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... apportioned from the Colorado River system in perpetuity to the upper basin and to the lower basin , respectively ... apportionment in paragraph ( a ) , the lower basin is hereby given the right to increase its beneficial consumptive ...
... apportioned from the Colorado River system in perpetuity to the upper basin and to the lower basin , respectively ... apportionment in paragraph ( a ) , the lower basin is hereby given the right to increase its beneficial consumptive ...
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... apportionment of a total of 15,000,000 acre - feet , with the addition of the 1,000,000 acre - feet for the lower ... apportioned to the lower basin States by paragraph ( a ) of article III of the Colorado River compact , plus not more ...
... apportionment of a total of 15,000,000 acre - feet , with the addition of the 1,000,000 acre - feet for the lower ... apportioned to the lower basin States by paragraph ( a ) of article III of the Colorado River compact , plus not more ...
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... apportioned the waters of the Colorado River between the upper and the lower basins , designating Lee Ferry , on the Colorado River 1 mile below the mouth of the Paria River , as the point of division . The apportionment of Colorado ...
... apportioned the waters of the Colorado River between the upper and the lower basins , designating Lee Ferry , on the Colorado River 1 mile below the mouth of the Paria River , as the point of division . The apportionment of Colorado ...
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... apportioned to the upper basin under article III ( f ) of the compact . The following tabulation has been prepared to present an analysis of the present apportionment of the waters of the Colorado River . Virgin flow , Colorado River at ...
... apportioned to the upper basin under article III ( f ) of the compact . The following tabulation has been prepared to present an analysis of the present apportionment of the waters of the Colorado River . Virgin flow , Colorado River at ...
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... apportioned water under its Limitation Act of March 4 , 1929 . Nevada has a contract for the use of 300,000 acre - feet of appor ... apportionment of the unapportioned water of the Colorado River will be made after October 1 , 1936. The ...
... apportioned water under its Limitation Act of March 4 , 1929 . Nevada has a contract for the use of 300,000 acre - feet of appor ... apportionment of the unapportioned water of the Colorado River will be made after October 1 , 1936. The ...
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Page 514 - ... (c) If, as a matter of international comity, the United States of America shall hereafter recognize in the United States of Mexico any right to the use of any waters of the Colorado River System, such waters shall be supplied first from the waters which are surplus over and above the aggregate of the quantities specified in paragraphs (a) and (b...
Page 3 - domestic use" shall include the use of water for household stock, municipal, mining, milling, industrial, and other like purposes, but shall exclude the generation of electrical power. Article III (a) There is hereby apportioned from the Colorado River system in perpetuity to the upper basin and to the lower basin, respectively, the exclusive beneficial consumptive use of 7,500,000 acre-feet of water per annum, which shall include all water necessary for the supply of any rights which may now exist.
Page 4 - President by public proclamation shall have so declared, and, further — and this is the important provision — until the State of California, by act of its legislature, shall agree irrevocably and unconditionally with the United States and for the benefit of the States of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, as an express covenant and in consideration of the passage of this act...
Page 512 - Further equitable apportionment of the beneficial uses of the waters of the Colorado River System unapportioned by paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), may be made in the manner provided in paragraph (g) at any time after October 1, 1963, if and when either Basin shall have reached its total beneficial consumptive use as set out in paragraphs (a) and (b).
Page 272 - In addition to the apportionment in paragraph (a), the lower basin is hereby given the right to increase its beneficial consumptive use of such waters by 1,000,000 acre-feet per annum.
Page 270 - Wyoming, as an express covenant and in consideration of the passage of this act, that the aggregate annual consumptive use (diversions less returns to the river) of water of and from the Colorado River for use in the State of California...
Page 291 - ... basin and the lower basin, and whenever necessary the States of the upper division shall deliver at Lee Ferry water to supply onehalf of the deficiency so recognized in addition to that provided in paragraph (</). (d...
Page 489 - State, and (4) that the waters of the Gila River and its tributaries, except return flow after the same enters the Colorado River, shall never be subject to any diminution whatever by any allowance of water which may be made by treaty or otherwise to the United States of Mexico...
Page 266 - The States of Arizona, California, and Nevada are authorized to enter into an agreement which shall provide (1) that of the 7,500,000 acre-feet annually apportioned to the lower basin by paragraph (a) of Article III of the Colorado River compact, there shall be apportioned to the State of Nevada 300,000 acre-feet and to the State of Arizona 2,800,000 acre-feet for exclusive beneficial consumptive use in perpetuity...
Page 474 - Arizona shall have the exclusive beneficial consumptive use of the Gila River and its tributaries...