Edwards Decree Nevada The Edwards Decree was issued on October 8, 1935 and represented a modification of adjudicated water rights for the Humboldt River based on the October 20, 1931 Bartlett Decree. Due to subsequent protests to the issuance of the Bartlett Decree, on December 16, 1931, the first of a number of rulings for the modification, correction and amendment of the Bartlett Decree was made by Judge H.W. Edwards. This was followed by additional changes and amendments entered on April 27, 1933, February 8, 1934, June 8, 1934, October 1, 1934, November 19, 1934, February 11, 1935, and finally on March 11, 1935. Collectively, this compilation of modifications and changes to the 1931 Bartlett Decree became known as the Edwards Decree. One particular change of some importance removed the Bartlett Decree’s language pertaining to the formal division of the Humboldt River system into a District No. 1 below Palisade and a District No. 2 above Palisade. In its place, the Edwards Decree merely established specific irrigation seasons and reaffirmed the three classes of land for specific water rights, the water duty for each land class, and the period over which water was to be received by these lands. As most of the corrected water-rights contained within the Edwards Decree applied to lands above Palisade (i.e., the upper Humboldt River Basin), the Edwards Decree was applied to and used for distribution of the Humboldt River system’s waters above Palisade, while the Bartlett Decree continued to apply to and be used in the distribution of water below Palisade. In general, the Edwards Decree provided for a flow of 1.23 cfs per 100 acres of decreed land or at proportional rates. Three land classes were established (the same as for the Bartlett Decree) with different dates of use and number of days of allowed irrigation. Each sub-basin within the overall Humboldt River Basin had its unique amount of decreed land and decreed water within the three land classes (A, B and C). Diverted water for irrigation purposes was to be measured where the main ditch enters or becomes adjacent to the land to be irrigated. With respect to adjudication of the Humboldt River, also see Carville Decree.
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