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<br />T1IB LA PLATA RIVER COMPACT <br /> <br />!bo fA P10ta RiYor. a oma11 tributu7 ot tho San .Juan <br />Rl..r. 1. an inter.tate .tream in Colorado and ..v MexIco. <br />The cbler louroe ot vater I' .now in the La Plata _ount.1m <br />or Colol'&40. <br /> <br />The ,..... 1918 va. one at yer,. 10v fiow in tbtl La Plata. <br />RiYal' tlow vas In.uttlclent tor the irrigated lands in the two <br />Stat... <br /> <br />Kar17 in 1919 lIov Moxico d..18od Co10l'Odo that ohortl7 a <br />aui' would be bl'ou8ht In the U. S. Supr... Court oyer the vater. <br />ot tho fA Plato Ri"or to o...po1 the 418tribuUon of vator b7 <br />date. or prlorltJ' regardle.. ot State Lin... <br /> <br />Oolol'Odo t.aodiato17 0.p1070d an irrigotion onginoor <br />(R. I. "eker) to uk. aD In....tlgatlonal atud1. .uryeland <br />report on tbe u... at ..ter in the two Stat... !he stud,. and <br />0111''''7 ot ditoheo ond irrigotod 1ando vao ..do d1l1'ing tho irriga- <br />tion ....on of 1919. <br /> <br />The report dI8c10..d the following information: <br /> <br />Irri..atod land. Colorado 19.000 acr.a <br /> lev Mexloo ~ . <br /> \'Otal . <br />Ditohel2 OO10N40 90 ditchoo -0- <br /> lev Hexloo 16 . -b- <br />-a- C8p801 tie. 1/2 to 40 ..oond t..t <br />-b- . ) to )0 . . <br /> <br />Ditoh Docroou <br />Colorado 1879 - 1912 <br />Nov Moxioo. 1898 <br />-0- 290 ..c-rt. rinal; <br /> <br />Total lecond-reet <br />49) -0- <br />120 <br />203 .ec.rt. conditional <br /> <br />Vator SYDD1,Ll <br />CulalnatIOn or river generally in Mal', therearter <br />water inadequate tor need. ot both .tat.. due to <br />yery low tlow.. SQae return rlow ha. developed. <br /> <br />