Irrigation In Yuma

If a city wants to get bigger than it must expand in many ways such as houses, stores,parks,etc. Irrigation is one of the ways that an early city would need to improve on. Yuma was a great land of opportunity because it was in the desert and there was a lot of flat land and a good source of water. So farmers came to Yuma to try and grow there crops. Eventually there were at least 5000 people in Yuma but there were so many farmers it was harder to share and give water to one another.The canals guided the water to the farmers and then the canals created jobs for the people living here. Such as irrigators, people to maintain them and also take the water request cards that way farmers can get there water to grow crops and other things. Since there were more people involved Yuma started getting bigger with people and …show more content…
Also the downside of that is that we need to maintain those irrigation systems. Since Arizona is already very focused on agriculture a challenge that the Yuma Project would need the most of is money from the government. In my opinion i don't think that Yuma even had Police department or fire department when the population was so low because No one would fund those utilities and companies. So Yuma is in way “Off the Radar” because it's not even close to a big competitor. A competitor as in a local city that is able to produce mass quantities of crops.To this day Yuma was a big risk in terms of making the small town a success were they could get funded and create jobs. Also there may be a flow of people coming in from the neighbor of Mexico because it will create jobs. The most significant reason to expand on Yuma's Irrigation is to share water and give it to people all around Yuma County. In conclusion Yuma county is still in the process of becoming a well sized city and a demanding city for crops like it is for dates and lettuce and much more