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<br />" <br /> <br />5. The Colorado River storaae Proiect Act of <br />1956 <br />The Colorado River storage Project Act of <br />1956, 43 U.S.C. G 620 (1982), authorized the construction <br />and operation of several long-term carryover reservoir <br />storage units in the Upper Basin, including the initial <br />phase of the central Utah Project, which assist the Upper <br />Basin to make required deliveries of water to the Lower <br />Basin and also to maximize the consumptive use of its own <br />1922 Compact-apportioned water. This act also <br />established the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund to which <br />operating revenues are credited and provided a percentage <br />formula to distribute surplus moneys to each Upper Basin <br />state. <br /> <br />6. Arizona v. California <br />In 1952 Arizona brought a suit under the <br />original jurisdiction of the United states Supreme Court <br />to determine, among other things, its right to divert 1.2 <br />m.a.f. of mainstream water at Lake Havasu for use in the <br />Phoenix and Tucson areas as a part of the Central Arizona <br />Project ("CAP"). Contrary to California's contentions, <br />the Court rejected both the law of prior appropriation <br />and the doctrine of equitable apportionment as a basis <br />for its decision and held that by passing the Boulder <br /> <br />-6- <br />