South Arizona Irrigation System

Describe in details how irrigation changed Yuma/ Southern Arizona.
Irrigation changed Yuma/ Southern Arizona in both a positive and negative way. A positive way that irrigation help was by the dam blocks being built and the water level down preventing safe travel down river and travel upriver. A negative way that irrigation did not help was by impacting steamer business which brought down the economy in Yuma and Southernern Arizona. With the economy passing of a hard time there was a time where it boosted the economy up by how the framers were getting water and they could make their crops. When the economy was boosted up by the irrigation system, yuma started to grow in building house and the population of the town grow by time in the “Summary Statistics for Yuma …show more content…
Especially when there is a treaty with Mexico. The treaty of Mexico say that “ mexico is entitled to 1.5 MAF of Colorado River water each year.” which this could be a problem has we do not meet Mexican treaty rights to the water they need will be made up by equal quantities in the upper and lower basin states. Even after all this the irrigation system is still big part of Yuma because not only did it combined the hard work of many people it also still works as a big part of yuma and how it changed yuma and southern Arizona from 1906. Even with the problems it brought their was still positive it brought to Yuma and South Arizona. Because of the irrigation system being built Yuma as one of the best productive farmland in the country. That's because in the first place Yuma has “ The lands are extremely fertile and productive, and capable of producing enormous crops when provided with a sufficient supply of water for irrigation.” meaning that the irrigation is the cause of having a pretty good economy and the changes in Yuma and southern Arizona. All of this was because of the irrigation system that provided water for the farm being able