CLAIM UNDER REVIEW
The City of Yuma’s listed water entitlement combines Priority 1 and Priority 3, totaling 50,000 acre-feet annually of consumptive use.
The City of Yuma’s listed water entitlement combines Priority 1 and Priority 3, totaling 50,000 acre-feet annually of consumptive use.
Assessment
The cited evidence establishes the claim as stated.
This is an editorial assessment of the cited evidence, not a finding by a court or public authority.
Evidence summary
Priority 1 page 3 lists 1,478 acre-feet CU / 2,333 acre-feet diversion, subject to its limiting footnote. Priority 3 page 3 supplies the balance of 50,000 acre-feet CU not satisfied by PPR No. 21.
What the evidence establishes
Priority 1 page 3 lists 1,478 acre-feet CU / 2,333 acre-feet diversion, subject to its limiting footnote. Priority 3 page 3 supplies the balance of 50,000 acre-feet CU not satisfied by PPR No. 21.
What it does not establish
50,000 plus 1,478 acre-feet of CU, or 50,000 acre-feet of actual annual use.
What remains unknown
Final 2027 orders and any later amendments.
Supporting sources 2
- Primary source · Government recordReclamation, Arizona Priority 1 list
Retained September 22, 2026; heading September 2025. Pages 1–3 visually checked against text from the same file. The entitlement list distinguishes diversion quantities from consumptive-use quantities and includes limiting PPR footnotes. Those quantities should not be combined as though they measure the same thing. Not a certification against all later amendments.
- Primary source · Government recordReclamation, Arizona Priority 3 list
Retained September 22, 2026; heading August 2024. Pages 1 and 3 visually checked against text from the same file. District shares total 250,000 AF CU; Unit B is acreage-based; City total is 50,000 AF CU including its PPR component.
Contradicting sources
No published contradicting sources are attached. This does not establish that none exist.
Sources 2
- Primary source · Government recordReclamation, Arizona Priority 1 list
Retained September 22, 2026; heading September 2025. Pages 1–3 visually checked against text from the same file. The entitlement list distinguishes diversion quantities from consumptive-use quantities and includes limiting PPR footnotes. Those quantities should not be combined as though they measure the same thing. Not a certification against all later amendments.
- Primary source · Government recordReclamation, Arizona Priority 3 list
Retained September 22, 2026; heading August 2024. Pages 1 and 3 visually checked against text from the same file. District shares total 250,000 AF CU; Unit B is acreage-based; City total is 50,000 AF CU including its PPR component.
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