from Dan River has been developed to a considerable extent at Clarksville....
Page 11 - ... those portions of the State of Texas in which by reason of the insufficient rainfall or by reason of the irregularity of the rainfall, irrigation is beneficial for agricultural purposes...
Page 85 - Correspondence relating to the publications of the Survey should be addressed to — THE DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WASHINGTON, DC WASHINGTON, DC, March, 1000.
Page 7 - Is traversed lengthwise by two parallel ranges of mountains — the Sierra Nevada on the east and the coast range on the west — which...