72 



DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES 



the Lemoore Canal, 550 second-feet for the Peoples Ditch, and 325 

 soeond-feet for the Last Chance Ditch. T^ililc 45 gives a summary of 

 the diversion records for the past seven years. 



TABLE 45 

 SUMMARY OF DIVERSION RECORDS, KINGS COUNTY CANALS' 



' Kings River Water Master Reports, by Charles L. Kaupke; Division of Water Rights, State Department of Public 

 Works. 



' Days when the average daily flow was less than five sccon 1-feet not counted. 



• The average annual run-off of Kings River for this jjeriod was 1,142,200 acre feet, or 64.8 per cent of the mean annual 

 run-off for the 34 year period, 1890-1929, inclusive. See table 40. 



The run-off of Kings River during tlie period from 1923 to 1929 has 

 been below normal every year except 1927, as shoAvu in Table 46. 



TABLE 46 

 RUN-OFF OF KINGS RIVER AT PIEDRAi 



' From records of United .States Geological Survey. Records for 1923 to 1929 arc from unpublished records, suljjcct 

 to revision. a.s taken from ICings River Water Master Reports by Charles L. Kaii))ke. 



Jii'Ciiu.sc of llic average low ruii-oli' oi" Kings Kiver during the last 

 twelve years, the M'ater supply to the lands served in Kings County has 

 not bci'ii adequate. Private inimping from wells in tlie northern part 

 of liie area lias grcally increased diii-ing Ihe past two or three years, but 

 no (hita arc availal)lc to show the extent of private pumping or the 

 amount of increase during the |)ast few' years on the area. The low 

 run-olT of the river and the increase in jiiix.ilc pumiiing have caused a 

 coiisi(h'rabh' lowering oi' the water table in some portions of the area 

 and tiiis has entirely changed the ii-rigation practices in .some localities. 

 Formerly, the water table was near the surface of the ground, espe- 

 cially in the nttrthern part of Ihe ai'ca which is devoted largelv to 



