South Coastal Basin Investigation: Value and Cost of Water for Irrigation in Coastal Plain of Southern California (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from South Coastal Basin Investigation: Value and Cost of Water for Irrigation in Coastal Plain of Southern CaliforniaIn. Most of western United States, including most of California. It has become customary to think of irrigation as the controlling factor in agriculture. This is not because the importance of good soil and favorable climate are not recognized, but because in areas of' limited rainfall, intensive agriculture is not possible without irrigation.The coastal plain of southern California, 3 to which the present report applies, is an. Area in which an intensive agriculture of a high type has been built up under irrigation. Over acres in the six southern coastal counties is now being farmed, and the annual value of the product of the citrus groves alone approximates one hun dred million dollars. Investments in water supply and major irrigation works have already in some cases reached very high figures as compared with investments for similar purposes in most of the other irrigated areas, and it is not improbable that still larger investments will be necessary before the water of even the local watersheds will be fully utilized to the extent that will be economically desirable. Although water imported by the city of Los Angeles from its Inyo and Mono county sources and the contemplated supply from Colorado River being provided by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern Cali fornia isintended primarily for domestic, municipal, and industrial pur poses, agriculture is already absorbing and may for some years to come continue to absorb a part of the surplus. While the importation of these outside supplies could not be paid for by agriculture alone, its contribution to the cost may be material.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.