WSP09662

• File Number: 8210.120
• Description: Colorado River Basin States Committee ‎(AKA Colorado River Compact Commission)‎
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 9/15/1952
• Author: CRBSC
• Title: Proceedings of the Meeting of the Colorado River Basin States Committee
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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MR. VERNON: --that either this Brsin states Gommitt e
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or possibly the Commission itself, might wibh to make a
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reoord of their protest or opposition to the use of more than
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4,400,000 aore-feet by California, by filing with the Secre-
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tary of the Interior a letter of protest or: taking some
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aotion suoh as that. I think it might be w~ll to toss that'
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around and see whether that would be advisable.
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MR. MOEUR: They would probably t~l1 you they aren't
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putting that muoh water to benefioia1 oonsumptive use. But
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this faot oan't be disputed, that they olaiked the right to
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divert and put to benefioia1 oonsumptive ust, 5,362,000 aore-

feet of water a year; and they are making diversions this year

almost to that amount. '

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Whether they are putting it to benefioial oonsumptiv
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use, I don't propose to show so far as my state is oonoerned;
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I don't think the burden is on us to show t~at. The burden is

on them to show they are diverting that
it to benefioia1 oonsumptive use.

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and not putting

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CHAIRMAN STONE: The major part of that is out of
the Basin in any event.

MR. MOEUR:

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Oh yes, the bigger peroentage is out of
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the Basin--very little in the Basin.
MR. WILL: Isn't this true so

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farlas the state of
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the I terms of the
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California is oonoerned in the light of

California Self-Limitation statute: The extent of their use i

determined by diversions less returns;

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there oan be no returns
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obviously from those uses that are out of the Basin, and that