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TO: Files DATE: September 22, 1960
FROM: R. R. Forsberg
SUBJECT: Hearing of Applications
17139, etc. --
Lake Tahoe Basin
On September 13, 1960, a hearing of Applications 17139, 17149,
17235, 17727, 17761, 18021, 18030, 18031, 18038, 18039, 18248, 18283 and
18910 was held in Sacramento by Mr. Silverthorne with the assistance of
Messrs. Gulick and Forsberg. The applications are all for appropriations in
the Lake Tahoe Drainage Basin. Those parties making appearances at the
hearing are listed as follows:
Party
Oakwood Investment Company dba
Brockway Water Company
North Tahoe Public Utility District
Alseno and Louise Oppio Fenech
Rosa LaPorte, Harvey E. and Selma
C. Blackwell
Meyers Water Company
John A. Fulton dba Fulton Water
Company
Ruth E. Shurtleff
Truckee -Carson Irrigation District
Sierra Pacific Power Company
California Department of
Fish and Game
Joint California -Nevada Interstate
Compact Commission
Rainbow Tract Association
El Dorado County Water Agency
Eldorado National Forest
Represented by
Martin McDonough and Daniel
F. Gallery, Attorneys
Adolph Moskovitz, Attorney
George Basye, Attorney
Harvey Blackwell
Adolph Moskovitz, Attorney
Martin McDonough and Daniel
F. Gallery, Attorneys
Neal Gardner
James W. Johnson, Jr., Attorney
William H. Orrick, Jr., and
Andrew D. Orrick, Attorneys
James M. Sanderson,
Deputy Attorney General
F. G. Girard, Deputy Attorney General,
California, and James W. Johnson,
Jr., Attorney, Nevada
E. E. Ames
Alvin Landis, Attorney
John West
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Party Represented by
California Department of Elizabeth D. Henderson, Attorney
Water Resources
Placer County Water Agency Adolph Moskovitz, Attorney
Fay Ledbetter and Alva Barton Frank G. Finnegan, Attorney
A presentation was made on behalf of the Joint California -Nevada
Interstate Compact Commission, setting forth the results of a water use study
prepared jointly by the States of California and Nevada. The study indicates
that the ultimate use of water in the Lake Tahoe Basin will be approximately
34,000 acre-feet. If and when a compact is effected between the two states,
it is proposed that 65 per cent of the 34,000 acre-feet will be allocated to
California and 35 per cent to Nevada. The Nevada protestants request that
the Board give some assurance at this hearing that in issuing permits the
amount of water allotted to California will not be exceeded. If such
assurance is given, the Nevada protestants do not plan to present an extensive
case.
The California Department of Water Resources presented evidence
showing excess water in the Lake Tahoe -Truckee River drainage basin during
most years of a 30 -year study between 1923 and 1952. Evidence was also
submitted by the Department show -ring that with the increased urbanization of
the Lake Tahoe area there would be little if any net increase in the
consumptive use of water unless sewage water is exported from the basin.
One other presentation was made on behalf of El Dorado County
Water Agency, urging the Board to give careful consideration to the water
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needs of the Lake Tahoe Basin before issuing any permits. This is because
the Lake Tahoe Basin is an area of potential water shortage.
During the course of the hearing, the protest by Sierra Pacific
Power Company against Application 18910 of Ruth Shurtleff was withdrawn.
A request was made by the staff of the Board that each of the
applicants prepare an estimate of the proposed monthly use of water in acre-
feet, together with an estimate of the projected increase in use of water
during the next five years, so that a more realistic determination of water
needs may be ascertained. The hearing was concluded with the understanding
that it would be rescheduled upon notice of all interested parties.
R. R. Forsberg
Assistant Hydra lic Engineer
RRF/dlb