WSP08975

• File Number: 8200.300.40.A
• Description: Colorado River Compact
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 11/15/1922
• Author: Co. R Compact Comm.
• Title: Minutes of Colorado Compact Commission - Meeting #17
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

1m. HOOVER, Isn't thore any hopes that the upper basin

would accept the v~lole liexican burden?

1m. C1J1PENTER; None at all.

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UR. HOOVER: The difficulty that qtrikes me at the moment in

the sixty-five millien guaranty is that it does not cover the

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neode of the southorn states. IncludiJ,'lg tho l.Iexiean bur don you

estimate tho noeds of the southern states at about seven and a

half million, whereas you guaranty six and a half, so that it

cannot bo said to cover tho needs.

11R. CLRPBNTER: Tho undorlying t4eught is that our divorsions

shall not diminish the flow below a certain point. That is ex-

poctod as a guaranty,. In this way we; undertake, to d,o certain

things, and failing so to do, we would violate tho compact. Any

violation would be 'a breach of tho guaranty. The word "guaranty"

is unfortunato, but tho upper states havo no disposition to got

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SO closo to tho margin lino of hazard as to be in danger of a

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broach. To approaoh that border lino too closely would be to

court the very condition we are tryi~g to avoid by this margin of

safoty vnlich will prevent a broach. . It is our desiro to have a

safe margin 80 that thero never will: be any friction. Just as we

wore de ba ting the minimum the otho:.: ;day, - it is not from our dosiro

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to pinoh down the lowor statos,- it is our d.esiro to avoid tho 00-

curronce of an event which would creato a breach botweon tho two

divisions of tho basin.

1m. HOOVBR, Assuming tho neods of tho southern states is ono

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half of tho flew, which of course, pevada thinks is too low, or

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