Yuma Project Case Study

The Yuma Project was different from other groups of people over time because as time passed and year after year irrigation was being more needed for farmers and the crops of lettuce, broccoli, and many vegetables crops. The water from the Colorado River is being used for that now a days and for decades the water has been used for crops. Since Southern Arizona was very dry the Yuma Project was designed so the crops could grow with enough water for the product to be sold to different entities. The steamboats at the time passed through the colorado river and went to many place for example mexico where goods were being exported. The vegetables being sold which the irrigation project helped with water to grow them were sold and transported with …show more content…
But now we have control of water and we use less water for crops and water is being saved.

This project differs from different groups because it is not one thing that is going to make a change and not being kept like the Yuma Project because for this project we have a good economy our city has water and we grow many goods that we eat and are being sold.

The challenges the developers of the land of yuma had to overcome, in the economy it produced high economic earnings it had an extra economic impact by taxes and investments of the production. The population increased as the the income grew and it attached in the supplement. The project had issues when it was going to be authorized president Roosevelt made the fort of yuma military into irrigation project that project was authorized in May 10, 1904. The land of irrigation promoted Reclamation to take over and it ended in supreme court. Floods were a challenge for the developers a flood occurred in 1912 and another one occurred in 1916 and hitted the yuma project. Flood began to rise and on January 22 it flowed all over the lower reservation levee in yuma city built causing many damages. That damaged the reservation levee and world war I unskilled workers help it repair but the used an excessive amount of water that made the alkali come to the surface. After that an earthquake …show more content…
The negative effects it had were how to use the water without wasting it and using the accurate amount of water. They had to really take care of flooding and have control of the water so flood cannot occur. A large flooding occurred in 1916 where it was one of the biggest floods that broke records. This flood in the Reservation Levee repaired they were paid based on how skilled they were to work.But the inexperienced farmers cause trouble they used excessive amount of water that created the alkali to come to the surface. Animals like rats and gophers who dig and damaged the canal. The flood left only two building and the business that were built in yuma were all damaged. This negative effects that happend affected the Yuma Project as well as the Yuma