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<br />26 <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br />w <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />Departmental Responsibilities <br /> <br />The Secretary has broad as well as specific responsibilities under <br /> <br />applicable laws to manage the water resources of the Colorado River <br /> <br />Basin to (l) apportion the waterflows according to the Colorado <br /> <br />River Compact of 1922, (2) meet commitments to Mexico under the <br /> <br />International Water Treaty of 1944 with that nation, (3) conform <br /> <br />to the requirements of the Supreme Court Decree of 1964, (4) meet <br /> <br />specific contractual obligations with water users in the United <br /> <br />States, (5) develop and manage water resourccs in accordance with <br /> <br />specific authorizing legislation and in the public interest, (6) pro- <br /> <br />tect the recreation, fish and wildlife, and environmental values, and <br /> <br />(7) assist in implementing the provisions of the Water Quality Act <br /> <br />of 1965 and amendments relating thereto. <br /> <br />There are many documents that river operations must conform to, <br /> <br />including the Colorado River Basin Project Act, September 30, 1968. <br /> <br />Criteria for Coordinated Long-Range Operation of Colorado River <br /> <br />Reservoirs, June 10, 1970, were developed in accordance with this <br /> <br />act. <br /> <br />Within the context of these rcsponsibilities and legal require- <br /> <br />ments certain considerations are paramount: (l) There can be wide <br /> <br />fluctuations in the concentration of dissolved solids above Lake <br /> <br />Powell as a result of annual variations in precipitation and the <br />