FOREWORD 



This rt'port is mw f»f n sitIos of hiilU'tins on tin* Stutr Watj-r Tlan 



• >I by th«' Division of Watrr lu'xmrtv's piirsiinnt to provisions of 



,tor f<\'2. .StHtutes of 1!>2!». dirt'ctin^' furlluT invrsti^'wtions of the 



watiT r»*sonrt'«ni of California. Thf S4'rii's inclmh's Hnlh-tin Noh. 2.'» to 



•;. incUisivp. Hulh'tin No. '2't. "Krport to L<>^islatiiri' of WVM on 



-atr WatiT Plan." is a sununar\ r«'p«»rt of tin- «'ntin' invest ijrat ion. 



Prior to thi- studii's i-arricM out nntlfr this ai't. th«' watiT rcsourrrs 



ivestipation had hi'«>n in proj.'n's.s more or h'ss continuouMly sine** l!'*Jl 



rul«T several statutory enactments. The n*sults nf the earliiT work 



l»ave »)een puhlisheil asnnljetin \os. .{. 4. .'>. ♦;. !». 11. I'J. l.'l. 14. 1I» ami 20 



of the former Division <»f Kn^ini*erinu' Hn<l Irri^fation. Nos. .'>. (> and 7 of 



»lie former Division of Water I{iu'l>tM. nnti No.h. 2'J and 24 of the Division 



' Water HeHourees. 



Thi^ bulletin is one <»f two reports dealing with certain tH'onomic 

 pii'ts of the State Wafer IMan prepared e(Mt|H>ratively by the Collejje 

 • A^rrieulture. I'niversity of California 



The price whi«*h land owners in the upper San 'loaipiin Valley can 



afford to pay for irrigation water is r«'<"Oirnizi'<l as a matter worthy of 



rious consi«leration. This rep«»rl preniMits an analysis of the problem. 



iMlfi-tlier with eoni'liiNions on the amount that miuht l>e chartfed annually 



for irrijration water at the land fur thf more important crop«. );ro\\n 



I the up|>er San Joatpiin Valley 



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